Steam on Preston Road Yeovil

A steam Roller having a Sunday afternoon drive down Preston Road Yeovil.

Glovers walk in Yeovil Town center - Closed

Glovers walk in Yeovil Town center still appeared to be closed this morning following incident on Sunday night.
See report on Avon and Somerset Constabulary website Link

How to make your pc go faster?

Have just heard PCgofaster.com advertised on local radio, there wasn’t much detail, I have tried the website advertised pcgofaster.com, and the page would not load.

I am intrigued to find out more as an IT pro I am always interested in these sort of sites.  My regular customers will be calling to find out more.

Have you experience of this site? Please let me know your views.

There are things which can be done at no cost to speed up a PC, Running an anti virus scan, uninstalling unwanted software, defrag your disk.

If you have vista see how much memory your pc or laptop has, make sure you have at least 1GB or even more.

Microsoft has plenty of helpful tips

Abbey Hill Steam rally, Yeovil Showground

Abbey Hill Steam rally, Yeovil Showground

The Abbey Hill Steam fair has just finished. I visited on the Sunday the first time I had been to this Steam rally.

I was expecting a steam to be the main focus; there were a range of traction engines, Lorries and other steam related items. 

My last visit to a steam rally was the Town and Country show at the Royal Showground near Kenilworth when as a teenager I was roped into stewarding.

That time of year to get tidy up the garden

That time of year to get tidy up the garden following winter. Have just purchased a few new plants to fill a few holes in the borders.

In recent years I have bought plants from the local Garden Centers in Yeovil, but a good frost and they are turned in to compost.

I have also bought a few plants from Warden Hill Farm on the Dorchester road (probably the highest point and most exposed). I guess if the plants can survive at Warden Hill then they should live in my garden. I work on the principle of as little effort as possible.

Yeovil has now got another garden centre, if you live in Yeovil and want some good plants with out the frills of a fancy garden centre try Yeovil Market.

There are some amazing private gardens around Yeovil and Somerset Council do a great job around Yeovil.

St John’s Church yard (the Beach) is a blaze of colour.

Yeovil Garden Centres

Warden Hill Farm

Help for Heroes Event - Childrens Disco and Auction

I have a work colleague who with a few other folks arranging to Sky dive in aid of Help For Heroes.

They are also arranging a "Little Soldiers Disco" and Charity auction on the 17th April 2011 at the Labour Club in Yeovil.
More information

St Michaels Tower Montacute

The folly is on the hill top behind Montacute House and the village of Monacute in Somerset.

The Tower is known as St Michael's tower, the tower is made from local Ham Stone (Guess from Ham Hill). The top of the tower is reached by a steep spiral stone stair case.

The tower is about 15 M high and 5 M in diameter,
You can easily get to the tower if visiting Monacute house, albeit a steep climb in a few places. There excellent views from the top of the hill which once formed a hill top fort. During the last year trees have been removed to preserve this historic site.

You can easily get to the tower if visiting Monacute house, albeit a steep climb in a few places. There excellent views from the top of the hill which once formed a hill top fort. During the last year trees have been removed to preserve this historic site.

If you have more time you could walk over to the top of Ham Hill and may stop for a pub lunch in the Prince of Wales.
These pictures were taken in March 2011,