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On the Road Again
The beginning of the Irish chronicle. Our epic journey started in Plymouth with an easy two hour drive to Bristol airport one sunny Saturday afternoon. An easy drive hasn’t been guaranteed the last couple of months due to the Curse of the Acoustic Foam! No, it’s not a campy B-movie, but instead an attempt by…
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Gardening and a (It’ll be) Grand Tour
I’m still plugging away at Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (excellent DLC, by the way). Here’s what I’ve been up to otherwise. Garden Update The raised beds are showing various degrees of success. One bed is being slowly replaced by potatoes, and has a good crop of lettuce and radishes. A few of the beetroot and…
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FDZ (Food, Drinks, and Zombies*)
*The undead monster, not the drink. Hokum May is traditionally known as the most terrifying of months. Tempting us with near 20 degree heat, followed by a drop in temperature and torrential rain. What better way to celebrate the season than with a horror film! Hokum stars Adam Scott as a self-loathing asshole of a…
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Fire Extinguisher in the Alcove?
Happy Saint Patrick’s Eve! You thought you’d experienced all the shelves you could handle last week? Think again! It’s time to explore the alcoves. (But not the ones in Koningin Astrid Park…) The Alcoves Last week I put up the shelves for the glassware to replace the dresser which has gone to a new home.…

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Junior Doctor Strike 2023 (Extra! Extra!)
Explanation of the 2023 junior doctor strikes in England, and why pay restoration is the right thing to do.

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Fencing and (Further) Delays
Still no heat pump, and we’re looking at another month before we’ve got a suitable cylinder. That hasn’t stopped me getting doing stuff. Shelf-ish Actions Selling our dresser left us a little short of storage space in the kitchen. Unfortunately it had to go as there was no space for the new mega-radiator (1.6m long…

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Get Pumped! (Air Source Heat Pump Edition)
The title says it all. Actually, it says a bit of it. The story is a little more complex than originally planned. Welcome to what was originally dubbed “Pump Week”. Welcome to the future! The latest air source heat pumps are quiet. Energy efficient. Stylish. Wireless? Pipe-less…cable-less? Yes, it’s a heat pump but not one…
