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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Six

2nd February 2025 Going Postal 2671 Comments

Monday Good morning, Puffins, and welcome to Trump Day. It all kicks off at 5 p.m. GMT when he is inaugurated, and this cat can’t wait. The news is that he has over 200 presidential [more…]

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Yorkshire Parkin

4th November 2024 Going Postal 2659 Comments

Well then, seems I’ve been pressured into writing this one as a result of a suggestion from a Puffiness (who shall remain nameless (Yes, I’m looking at you…)). Rather than celebrating the dreadful Americanism that [more…]

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A Food Trip to Malaga

14th July 2023 Going Postal 3347 Comments

Around the year 800 BC the Phoenicians founded a port in southern Spain which they named “Malaca” which means to salt. At the east of the natural harbour, in an area where the bullring stands [more…]

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Recipe Corner – Chicken Paprika

10th April 2023 Sweaty Dave 1997 Comments

Here is a quick and easy meal to make one evening which is easy to do, using mainly inexpensive ingredients and very little effort. The recipe was one from my mother. Being a child of [more…]

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Tapas

5th September 2022 Going Postal 3224 Comments

It is said that tapas started life as a thin slice of bread placed over the rim of a glass or tankard to prevent insects landing in the wine or beer. It was then that [more…]

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Thou shall have a Fishy, on a little Dishy

28th June 2021 Going Postal 4260 Comments

I’ve reached an age where recollecting the past is (mostly) a good thing, & happy memories of less hard times well spent, come flooding back. Childhood memories are cherished forever, and when we talk about [more…]

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It’s a Bird………..It’s a plane……… No, It’s a Scotch Egg

7th January 2021 Going Postal 5101 Comments

Does it really take a planned demic to bring a much loved and often forgotten item out from the dark shadows of a corner shop chill cabinet and put in the spotlight front & centre [more…]

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A Christmas Trip to Remember

16th December 2020 Going Postal 2068 Comments

Mum, Dad, Big Brother and I were off to stay with my aunt and uncle in a small Yorkshire village for Christmas. I had passed my driving test about a year earlier and was to [more…]

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The Bucket List Part One – Pork Pies

20th July 2020 Going Postal 2940 Comments

[Author’s note – this may be a very short series of articles as my bucket list is not especially fulsome. To give you an idea, item one on it was “Own a bucket”. This might [more…]

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