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Yeovil to Naples by train (Aug08)

Up to Waterloo and across to St Pancras, we caught the Eurostar to Paris. But[...]

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09
Aug
Family friendly films – a rant (Aug08)

This is a rant! Why make a Batman movie that’s not suitable for children –[...]

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09
Aug
Summer produce (Jul08)

The weekend wasn’t glorious – certainly not the weather anyway. But I’ve been really enjoying[...]

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07
Jul
NT – Energy efficient light bulbs (Jun08)

ABOUT TIME TOO – NATIONAL TRUST ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS I was a tenant of[...]

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Jun
A Trip to Waste Tip (Jun08)

Dimmer landfill site near Castle Cary in Somerset is unusual.  It has a rather beautiful[...]

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Jun
Washing lines in Dubrovnik (Jun08)

Where bombs and missiles fell in the early 1990s, I stood looking at washing lines[...]

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Jun
Marjorie Scardino in place of Anita Roddick – women in business (Apr08)

I was originally asked to speak at the Merrill Lynch ‘Shaping the Future’ event last[...]

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Apr
Easter Holidays (Apr08)

  Snow fights and snow men are unusual activities for an Easter holidays. We’ve managed[...]

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Apr
Changing lightbulbs (Feb08)

First a confession. I have spotlights in both my kitchen and living room, which are[...]

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Feb
Bottled Water – Eau No! (Feb08)

“I’ve been drinking bottled water for 30 years and I’ll go on doing it until[...]

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19
Feb
Street light rant (Feb08)

There’s been some discussion recently about councils turning off lights between midnight and dawn. Hooray.[...]

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17
Feb
Great Briton’s of 2007 Award (Jan08)

I really appreciate ‘can do’ people and you can’t get much more ‘can do’ than[...]

31
Jan
Energy Monitoring Gizmos (Jan08)

TRIED AND TESTED – ENERGY MONITORS Energy Monitors don’t directly save you energy – but[...]

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Jan
Are motorbikes better than cars? (Jan08)

My sons were more impressed with these bikes than I was! Are motorbikes better than[...]

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Jan
How green is the London Eye? (Oct07)

Much as I love having my children at home, a two week half term at[...]

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Oct
Pen Hadow’s Arctic adventure (Dec07)

We missed seeing Pen Hadow and his team mates plunge into the chilly depths of[...]

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Oct
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