We bought a hybrid Volvo XC90 a few months ago. It was a mistake. On the plus side it’s extremely comfortable and I love some of the gizmos – built
Sometimes you hear something on the radio which makes you cringe. Just before Christmas this happened… A woman rang the radio programme to say that something dreadful had happened. What
Filln’away – essentially means fill the balloons and chuck the whole gas canister away afterwards – as well as leaving balloon waste to wash up on the beach
My speech went down the plug hole! I spent ages preparing my speech. Had an inspirational idea on how to pull it together. And, I thought it was pretty good
My blog life has been rather quiet for a long time. There may be some people who have been checking my Blogspot and getting fed up with looking at
It felt apocalyptic. Exceptional flood levels. Sandbags. Elevated planks to walk along. St Mark’s Square underwater and a deluge. But I discovered that this was not very unusual. And, it’s
We bought a couple of lobsters from Lidl for £5.99 each and had them for supper. They weren’t particularly good despite getting the top rating for ‘cheap supermarket lobsters’. And,
My blog is coming alive again. It’s been asleep for quite some time!
I’ve often been asked for top tips in greening your home. One of my best suggestions is to ‘make friends with your heating controls’, because if you don’t you’ll be
Remember the joke about how many men are needed to change a light bulb. The answer is generally a joke about the number of people standing around watching. But my
