As I have said I spent Boxing day digging at the allotment. Most of the plot is bare and very little is growing, so this makes it a good time to to the digging (as well as burning off all the calories consumed on Christmas Day). As we can start expecting frosts, the digging is […]

Happy Christmas. Just thought I’d quickly let you know what I’ve been up to - had a great Christmas day, good food good wine and good company. Worked it all off on Boxing Day by digging down on the allotment. Stabbed myself on the hand while sharpening a knife to take the meat off the […]

I need to apologise. In my blog Faccuracy I accused Amanda Platell of multiplying 500 by 52 and getting over 26,000. I made a factual error in that blog by saying that the article was in the Mail on Sunday. Her column is actually in the Saturday edition of the Daily Mail. I humbly apologise […]

Barry bunny is a house rabbit. This means that he lives inside our house. He has a hutch in the kitchen and during the day is allowed to roam free in the kitchen unless Jo is in when he is allowed to follow her (her rules not mine – until he chews one of my […]

It’s that time of year when drivers (who don’t know what they’re doing) dazzle oncoming motorists. This disease usually afflicts women, young people and drivers of 4X4’s. They see a switch for front fog lights, yet do not understand how they work, or more to the point how they affect other road users.
Fog lights are […]