20 March 2012
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Look at this delightfully tempting email I received from the tax man: Claim Your Tax Refund Online Dear Customer, HM Revenue & Customs has identified an error in the calculation of your tax from the last payment, amounting to £ … Continue reading
19 March 2012
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For dinner on Saturday I used a ‘Modernist’ approach based on this NY Times article. You start by freezing the steak to lower the core temperature then searing on one side before transferring to the oven at a low temperature … Continue reading
18 March 2012
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Last night Jane and I went down to help out at the Life Songs gig (rudimentary website — their online operations mainly focus on their Facebook page) put on at the St Clement’s Mish as part of the Overflow youth … Continue reading
16 March 2012
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After all that birdwatching, today’s main activity was looking at trees in the marvellous setting of Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire. The biggest discovery of the day was not a specific tree but the fact that the arboretum has an interactive … Continue reading
15 March 2012
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Today’s birdwatching trip (the last of the series) was to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust place at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. At last a place where there is at least as much to feast the eyes as the ears. All kudos … Continue reading
14 March 2012
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More birdwatching today, this time at Ham Wall in Somerset. We saw some birds I’ve not seen before but the main lesson was that, even guided by experts, a good proportion of the observations rely on hearing rather than sight, … Continue reading
13 March 2012
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Jane and I went bird watching today with my parents at an RSPB reserve in Devon. To be honest, I think we see more birds in their back garden and at a closer range but it was nice to have … Continue reading
11 March 2012
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Lidl is a funny sort of place to go grocery shopping; alongside the regular shelves of products they have aisles full of goods that change from week to week. Typically they provide a decent combination of low prices and reasonable … Continue reading
10 March 2012
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They were not joking when the manual writers described the knife tool on my new food processor as sharp. While drying it up yesterday and even through taking the same amount of care I normally show knives, it sliced through … Continue reading
9 March 2012
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My favourite tea shop is so cosily antique that I cannot even find a website directly for it. The nearest I could get to the Wallingford Tea and Coffee Company was an entry in the TouchLocal directory. They do very … Continue reading