Thanks guys, it's great having a look around the site after a break, seeing the fantastic progress others have made on their journeys.
Had a trim this week, so I feel like I've taken a bit of a step back in growth terms - especially when I compare to you guys, you've both done so well to keep going - but the barber left the length on my soul patch as I requested and it helps to cover the gaps I have on either side of it. I have some new smaller hairs coming through below my lip so the coverage is slowly improving.

I would like to go for a bit more length Tom, at least for a while and see how it goes. I need to invent a beard protector for when I do archery however, I'm always plucking hairs out of my chin!

Since the trim I realise how much I'd been stroking my chin, I could just about grab a handful and I want to go a bit longer than that again. I'm pleased with the way the barber shaped my stache too, reducing some of the bushyness that I didn't know what to do with and he listened to what I said about growing on and wanting the sides to help cover the gappy chin, so I'll go back there for sure, even though I wasn't expecting to be quite this short afterwards. Maybe I'll wait longer before the next trim in the hope it won't end up this short again.

On we go...

Week 19 pics, after the trim:

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