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A New Dishwasher (and a few games along the way)
We’re gearing up for Christmas, a process that is in no way enhanced by having to deal with a broken dishwasher. The problem with having a lot of stuff on is the lack of time to write about it. I have managed to squeeze in some games though. Neon White Part of the beauty of…
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Baking and Caking
When life gives you, or rather, doesn’t give you yeast, make sourdough. I have been on and off sourdough since encountering it in Von’s 1000Spirits in Seattle in 2012. I was relatively late to the party (compared to the Epgyptians in 1500 BCE), but in my defence, it wasn’t much of a thing in Northern…
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Heat Pump, Take Three
Radiators filled. System pressurised. And action! It was almost destined not to happen, but after months of pain, disruption, and switching companies, the air source heat pump (ASHP for those in the know, or if you want to be pretentious) installation is finally happening. Octopus Energy is the force behind it, and they have been
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Swiss Cheese in the English Alps
A long drive in torrential rain (a theme of late) brought us to a bungalow just outside Grasmere in the Lake District. There was a little walking, and a lot of eating. Here are just a few of the fun filled activities we got up to. Raclette, you say? Raclette is an Alpine semi-hard cheese
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Changing Gardens Part Two (Chronicle of the Dump)
The work in the garden continued over the last week. We’ve almost wrapped up the project. We’re back in the back of the garden for another installment. This one is even more plant-filled thanks to the new fern bed installed after we removed a smaller dead tree. We finished off the last installment with the
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Changing Gardens (Chronicle of the Dump)
This post is more of a visual, photo-heavy one documenting the in-progress transformation of the back of our garden. We un-paved paradise, and put up a playground… The area at the back of our garden had been used as a dump for generations of folks. Broken bottles. Wheelbarrows. Insulation. Broken bricks. Mobile phones. You name
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