Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Six
Monday Good Morning everyone, another week and I could hear it raining when I woke up. Yesterday was awful, every time the grass got dry enough for me to walk on it poured down again. [more…]
Hobbies
Hobbies
Crossword No. 143
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a copy of Tachybaptus’s book A Bear’s Diary. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 142 – [more…]
Arts
Ramble On!
I must go out for a walk again, just my walking boots and I. And all I ask is an OS map and one of those little plastic wallets to keep it dry. As [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Five
Monday Good Morning everyone, another week of reporting stretches out in front of me. I had a good read of the papers this morning and loved the story of the Royal Navy who turned up [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 142
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 141 – Madam Revenant. Answers with next [more…]
Hobbies
It’s a SNAP! Part One – The Film Years
For my 16th Birthday, in 1964, my parents were rash enough to listen to my years of hints, pleading, and tantrums to buy me a proper camera. By proper camera I mean a 35mm camera [more…]
Cooking
Culterally-Appropriated Tandoori Pheasant
The shooting season is with us again, and many of us are looking for good recipes for our game birds. I find roast pheasant, frankly, a little dull and dry and the best recipes for [more…]
Engineering
Cnuteneering, Part Two
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in part [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Four
Monday Good Morning Cat lovers. Another week and a lot happening here. Someone came round yesterday to check out if the central heating ready for the official turn on. The Civil Serpents do like to [more…]