About this blog

Hello and welcome to my new blog! After several years of not blogging, I've started afresh. Why? Because, as I approached my 60th Birthday, I decided to get away from the treadmill of working and commuting 5 days a week to move to part-time working and spend more time doing things I enjoy.

Walking and Photography. As a way of getting fitter again I am planning on getting out on a decent walk somewhere at least once a week. As previously done in my old blog Interred, I intend taking photographs and writing up my walks. But, even more, then turning it into a book.. "A year of walks and other days out in and around Suffolk". The plan is to self-publish.... but I need to walk for a year first before I can finish it.

Brewing. 3 years ago, between jobs, I started small-scale brewing, but that stopped when I started working full time again. Now I'll be able to restart Tassel Nanobrewery's occasional brewing and explore some new recipes... and drinking them.

The Times Crossword. I'm already a blogger on Times for the Times, blogging under the name johninterred but now I'll be able to comment more frequently and may even have a go at compiling.

Pickling and Other Provender. Tassel Pickles will be in action again this autumn one we have our chilli crop. I am also starting to make cheeses, badged as Tassel Cheeses, of course.

Music. Time to get my saxophone out and get practising. Eventually it would be good to be proficient enough to perform in public. But that is still a long way off! Meanwhile, there is more singing to catch up on and I intend going to more concerts too.

Intellectual Stimulation. This may take longer to get going, but I'm looking to explore the University of the 3rd Age.

So I intend to write about it all here. I hope you find something of interest!