Hello there, and welcome to this weeks Blog.
Well, I’m approaching the two third mark, and I’ve just measured a beard hair that has moulted in this glorious heat we’ve been enjoying. It’s currently 9cm long (not that it’s particularly uniform in length), so if it continues to grow at the same rate, it should be approximately 13.5 cm by the end of the year.
I’ve done some Googling on “how to encourage beard growth”, and the general consensus is that shaving more regularly helps. Well I won’t be trying that in much of a hurry!
Many thank you’s to Leah from Michigan for this weeks donation!
Here’s this weeks photo - taken by me in my garden on Thursday night. Ooh, almost forgot to mention - thanks to Dan for the snappy new hair cut!
- 21st August 2009
This weeks Beard of the Week was suggested by my mate Oakers, and is Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons! Here he is as playing as a one man band! Oakers also writes a blog - Eirglish, and is definitely worth a click.
- Groundskeeper Willie
More from me next week! TTFN peeps!
How do Beard Fans! Welcome to this weeks Beardie Blog!
I hope you didn’t miss me too much last week - I was away on holiday. I had meant to get a guest writer lined up, but like a lot of things, I didn’t quite get around to it!
We had a camping trip down in Cornwall. We went as a group - us 4, along with a couple of my wife’s cousins, their partners and children, her Aunt, and a dog! We were camping newbs, and the “safety in numbers” approach paid off - we had a cracking time!
Belated thanks to Chris this week for his continuing support. Donations are very thin on the ground during August - I guess a lot of people are away on their holidays too….
This weeks photo is a self portrait, and was taken on Perranporth beach, just down the coast from Newquay.
Beardie at the beach
This weeks Beard of the Week was suggested by my daughter, Erin, and is TV presenter and comedian JLC - Justin Lee Collins.
Justin Lee Collins
That’s it from me for this week - see you next time!
Welcome to this weeks Beardie Blog!
This weeks sees the half way point in my bearded adventure. On today, Friday 3rd of July it’s 184 days = 4416 hours = 264,960 minutes = 15,897,600 seconds since I last shaved on 31st December 2008. That’s a lot of numbers - praise be for Excel!
With the greatly appreciated donation from Oakers, I’m currently 55% towards my fund-raising target of £500 for the Pasque Charity. With your support, I’m confident that we can get the desperately needed funds to this very good cause.
Moving on then, it’s been hot this week. Very hot. When I left my office on Tuesday evening, the thermostat thing in the car reckoned it was 37°C. Granted, our car park is a bit of a sun trap, but I’m surprised that my car tyres haven’t melted! Luckily, the beard isn’t too bad in the heat, although it’s definitely more challenging to apply sun cream.
I’m sure you’re busting to find out what six months of beard growth looks like, so here goes:
6 months of beard!
This weeks Beard of the Week is none other than Captain Birdseye. Not the new fangled one, not the short lived young and hip Captain Birdseye, but the original one - from when I was a nipper. John Hewer played, in my opinion, the best Captain Birdseye, so here he is:
Captain Birdseye
More from me next week! Pip pip!
Hello there Beardless Buddies, and welcome to this weeks blog!
News from beard land this week - our cat Pepper has delivered 5 healthy baby kittens! To honour this momentous occasion, I have prepared a world exclusive - a beard made of kittens!
Beard of Kittens
A big thank you to Emma Bygrave for this weeks donation. I’ve never actually met Emma. Her donation was made today following a brief email exchange, and she must of clicked on to the website from my signature. I guess she agrees that the Pasque Charity is a good cause!
Well, last weeks photographs of my haircut caused quite a stir. I’ve had comments coming in via emails, texts, and comments on Facebook. You can all breathe a sigh of relief that the photo’s were purely taken for fun, and I haven’t looked like a bowl cut monk for the week. Here’s the beard in all of its 163 days of glory:
163 days of beard
Last but by no means least, this weeks Beard of the Week was suggested via Facebook a few weeks ago by my friend Glenda, and requires no introduction.
John Lennon
More from me next time 
Hello, good evening and welcome to this weeks bearded adventure.
How do everyone! All good I hope!
With the weather starting to warm up, it’s more my hair than my beard that’s starting to bother me. I had flirted with the idea growing my hair for a year in line with the beard, but I don’t really think that’s going to happen. My head hair is so thick and heavy, I reckon it will be hacked off in the next couple of weeks.
There are no additional funds in the pot this week, so rather than thanks for your hard earned monies, thanks for reading!
This weeks photograph was taken by me in my living room. I’m not sure how well you can see it in the photo, but the beard is definitely taking on bits of blonde, ginger and grey. I think as the summer progresses, it will get lighter. Oh well, they do say that blondes have more fun!
22nd May 2009
This weeks “Beard of the Week” was suggested by my mate Dan, and is Bill Bailey. Bill is a funny, funny man, and also a musical genius!
