Monday at the CFZ and it is like a summer morning from my childhood; the birds are singing, and for the second day running a large speckled wood butterfly is...
Evening coolness spreads over a slightly overheated CFZ... and Jon's retired from the fray after doing some work on his film project. Leaving me, Graham, to...
Tuesday lunchtime and it is another glorious day here at the CFZ. I have seen three species of butterfly out of my study window already this morning. It seems...
Tuesday evening at the CFZ and I am in a remarkably good mood, after a jolly and productive day. Richard and I are just about to sit down and edit Richard...
Wednesday morning and everyone is a little wobbly this morning mostly because we were wll woken at an unseemly hour by a bloke delivering materials for the new...
What a ridiculous day it has been. Olivia has finished her exams, and Matty and Emma have got engaged. The only way to celebrate is to get Graham to light the...
I'm taking a break from aviary construction to bring you these updates. Yes, Graham here. One of the items is about that building work, and I can't honestly...
Thursday evening and we are running late again. Never mind. The posts include: FORTEAN ZOOLOGY: Nick Redfern on British man beasts CFZ PEOPLE: Details for...
Friday morning, and Graham, Corinna and I were up ridiculously early, and had left the house before seven. We went to film a special report for CFZtv which...
5th June: CFZtv SPECIAL REPORT: This isn't the slightest bit cryptozoological, but it is vaguely fortean, and massively odd (as well as highly entertaining)....
Friday evening, and I have to admit I have been asleep much of the afternoon, after our adventures of the early morning. However, there are updates including: ...
Saturday morning and I am up with the lark, or at least with the jackdaw. Today promises to be an interesting one with lotsa stuff happening, but before we...
Saturday evening, and now that everyone has packed up or gone home the weather is cheering up. Graham and I went rushing into Biderford this morning to get...
Sunday lunchtime at the CFZ, and the posts would have gone up yonks ago if it hadn't been for what became our lead story this lunchtime turning up in my in-box...
Sunday evening and it really has been a peculiar day. There is some stuff aboiut the love lives of my friends which will continue to amuse me, but which can...
Is there a spanish speaker out there who can quickly translate a newspaper article for us? _______________________________ Jonathan Downes, Director, Centre...
Monday morning, and I was up late last night watching the election results, and was in the office at 8:30 trying to make sense of the enormous amount of data...
Monday evening, and I have already been reprimanded by Max because the posts are two hours late. In my defence I was working on the Emily movie, and time ran...
Tuesday morning at the CFZ. My birthday present from Max (six weeks early) arrived this morning. It is a clutch of Oleander Hawkmoth caterpillars, and they are...
Tuesday evening and we are running late, but it doesn't really matter. The evening's updates include: NATURAL HISTORY: In a new series, we follow Max Blake...
Wednesday morning, and once again I am awake before anyone else in the house. They changed my medication a few weeks ago, and so for the first time in years I...
We have a nice bunch of people from a BBC production company here making a taster for a crypto documentary series that we hope will be made next year, so I am...
The other night I appealed for a Spanish translator and felt incredibly churlish when I had to turn down several people because good old Chris Kraska answered...
Thursday morning the sun is bright, and although we had quite a late night, with the BBC guys up the boozer neither Richard or I are the sort of loser to stay...
Yes, my friends, I know that we are dreadfully late this evening. But there is an excuse (honest) CFZ: A reasonable excuse for why the posts are so late this...
Monday I have friday on my mind. Friday we have Peruvian giant snakes and other things on our minds. After a week of high tension we can finally release the...
It is a glorious summer evening at the CFZ. About the only thing of interest to happen was us buying a strimmer, and Richard going home. The evening's blog...
Saturday lunchtime. I would have done these postings about an hour and a half ago if the events detailed in the top posting had not taken place. In the...
The whole history of my life in general, and the CFZ bloggo in particular has been a strange one, but the events of the lastr couple of days are particularly...