Category: Food
-
Didn’t it snow!
Here’s a little taste of our time in Paris. The weather outside was frightful. And there wasn’t a fire in sight-ful. Since we’re stuck out-side, oh. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. We spent last week in and around Disneyland Paris and were treated with a rather magical experience on Thursday when…
-
Any Port(o) in a Storm – Port 2
Let me whisk you away from this wintry British weather to a pleasant Autumn day in Porto. We left off moments away from crossing the bridge. What bridge, you ask? The Dom Luís I, of course. This is the bridge that pops up in a lot of the photos of Porto, and rightly so. It’s…
-
Any Port(o) in a Storm – Port 1
That should be Part 1, perhaps after too much port. I spent a few days in Porto visiting a laboratory for a digital pathology workshop. Of course, I couldn’t come this far and not spend a bit of time exploring the city on the Douro. Plane. Train. Automobile. And bus. That’s how you get to…
-
On the Edit
Shelving the Desktop? Due to an “internal technical issue”, my Alienware desktop order was cancelled. I had planned on re-ordering it but was reliably informed by my Intel-insider that the 15th generation of Intel CPUs was due to launch within the next month so it might be worth holding off. So that’s exactly what I…
-
A Barbican Brunch
The title says it all. We were down in the city centre of Plymouth several times over the weekend for Seafest-related events (and Toddler Club at Everyman, of course). On Saturday after the cinema we had a quick walk through the stalls on display at Royal William Yard and got to try some circus equipment…
-
Gaming and Camping (Gamping?)
When you feel like doing nothing else, there are always games to comfort you. Being ill isn’t fun, but games are. Mostly. The fun ones, at least. I’ve gotten back into Horizon Forbidden West, a game I have had on the go for a long time now. It’s a densely packed experience and one I…
-
Burgers, Camping, and Camp Survival Horror?
Camping? In the UK? Is that wise? This one will be shorter by necessity as I’m writing on a phone rather than a proper computer. We’re outside of Lyme Regis in a rather quaint campsite overlooking some beautiful countryside. Bucking the trend for campsites, we also have 4G reception. The Polestar 2 capacity has been…
-
(Even more) Electrification
We’ll soon be moving away from fossil fuels entirely as a family (on a household level)… The Next Car The Polestar 2 experiment has been a success. A few months in and over 2,500 miles (even without commutes), it has been an excellent automobile. Yes I’ve had niggles with the key and the app, and…
-
Project: Hedgehog (or Hedgehogs and Projects)
Rain. Rain. And more rain. Although that’s not all that visited recently… For the first time in living memory, our garden played host to a little spiky mammal who wandered into view across the patio. The area is rather exposed and patrolled by multiple cats which is probably why we haven’t seen any hedgehogs here…
-
Summer Rains
After a few weeks of summer, we’re back to Autumn with drenching rains. That hasn’t quite dampened our enthusiasm for getting stuff done. Yes, July is proving to be a wet month already. Good for the plants, but not quite as good for those trying to do things outdoors. We did have the odd sensation…
Ordinary Decent Gamer 