On the packet of biscuits on my desk at the moment it says 'Fox's Creams Golden Crunch with real oats'.

What merit is there in fake oats, I wonder?

Yesterday some apples fell off the apple tree next to our greenhouse. You can see the result in the photo below. So we've pulled off as many overhanging apples as we can get to, and I've just replaced the two broken panes of glass (just as well there's a stack of spare two foot square glass panes in the garage and I have a glass cutting tool ( Read more... )

Mainly for my reference so I know for next time. Last night I cooked a vegetable stir fry with sweet and sour sauce, nothing special but it tasted OK ( Read more... )

With moving house and all, I seem to have left getting tickets for October's Whitby Gothic Weekend a little late. The Topmum site only shows one in stock. Vagabonds show out of stock too ( Read more... )

The website speaks for itself:

http://www.utilikilts.com/?page_id=30

(Though I was disappointed to see that the 'Survival' kilt doesn't actually double as a tent)

It appears that the 15 year old boy has been found guilty of murder by the jury. The 16 year old pleaded guilty to murder earlier ( Read more... )

I'm hoping that someone on my friends list will be able to help me out with this one (or maybe know someone who can ( Read more... )

From today's news, regarding the pig farmers' petition to the government (food and fuel prices, and supermarket price policies mean that they currently lose money on each pig raised, rather than make a profit):

A cross party Early Day Motion tabled by British pig industry supporter Richard Bacon MP - Tory MP for South Norfolk - will also call for ( Read more... )

Prompted by cookwitch's recent post, here's a photo from the weekend ( Read more... )

Last night it was a fairly cloudless night, so we headed a mile or two down the road to the River Derwent, which is in flood at the moment to take some photos. Some by the bridge at Bubwith, some from the path down to the bird hide a little nearer to North Duffield ( Read more... )