In depth report on Greenbelt

Loved -
Wibsite Birthday Party
Rev Gerald
The Handsome Family
Jeffrey John – first seminar as I couldn’t go to the second one – I really didn’t expect to like it but thought what he said was excellent.
Catching up with people I hadn’t seen for ages
Liked -
Taize worship
Shower (but I definitely didn’t get my 15 mins)
Bacon and Egg Roll [...]



I missed the end of the Olympics

Having been such a dedicated watcher for the majority of the Games it came hard when I was taken away from them so suddenly. However, I was pleased to learn that Kelly Holmes won her 2nd Gold and the mens 4 x 100m relay won – can’t quite believe it though!



That doesn’t seem fair

In the running phase of the triathlon surely an athlete shouldn’t be allowed to be “literally sitting on the shoulder of the youngest competitor”?
Doesn’t seem right to me.



My torch smells

What should I do?
I am about to go to a gathering where people could point and stare and say “look, there’s that person with the smelly torch” I am torn. I could abandon my torch that works perfectly well (97p – Tesco’s) in favour of a torch without aroma but that seems wrong – apart [...]



Expert Maddie pops in briefly

If you’ve been keeping your dead flowers since 29th July in the hope that I would provide some wisdom, here it is…
If someone else hasn’t already thrown them out do it – now.



Olympics

Rather distracted by the Olympics at the moment. It is entirely addictive and the only reason I can persuade myself to go to the gym is because they have lots of TVs around the place. Anyway, here is something to feed my addiction.



Expert Maddie will return, in the meantime we have Holiday Maddie

Holiday Maddie says, relax, if you can get out, go, if you can’t, find something else to do. You could read a book, do a jigsaw, look at a really good map, or (available for a short time) watch the olympics.
I am back! We’ve been in the Lake District for a couple of weeks, [...]



How to keep your clothes in order

Expert Maddie writes, it’s really very simple, get all the clothes you have got, get a large empty area such as the bed or a floor – a clean one is best – then go through clothes and start piling them according to type. My advice would be…
-underwear, with sub-categories dependant on particular needs
-socks, if [...]