Happy New Year everyone! Ben and I hope that you’ve all had a great start to the year, and that 2026 is shaping up to be an even better year for you all than 2025.
Sadly for us, 2025 didn’t go so well, and it wasn’t just one thing, it was lots of things, and honestly, it made even doing the bare minimum stupidly hard. This is why we’ve been so low key here, and it’s thanks to you guys that we’ve managed to keep going – I mean, even our review articles read like flippin press releases, as it’s been all that we could do to keep our heads above water…
And to top it all off, we had not one but TWO earthquakes here in December, the first of which was 3.3 on the Richter scale, which sounded and felt like a lorry had crashed into the house, and caused our porch to separate from the main building. Eeek!
Don’t worry though – it wasn’t ALL bad, and we even managed to start 2026 with a bang! Check out our New Year Party:
Here’s a big shout out to 
In the meantime, here’s Ben reviewing a pair of Blundstone work boots. We were sent a pair last year, and he’s taken some time to test them in a variety of terrains and a number of situations, from reviewing on location, to building our new ramp after our garage fell down, and even some heavy duty gardening.
All in all, it’s taken Ben six months to film this content, as he knew what he wanted to showcase: certain weather conditions, different types of vehicles that suited the work boot, and of course, the construction of our ramp. Huzzah!
Let us know what you think.
Before I leave you to it, Ben and I are wondering who would be up for a 2026 North West UK Hive Meet Up? We planned to have one last year, but with things going the way they did, we had to abandon the idea. Good thing is, we have ample parking space now, as we have this kick-ass reviewing space, forecourt and ramp – check it out:
When life gives you lemons (and by that I mean storm damage making our garage collapse)
you make lemonade (and by that I mean this awesome ramp)
I will pop up a separate post about the meet up, and if you can make it, drop me a comment.
Thank you all, and enjoy!
Annabelle 😊
P.S. The Universe responded to our joyous and positive start to 2026 by sending these little bundles of floof:
Yes, the Cat Distribution System saw fit to reward us...Huzzah!
More to come...