Welcome to The Good Life!


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Hello and welcome to our little part of cyberspace! I'm Viki and live with my husband, best friend and personal chef Paul at the top of the Elham Valley! Our friends refer to us as Tom and Barbara, because we're basically trying to live The Good Life! We run a business called Valley Crafts UK selling our own handmade and handpainted thingymabobs on Etsy - www.valleycraftsuk.com

We are owned by two cats and have a random number of chickens - including some of our neighbour's birds which tend to pop by from time to time... Paul can mostly be found in his workshop creating wondrous things out of wood, like chicken arks and cat houses, or in the kitchen making delicious fudge and chutneys. I spend most of my time in the office/craft room where I knit, crochet, attempt to learn to sew, and paint traditional canalia (that's "roses and castles" style painting).

We grow our own veg, brew our own beers and wines, make chutney, eat free-range eggs from our own chickens and are a hybrid of country bumpkins and cool hippies with some boho chic thrown in for good measure.

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24th March 2011

Ben Nevis Training - Day 1

It’s a glorious day for walking so I set off early this morning! Only did a two mile walk to ease myself into it - a mile uphill and one mile down! There’s not much to report so far… I think I could have probably gone a lot further, (it only took me 30 minutes), but I’m getting stuck into some gardening later so that’ll help strengthen the old leg muscles! I took my Shrek backpack so I got a few funny looks when my neighbours drove past but otherwise uneventful but invigorating! I’ll up my game a bit next week with a heavier rucksack and more mileage, then in a couple of weeks I’m getting dropped off at the next village down by Paul so I can walk the full four miles uphill. I’ll keep you posted!

Fundraising is going well - we’ve already raised £40 of £500 but I’m still set on aiming for £1000 in the end. Kidney Research UK really need the funds right now! You can sponsor me at:

http://www.kidneyresearchukevents.org/threekidneys

and the money will go straight to where it’s needed! Also if you can get me any celeb retweets on Twitter it would be much appreciated - I’m not having much luck so far! :-(

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