Bill Bailey
That’s it for this time, see you next week!
Hello there Beard Fans, and welcome along to this weeks Beardie Weirdie Blog!
I’m in a good place with the beard at the moment, despite a lot of people giving me funny looks - I think a lot of people are suspicious of people with beards. I have no idea why!
Most people I talk too say something along the lines of, “Oooh, isn’t it itchy?”, well, no, it isn’t! The beard was itchy at the stubble phase months ago, but that phase has well and truly passed. Head hair isn’t itchy, and neither is facial hair, in fact, it’s nice and soft. It doesn’t take any more care than head hair - I shampoo it every other day, comb it twice a day, and if I feel like pampering myself, I occasionally have a sneaky pinch of some of the wife’s conditioner!
Speaking of the wife, many thanks to Sam for this weeks donation! I’d like to thank her for her support and tolerance of the beard - she’s not a beard fan, but she’s really on my side with it.
Here’s this weeks mugshot, taken on Thursday in my office.
15th May 2009
Moving on to Beard Of the Week, this week was suggested by my friend Jenny, and is Roy Wood, who is best known as being a founder member of ELO and Wizzard.
Roy Wood
That’s it for this week, tune in same time next week for another instalment from the Hairy Bear.
Welcome to this weeks instalment of the Beardie Weirdie Blog!
Well, there’s no denying that that year is marching on. I’d like to think that early summer is upon us - things in the garden are growing and getting cut, and my beard is growing, but not getting cut. Also, the smell of outdoor cooking on the BBQ on sunny days is hard to avoid.
Not remotely beard related. but with a mention nevertheless, is the Stotfold Mill Steam Fair and Country Show. Having been brought up in a coal bunker, messing about with steam engines, I can thoroughly recommend spending a day there.
I’ve picked up a couple of donations from two of my regulars – my lovely Mum, Rose, and my friend Chris. Thanks again to them for their support.
This weeks photo was taken on Thursday lunchtime by me. My office is close enough to the River Great Ouse in Bedford to get out for a nice walk. Looks like I’m going blonde in the full sun!
Bedford Beardie
Moving on to this weeks Beard of the Week, suggested by my friend Tom, this week is Charles Darwin. Beards were much more popular in Victorian times, and I hope to continue bringing the beard back.
Charles Darwin
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Welcome to this weeks instalment of the Beardie Weirdie Blog!
Well, I’m now a quarter of the way through my year of beard growing. If I was running a company rather than growing a beard, I’d be doing my VAT about now! It’s quite a daunting thought that my beard may be 4 times the length it is now by the end of the year!
It’s been a great week for donations, with my lovely Mum, Jo & Tim, and Stash. Thank you so much for digging deep during these hard times. Your hard earned is going to a fantastic cause, and will definitely be put to good use.
Worth a mention this week is recently founded British Beard Club. The club has been formed to support and encourage bearded men. Their website even has a gallery, which I now feature on!
The beard is getting long enough to start playing with. I’m hoping to get to the stage of plaiting it. Here’s the progress on the beard so far:
Spikey beard
This weeks beard of the week was suggested by my friend Henry. He’s just turned one, and his suggestion was interpreted by his Mum, Cathy. I was helping friends put up a fence at the weekend, and apparently, from the house, I look like Bluto! So here he is.
Bluto
More to follow next week. If you have any suggestions for “Beard of the Week”, or any suggestions for fund raiser marketing, just leave a comment or email me!
Welcome to this weeks Beardie Weirdie Blog!
It’s been a cold, snowy, wintery week this week. I had a snow day on Monday, and spent the day playing in the snow with the family. I managed to make it into my office for the rest of the week. The drive in on Thursday was particulary dodgy. Going anywhere near the go or stop pedal made the car go kind of sideways.
Snowy hooligan!
The fundraising is still going well. Chris has gone for a “pay as you grow” scheme, and my good friend Oakers has dug deep too.
Here’s the current mug shot taken Thursday night:
Muggins
Moving on to this weeks “Beard Of The Week” (BOTW), this week is the suggestion is from my good friend, Seb. The one and only Brian Blessed.
Brian Blessed
More to follow next week. If you have any suggestions for “Beard of the Week”, just leave a comment or email me!
Welcome to this weeks Beardie Blog!
Beardie has had quite a busy week this week. I had a day off work on Thursday to help my friends Benj and Toni to move house. I’m sure they’ll be really happy in their new home, just as soon as they’ve unpacked.
The fundraising has taken a good turn, thanks to a very generous donation from Stash. Don’t be shy - you can easily chip in by clicking here.
Here’s the current mug shot:
Mug of the day
Moving on to this weeks “Beard Of The Week” or BOTW as it’s been dubbed, this week is the suggestion is from my good friend, Oakers, Hagrid from Harry Potter is this weeks featured beard.
Hagrid
More to follow next week. If you have any suggestions for “Beard of the Week”, just leave a comment or email me!
