Counting Our Blessings

Sorry to have neglected you, our readers, over the last week, but we have been very busy bears and we've been out every evening, so no time to write posts.

We're going to keep you in suspense about our 'return to Kathmandu' adventures for a little while longer, as first we need to talk about this week, which is a very important one for two reasons.

Firstly, Lent has started. This year we are not giving up chocolate or similar, but we are participating in Christian Aid's Lent campaign as we think it's simply great and very worthwhile. It's called 'Count Your Blessings' and details and the form you need can be found on their website at Count Your Blessings

For each day of Lent there is a blessing to be thankful for and some facts, which cause you to ponder, how different life is for a huge proportion of the world's population. Every day you are asked to do something positive in response.



In our first picture you see Chef Bear Oakley undertaking yesterday's task. In response to the alarming fact that the UK spends £10.2 million each year on food which ends up being thrown away, we were invited to give 10p for each cookbook we own.

For Oakley, counting all his many cookbooks was quite a task, as he has so many. In fact by the time he'd finished his counting and calculations, he'd worked out that he will need to pay Christian Aid ovr £11. Here he is completing his Count Your Blessings form.


Thankfully other days will be cheaper for him, for example, when it comes to the day when you have to pay 50p for each packet of non fair trade tea and coffee in your house, he will owe nothing, as he doesn't buy non fair trade tea and coffee.

Why don't you check out the link we supplied earlier and join in yourself. You'll be all the better for it and so will many of the world's poorest people.

We'll be back tomorrow to tell you about this week's other important event.

Love Oakley and all at Bears Unlimited xxx

An Edible Hat!

Hope you're having a flipping good pancake evening as we are. We simply love pancakes and could eat them until them come out our ears. It's just a pity that Shrove Tuesday only comes round once a year.

Earlier this evening, Masterchef Oakley put on his chefs hat and started cooking some savoury mince pancakes. These went down very well and if Oakley hadn't moved quickly he wouldn't have got to taste one himself.

We enjoyed an excellent pint of Wherry with the pancakes. Perhaps this was why there was a bit of a mishap when we came to make the sweet pancakes for pudding. Oakley tossed the first pancake with a real flourish and quite a bit of welly. The pancake bounced of the ceiling and instead of making it back into the pan, landed on my head, resulting in some new head gear that was rather warm and smelt really good. I paused only long enough for this picture to be taken, before claiming the pancake for myself and wolfing it down with some lemon juice and toffee sauce - simply delicious!


By the way we're not giving up Wherry for Lent but are giving up meat. We'll have to let you know how we get on. What are you giving up?

Lots of love Marmaduke and the Bears Unlimited gang xxx