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before: Pretty! after: Tasty!

Not the main job over the Christmas break, but it would be a shame to go back to work without a few loaves in the freezer. Here’s a mixture of breads, some leavened with a sour dough starter and others using dried yeast granuals brought on with a little warm water and sugar. For the

It is startling to see a white squirrel for the first time. I was running a regular route close by our local apple farm, and as I passed the giant pile of reject apples a white animal streaked away across the ground then up into the trees and out of sight. This became a familiar

“The lightweight alternative to walking boots, the Terroc 330 is ideal for fast and light trekking and walking in the mountains and along the trails in drier summer conditions. This shoe has lateral and medial posting providing torsional support. Recreational trail runners have also taken a shine to this superb nimble and responsive shoe.” Enthusiasts

So I was naive. Optimistic. Gullable. I read my email from the Events Coordinator with a dose of wishful thinking. When I receive a comment ‘we should know if we have places soon’ I realised something might be wrong with my assumptions. A letter arrived early this month to say “I am very sorry to

I learned that a great feature of WordPress is the capability to back-up your blog by exporting it. I started with Blogger  a year ago. In the intervening period I’ve held back a bit on publishing partly because of some (minor) frustration in the original editor, but mostly from a niggling concern that all my

Sabotage!

                Is this the fate of creative enterprise donated to a society with values at odds with those of the individual? The Ice House in my previous note was similarly trashed several hours after the picture was taken.

It is hard to resist re-taking the same photographs on each trip along the Dorset coast. The scenery is spectacular and quite unlike other parts of the country. The coast path to the east of Lulworth crosses an area used by the military and sometimes a red flag flies high and the area is closed.

Local residents take this opportunity to build an extension.