The Bristol Organic Food Festival

Posted by Andy Hamilton - 06/09/08 at 04:09:44 pm

I would say this is my first ever blog but that would not be entirely true I have shared a blog with Dave on myspace in the past and kept up a blog for all of two entries here on selfsufficienish. Well that is about to change, this one I shall endeavor to keep up. So as I like to say, “watch this space”. Well this is if you are interested, if not then the net is big enough to entertain you elsewhere. Try typing something you like into here and you will see what I mean.

It’s about 5pm and I have just got back from the Bristol Organic food festival where Dave and I had to give a talk. We have been giving the same talk all summer; but still we wind ourselves up each time by changing it just ever so slightly and so having to rehurse it again and again. Neither of us come from a public speaking background, in fact when we were at school we were both so shy that we would both give our mate Adharanand Finn the anwsers to the teachers questions. Still he must have known a few answers as he is now a journalist and an Author too. Neither us have any public speaking training but I think we do ok. We tend to argue a little during the talks and even perhaps mumble a bit, but people do still buy our book (The selfsufficienitsh Bible) which can’t be a bad thing.

Well same again tomorrow – another talk at the Bristol Organic Food Festival. Then on Monday an interview with BBC radio Essex DJ Dave Monk. I think I am on about 10.40 am, should be interesting never done a live radio telephone interview before. The trouble is I am waiting on a delivery of some of our books and I bet they will come during the interview.

It is a strange truth that if you do you best to promote any kind of lifestyle you can be in danger of not having enough time to actually live it. Well I try to be different and am off to the allotment in a moment that is after I have checked on my pear wine (will have a recipe under home brew up on the site within the next couple-4  days).  Dave and I collected the pears from the back garden of a TV production company in Bristol, they had a huge tree and the pears were only going to waste. Might have to bring the people of that company a bottle when it is all brewed!

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1. Too late to wish you good luck with your talks so good luck with the blog and wine.
   Adrian

   Comment by adekun — September 10, 2008 #

2. Thank you very much Adekun. The wine is happily bubbling away, I will post when it is finished. That is if the blog and the wine both work out!

   Comment by andyhamilton — September 11, 2008 #

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