Well, the donations have flooded in in the last week of so.  Big thanks go out to Adam & Naomi, Tom & Cathy, Lord Benj, my father-in-law Richard, father-in-law Ken, Paul, Oakers and random surfer Andy Lorenz!

Well, I’ve made it to a year, and the beard has now gone.  It’s very strange being beardless, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it soon enough!

I featured in the local Comet this week:

Me in The Comet

The beard has gone!  In a shaving team effort at my mate Dan’s just after mid-night on New Years Eve, the beard was shaven.

Here’s the before:

Before - full beard

During:

During - half beard

and after:

After - no beard

It’s amazing that a full year of beard growth fitted into one little bag, but I suppose I am but a boy.  I feel much younger now, and am looking forward to blending back into obscurity.

That’s me done for now!  Many thanks again to everyone for their support over the last year or so.

Bye for now!

We’ve reached a milestone this last week, the £500 fund raising target has been met, and exceeded.  With huge thanks to Stash, Dan, Ys and John, we’ve done it!  That said, it’s not too late to donate

Being Christmas Eve today, I have donned the white war paint and red hat, and visited my friends to drop off some presents:

Santa Beard

Beard of the Week is a bit of a no-brainer this week, and is the one and only Santa Claus, popularised by the Coca Cola company in 1947.

Santa Claus

Next week will be the finale, so be sure to visit for the de-bearding blog!

Well, as December progresses, the bearded days are numbered.

Big thanks this week to my mother-in-law, Pat, for this weeks generous donation.  She commented “Well done Sam for putting up with the beard for so long”.  Sam is my long suffering wife.  She’s been very supportive this year to her bearded weirdo of a husband.   She is looking forward to seeing my face again (for some reason!), and I’m sure that she will be attacking me with the clippers at the strike of midnight on New Years Eve.

Here’s the first festive mugshot of little old me:

11th December 2009

This years “Beard of the Week” was suggested by my good mate Oakers.  He also has a blog, which is well worth a click.  I always thought Yosemite Sam just had an awesome moustache, but it turns out, he has a full beard too!  Every day’s a school day, as they say!

Yosemite Sam

That’s it for me this week.  Toodle pip!

Well, just 5 more weeks to go!  11 months has flown by, and it’s been an interesting journey, so far.

Big thanks to Chris for this weeks donation, and for his continuing support.

Well, I’m pretty sure that the beard growth has pretty much slowed to a stop.  I haven’t noticed any changes in the beard for weeks now, and would be surprised if there’s much movement between now and the end of the year.  I wonder if I’ve reached terminal length?

3rd December 2009

This weeks “Beard of the Week” has been suggested by a couple of people now, my friend Cathy, and my lovely wife, Sam.  It’s very appropriate - Mr Twit.  I often fell a bit like Mr Twit - like I need a wash after I’ve eaten.

The Twits

More from me next week.  Not long to go now!

Firstly, apologies for not posting last week - the week kind of got away from me, but, hey, I’m going to try to make it up to you!

Big thanks go out this week to Stash and my Mum, Rose, for their generous donations.

There’s another first this week - “under water beardie”.  This photo was taken by my sister, Nicola at the weekend.

Underwater Beard

Comparison’s have been made to the Nirvana Nevermind album cover:

Nirvana Nevermind

I guess I can see where people are coming from.

Following the Nirvana theme, this weeks “Beard of the Week” is Kurt Cobain.

Kurt Cobain

More from me next week.  Beardie out

Thanks go to Chris for this weeks donation.  I think there must be something  a bit weird with Just Giving page, I’ve stopped getting emails from them when a donation is made, so apologies if I’ve missed any “thank-you’s”.  Feel free to test it for me.

I’ve discovered another plus side of having a beard this weekend.  It was my Auntie Ena’s 70th birthday party, which was a Oscars themed party.  I decided the easy option, and go black-tie.  Luckily my beard pretty much covers the tie, so it didn’t really matter that I can’t tie a bow tie properly!  Result!

13th November 2009

This weeks “Beard of the Week” was suggested by my mate Davey from my office, and it the one and only Sting.  Here’s the bearded wonder!

Sting

More from me next week.  Toodle pip!

Well, good news folks, the donations have started again.  Big thanks to my friend Terry at work, who has given me a cash donation.  That’ll be winging it’s way into the the Keech Hospice Care charities bank account ASAP.

I’ve had my third hair cut of the year this week, by my good mate Dan.  He’s not a hairdresser, but he does own a set of clippers, so good enough for me.  I do fear that he’s left my sideburns a bit on the long side.  What do you reckon?

5th November 2009

As I write this on Thursday night, the bang and flash of fireworks are going on around me, as tonight is Guy Fawkes night.  This weeks “Beard of the Week” was therefore a no-brainer, and is Guy Fawkes (next week Davey, next week….).

Guy Fawkes

More from the Bearded one next week.  Toodles!

We’ve been away on holiday to Derbyshire this last week, so our Halloween festivities have been limited.  We popped up the local super-market to pick up a pumpkin, but alas they were sold out, and the kids didn’t really fancy the idea of carving a turnip.  We did pick up some sweeties to dish out to the local trick-or-treaters.

I’m not quite sure how it happened, but we decided as a family to do some Halloween face painting, and I got the full treatment from my 10 year old daughter, Erin.  She’s also credited with taking this weeks photo:

Hallow-weiner!

This weeks “Beard of the Week” was chosen by Erin, and is the Flying Dutchman from Spongebob Squarepants

Flying Dutchman

More next week! Toodles!

I used to wear a ponytail in my hair when I were a lad.  From about 15 to up until about 19, I had hair halfway down my back, and more often than not wore it in a ponytail.  I’m now at the stage where I can tie my beard in a ponytail.

Here’s the evidence:

Beard Ponytail!

This weeks “Beard of the Week” was inspired by my beard ponytail, and is “Captain” Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp.

"Captain" Jack Sparrow

More from me next time!  Toodle pip!

Big thanks this week to Oakers from Navan in Ireland for this weeks lovely donation.  It’s really easy to part with your hard earned, just click here!

I stumble across this today, it’s more facial hair related than specifically beard related, but I liked it anyway, and thought I’d share it with you - the Moustache Mug!  They ought to launch a Beard Mug - they could market it as the Bearded Brew.

1 girl, 6 cups

Speaking of mugs, here’s a photo of mine this week.  Taken by my 10 year old daughter, Erin.  I was in the midst of knocking up a batch of lovely winter warmer soup.  My apron was a gift from my brother-in-law, Adam Marek, he’s a very talented author.  Check out his website here.

15th October 2009

This week’s Beard of the Week was suggested by a couple of friends of mine - Chris and Glenda.  Seen on Wednesday night against Belarus, is of footballer David Beckham, this week sporting an almost full set!  This photo was nabbed of the Telegraph website, and they’re suggesting that it’s the “World’s Worst Beard“.

David Beckham

That’s it for me this week, and don’t forget to DONATE!