Meanwhile Back at the Ranch ...

The wheels of commerce need to keep turning, so while our small bear colleagues and their instructors were having fun in the snow, the rest of us were hard at work and keeping the home fires burning.

There was much less snow in Norfolk so Tommy was able to spend time in his beloved garden and made Chef Bear Oakley's day, by digging up some lovely home grown parsnips.


Mouths began to water as Oakley announced he would be making some curried parsnip soup and we would be having a roast dinner that night with all the trimmings and most definitely roast parsnips.

Both bears were slightly bemused by one of the parsnips which looked as if has arrived by UFO from outer space. See what we mean ...


There were roots/tentacles emerging everywhere. Tommy thought that maybe he needed to keep warm in the garden by doing a bit of energetic digging to remove a few of the stones that the growing parsnips must have hit. Thankfully this one tasted every bit as delicious as the others and proved home grown does beat shop bought almost every time.

Talking about keeping the home fires burning, while they waited for their tea, Eddie and Pooh of the Midlands Branch, who was visiting, got a good fire burning and settled down in front of it with a beer.


If you look carefully, you'll see it's not any old beer they're drinking, but one of the best named beers ever - Piddle in a Hole from the Wyre Piddle Brewery. Readers with good memories will recall Eddie was introduced to this brewery last year when he passed through Wyre Piddle with his crew, when canal boating on the Avon Ring. Not only did the beer taste good, it provided a good opportunity for reminiscing and reliving that exciting trip.

Back soon

Love all at Bears Unlimited xxx