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Adventures in Devon 25 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Somerton, below, was briefly the ancient capital of Wessex around 900AD, and the Wessex King Ine - 688-726 - was supposedly originally a farmer here. I can wearily report we are back from our travel...
Chutney Making 20 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
I have been busy in the kitchen today, and finally took myself by the scruff and got my tomatoes and red peppers used up. I made a batch of Spiced Tomato and Red Pepper Chutney. Recipe here: http:/...
One of those Baldrick moments . . . 19 Aug 2013 | 12:06 pm
. . . in that we have a Cunning Plan afoot! A neighbour came up last week, who hadn't seen inside our house since the renovations began, some 17 years back. I showed her round, and she was amazed by...
Castles, friends and chutney 16 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
If you look closely at the horizon (left), you will just see two humps which are Bronze Age cairns. I have been busy this week. I seem to have amassed a huge pile of refurbishment (mainly textiles, ...
Happiness 13 Aug 2013 | 11:48 pm
For some (dare I say sad?) people, happiness is going out spending money on lots of new clothes or new shoes they don't need, handbags to add to the pile in the wardrobe or chosing a new car or an up-...
Pugin's Gem - St Giles Catholic Church, Cheadle 9 Aug 2013 | 12:50 pm
These are the magnificent West doors to St Giles Catholic Church in Cheadle, Staffordshire. By happy coincidence we ended up there on our journey back to Sheffield, because we had missed our junction...
Some more views - Derbyshire this time 8 Aug 2013 | 03:40 pm
A view across the Derbyshire Peak District as we were driving back to Sheffield. It had poured with rain the entire journey and stopped just long enough for me to leap out of the car, camera in hand....
Back from the North . . . 7 Aug 2013 | 11:38 pm
I have been MIA for a couple of days, as I had to take our eldest daughter back home after she was unwell here on Sunday, and unable to travel. Which is why yesterday evening, we were looking across t...
A walk around Hay-on-Wye 4 Aug 2013 | 05:46 pm
Throughout the posts, you will notice some beautiful hanging baskets (they make mine look bald and pathetic!). I love the old-fashioned shops here. A lovely through-view and pretty hanging basket of...
There be MONSTERS here . . . 2 Aug 2013 | 02:46 pm
This wee chappy was in the Murder and Mayhem shop. I'd not been in there before, but they have a superb collection of crime fiction. I suppose this may have been a sheep in a previous incarnation . ...
