The radio woke me up today with the 0730 news as usual. Only this morning instead of reaching consciousness to a steady flow of doom and gloom trickling through the speaker the first quote I heard was…. “But I know America to be a forward thinking country because otherwise why would you have let that [...]

“In adverts, women are carefree sex kittens. In reality, they’re just annoying. Especially the ones who whine on and on about gender stereotypes through the strange flapping hole they use for expressing simple-minded notions which is apparently located somewhere above their chests.” Charlie Brooker of The Guardian newspaper fame has written another hilarious article about [...]

I found these on the shelf when I went shopping a few months ago and we’re addicted. Peppadews are little piquanté peppers about the size of cherry tomatoes. They are fresh and crunchy and soaked in a lovely sweet water. At the moment there are two varieties. Mild and Hot. The mild ones are not [...]

First Flood Of The Season Originally uploaded by Racefox This is on my way to work the other week. The rivers around my village routinely overfill during heavy rain. A few days after I drove through this in our little Mazda 3 Wil went to refill the washer fluid and found tide marks on top [...]

On Monday Cam and I visited a few shops looking to buy a microwave. Currys machines were all more than I wanted to spend (I didn’t want to part with more than £50). We went to Tescos but none of theirs were particularly appealing. I was looking for something simple and non-fussy without unnecessary buttons [...]

I’ve had 3 songs on rotation in my head for the past week. I only know small parts of each one and it is those tiny parts that appear to be stuck in my head playing over and over again like a scratched record. They are there when I go to bed and there when [...]

One of our technicians came into the office today with a grin. Being the type to always have a joke at the ready we all stopped what we were doing and awaited the story and punchline. He began.. “I got a report from the service centre today asking me to return a call to a [...]