Week 10

First and foremost, a big thank you to Shaun for his regular blogging and meticulous data analysis throughout the month of July! August is upon us... sh*t just got real.

There’s been a bit of a ‘buzz’ surrounding the competition this week. And I’m not referring to the inane chatter that emanates from the tea room during lunch. No, ladies and gentlemen… I’m talking about THIS:

A photograph I took of the beast.

"I've never seen anything like it!" said Geoff Hancock. This, esteemed zoologists, is Calliphora vomitoria: the bluebottle. It seems to have taken a fancy to our beloved sunflowers, perhaps attracted by the smell of decay wafting from Natalie's shrivelled leaves or the graves of Leoni/Emma and George/Karen's unfortunate plants. In response to sightings of this beast, the Graham Kerr building has been swarming with entemologists all day.

This week brings even more exciting news: the sunniest sunflower crown, held by Eilidh/Louis for the past two months has at least been toppled! Rob and Iain are now sitting strong (a good 4 cm ahead) in first place. Louis "the gloryhunter" Kitchen is said to be so distraught that he left Glasgow this morning to go trekking through central Europe, in search of a stronger, continental flower.

Speaking of flowers.... they are flowers, aren't they? I mean, they do produce flowers. At some point. In theory. Hopefully before they start hitting the ceiling. Maybe next week's update will be more colourful....

Here's a run down of the scores:

0	Emma/Leoni
0	George/Karen
57	Natalie
59	Shaun
103	Adam/Gemma
109	Justyna
111	Roman
112	Lesley
116	Caroline
123	Willie
124	Rob
130	Donald
133	Matt
140	Zara
146	Sunny
147	Eliza/Vic
155	Nick
170	Amy/Lyndsey
190	Eilidh/Louis
194	Iain/Rob/Liam

(Forgot to measure Florence/Roger's, will update ASAP!).