Bargains at Guildford Farmers Market

Every Friday & Saturday on North Street Guildford (runs parallel to High Street) there is a farmers market with stalls of fresh fruit & veg, local produce, cakes and flowers.

We tend to go there in the afternoon on the Saturday because they are trying to sell everything they can, so they have lots of specials for a pound, it is quite fun to hear the different stalls all yelling out "Everything in a bag only a pound" or "2 pineapples only a pound, fresh & lovely, come & get em before their gone" etc. The loudest of them all is a girl of about 20 - she is funny and always draws a crowd for her £1 bags of goodies.

You can get some seriously good deals - check out the bag of bananas we got for £1:

24 Bananas only a pound

We also got these satsumas for a pound and the 4 avocados for a pound.

All up we spend about £5 and get enough fruit & veg for the week. Bargain.

Guildford Snow Part 2

We awoke yesterday morning to a blanket of snow on the ground and cars.

After a nice warming bowl of porridge we decided to have a quick walk before work on the Surrey Hills area near us of Newlands Corner to see what it looks like in the winter snow compared to the usual lush green that we are accustomed to.

As we drove up to Newlands Corner we marvelled at the snow on the roads, the fences, the cars and houses. Once we were there we breathed in the morning crispness and were amazed at the difference between the white wash we saw and the usual green.

It was beautifully cold and crisp with that freshness about the air that only snow can bring.

Here is the view from the hill:

Ying decided a snow ball fight was in order:

Here are some more pics - fingers crossed for a white Christmas.

The bottom few pics are from sILENT pOND.

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Now in Guildford - England

It has been awhile since we updated here and there have been many changes since living in Manly.

From Manly we moved to Everton Hills in the northern suburbs of Brisbane. We bought a lovely house there with a backyard and trees - we were living the suburban life.

In Feb '09 we brought the digital pen business into the Acorn Software business (makers of simPRO).

Then in June '09 we moved to the UK to open up a simPRO UK office. We have been doing that since July.

We are based in the lovely town of Guildford, about 1 hour south of London.

So now that we are back on the grid, we will do some regular updates.