Rant about disposable napkins (Apr09)
“Do you ever find it annoying when you’re given wads of napkins and bags you [...]
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Off to Kenya and street lights closer to home (Mar09)
Denuded landscape near Mombasa Sustainable agriculture training plot near Mombasa The offending street light [...]
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Shopping Trauma (Feb09)
I don’t really like shopping – particularly when it entails actually going out of the [...]
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It’s a shame there’s not a Yo Sushi at Waterloo because that’s my regular train [...]
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Good riddance to US car companies (Nov08)
I sat next to a chap from Citicorp Bank for Sunday lunch at a pub [...]
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Quantumly awful (Nov08)
I’m not planning see a James Bond film again unless it’s radically different from Quantum [...]
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Turning on the heat… (Nov08)
My eldest son sent me a text ‘demanding’ that I put on the heating [...]
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Eat Dorset Food Fair (Oct08)
Another sunny weekend for the Eat Dorset Food Fair. Set in the magnificent park at [...]
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Printer Horrors (Oct08)
I’ve been having problems with my printer. Actually, it’s been annoying me for quite some [...]
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Recycling Dreamland (Oct08)
Chris Dow at Closed Loop recycling in Dagenham was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. He describes [...]
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Autumn pleasures… (Sept08)
Picking apples and blackberries in the beautiful autumn sun has only been surpassed listening to [...]
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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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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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Summer produce (Jul08)
The weekend wasn’t glorious – certainly not the weather anyway. But I’ve been really enjoying [...]
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NT – Energy efficient light bulbs (Jun08)
ABOUT TIME TOO – NATIONAL TRUST ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS I was a tenant of [...]
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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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