Life's about experiences. These are mine.
As I write this and look out of my window it is a beautiful day. The sun is shining down and there is not a cloud in the sky. Wind back to this morning when the solar eclipse was supposed to be happening it was grey and overcast with zero chance of seeing what the …
It’s possible that I might have a significant birthday this year and if you are wondering what you might get me the above BMW would be most welcome 😉
Opening scene somebody gets ill, others around are concerned but this is misdirection as ta-dah it’s one of the concerned others that falls sick and needs a trip to the hospital. Someone tries to entice House to take the case by offering up tidbits of information about the illness but he is not interested. Then …
I guess that there was a time when seeing a display such as this would have been the norm and wouldn’t have caused crowds to gather below it with cameras pointed skywards. However, this was exactly what happened at the weekend outside of Huttons in Knaresborough. There was an impressive display of animals, including a …
We have some good friends that we see regularly and they always seem to put on a great meal for us. Just recently they have upped the ante a bit and it has become a bit of a recipe arms race as we try and find something to out do them! Last night we did …
Continue reading “Salt Dough Roasted Turkey Crown with Butternut Squash & Chestnuts”
This is a real letter that was sent (yes, printed and sent, not emailed) to some of our friends who have a child at the school. What I love about this is that the sender has clearly recognised that having to type in that long URL is going to be tedious and error prone so …
I was clearing out the bedroom getting it ready to decorate when I unearthed my old train set. This was given to me as a christening present so, like me, it is getting on a bit but, unlike me, it is beautifully preserved! There are a few references to the set, a Triang Railways RS 29, …
Over the years I have spent many hours watching my kids take part in various extra curricular activities. This has included standing on the side of a football pitch on a cold Sunday morning watching a herd of eight year olds chase a ball, seated in an airless theatre as the local amateur dramatic society …
I did something that I hadn’t done in a very long time last week. I paid a visit to my local library. Hit hard by the digital age it seems that they are fighting back and to see that for myself I needed to update my library card with my email address and a pin …
So Reading has jumped on the local bike hire bandwagon with the launch of ReadyBike (surely it should be ReadiBike?). This is a scheme similar to the one so popular in London where a number of bike stations have been placed around the town and you and pick-up and drop-off from these. Coverage seems quite wide …