Have I been missing a new fashion for musical cycling? See this exciting offer from Discount Cycles. I'm particularly amused by the 'People who purchased this also purchased...' feature.

No, not the testicular cancer campaign, although do check those too, if applicable ( Read more... )

When I asked him what he'd like for Christmas, my dad said that he'd seen a Dorothy L. Sayers-related something in August that he thought he'd like, but couldn't remember what it was he'd seen. The only details I have are: 1) he saw publicity material for it, not the thing itself; 2) he's fairly confident that the reason he saw the publicity ( Read more... )

Questions from serrana:

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I'm late making the Christmas cake this year, but last night I finally got round to it. I love the steeping-in-brandy stage, especially this year, as I'm trying a new recipe and apricots, figs, prunes and a whole orange (zest and juice) are joining the usual lexia raisins, sultanas, glacé cherries, candied peel, currants and brandy in my largest ( Read more... )

I bought the yellow version of this about two years ago for somewhere in the region of £45. For the first nine months or so I was very happy with it - it's high-visibility (there are more reflective strips in the next model up, but this was really bright yellow with some reflective bits), is light, packs quite small, is a good shape (rounded tail ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't make it to Oxford at the weekend, partly because I was later leaving the house than I'd intended but mainly because as well as all the motorway repairs with speed restrictions someone - or more probably, several someones - had so severe an accident that the whole of the M1 was closed for several hours between two junctions. I found ( Read more... )

Having been fairly pleased that I'd managed to remain reasonably productive in the last few days (in work and housework terms, anyway) despite this season's obligatory stinking cold, I appear to have hit a wall somewhere. Grand total of not a lot done since about yesterday lunchtime - energy and motivation distinctly lacking, stuffed nose and ( Read more... )

I'm going to be in Oxfordshire with a bit of free time on Saturday afternoon, and as I've only been to Oxford once and didn't get to see much of it then, I'd like to pop in for a while if I can. I'm planning to park at one of the Park and Rides, wander around for a couple of hours (rather than going to see anything specific, as time is limited and ( Read more... )

...is a 14oz can of tomatoes the same size as a 400g can of tomatoes? In general, when US recipes give a measurement in oz for tinned food, is it fluid ounces or the dry sort ( Read more... )