After raiding the cupboards...

2 tins of kidney and other beans
1 tin of coconut milk
Cabbage
Mushrooms
Carrots
1 red chilli
Lots of veg. stock
Salt and pepper
Lashings of oregano

left in the slow cooker for 6hrs and it comes out as a lovely thick Thai style soup...also vegan, but never mind that.

Not posted for a while, so a quick recap ( Read more... )

And verily it did snow on Friday night. I was due to pick Chris up from her work xmas do which put me on the road just as the minor blizzard was settling. 15 min journey to Stockton Heath took nearly an hour at 15mph in grim conditions. I took a proper skid at one point and bounced off the kerb, then a couple of other people skidded further into ( Read more... )

The last 4 weekends have involved driving to and drinking at the following locations ( Read more... )

I'm visiting my new employer tomorrow, so have been looking at places to live. We'd picked up 2 areas - Highwoods, north of the town centre or Manningtree near the rive Stour, quite a bit out fo town. Highwoods turned out to be a pleasant enough but pretty soulless 80s-90s estate while Manningtree is a lovely riverside town with loads of ( Read more... )

Urgh, bloody students had better not have given me the flu.

Took the La Sportivas back for a refund and got some Mammut Mt Trail XT GTX Boots instead. B1 but hugely more practical for year round use. The good fit is consistent with Mammut having taken over Raichle who made my giant space winter boots. Bit of a palaver, but happy with the final choice ( Read more... )

The bimble up Moel Eilio (only 762 metres) at the weekend appears to have left my legs only semi-functional. More steps practice needed!

Astronaut Larry is highly entertaining. Particular insights from today ( Read more... )

In a boots update ( Read more... )