I'll have to look for one of those and see if I can get on with the fat handle. It's a long way to Inverness though so I won't be going there.
My Nan used to give us celery sticks with sugar to dip them into. If you licked the end of the celery you could get it to pick up a remarkable...
There's probably something going on in Edinburgh that weekend (a sport event maybe). Perhaps you could have an honorary birthday and go on a...
Train prices aren't usually that bad if you buy separate Advance tickets (booked seats on a specific train) for the outward and return journeys,...
Yesterday was mostly grey but dry, and fairly cool (although 5C isn't too bad for December). It's the same today but forecast rain/showers for...
I would think any time while they're dormant is OK - that's generally the case for deciduous trees. It's Prunus (cherries and their relations)...
I used to have one of those and I never did find a good replacement. The newer ones have a different shape to both the blade and the handle, and...
It does seem to be an anomaly that healthcare is funded nationally but social care is funded locally.
I haven't bought a swede for ages but I they certainly used to keep for a good couple of weeks in the fridge, maybe more. I did see some in Aldi...
Sunny again today. Yesterday's rainfall total was 4mm.My total for November was 145mm which is grand and should have made good inroads in...
I met many "upper class twits" when I was at university and the vast majority were not in any way liberal, they were Conservative with a capital...
The trouble with council tax is that there's always some group who will find it unfair. The ill-fated poll tax version charged per adult and was...
Raining today. We seem to be alternating wet days and fine days.
Sunny and breezy this morning :smile:Yesterday it rained pretty much all day - 24mm in the gauge this morning, almost an inch.
Macau is pretty much all urban, Hong Kong has some non-urban mountainous areas and some fairly large country park regions. I think the...
Pretty much non-weather for the last few days, but we just had a short sharp hailstorm.
It's sunny today but feeling cool in the breeze, and showers forecast for this afternoon followed by a cold night. It might be icy in the morning.
Rain overnight/early morning, 6mm. It's bright now, not wall-to-wall sunshine, but some getting through the breaks in the cloud, and a gentle...
I generally buy own-brand crisps (unless Kettle are on offer) but I still expect cheese & onion crisps to be in green bags and salt & vinegar in...
No frost this morning but it somehow feels colder than yesterday, probably because the sun isn't out.
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