How to Make Alcohol at Home
April 3, 2020
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Given the abundance of apple trees at our new house, I’d say it’s inevitable that I’ll try my hand at making cider, at some point.
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2019 Cycle Tour through France
March 27, 2020
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The 2019 cycle tour was from Montpellier, down on the Mediterranean, all the back up to the ferry port at Roscoff. The first part of
How to Survive the Coronavirus Pandemic
March 20, 2020
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While I accept that the best way to survive the Coronavirus is to build yourself a fortress of toilet paper, there may well be some
My Weight Loss Success for 2019
March 13, 2020
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As some of you might remember, at the start of 2019, I announced that I’d be doing a Weight Loss Plan for the year, and
Do Men Really Only See in 16 Colours?!
March 6, 2020
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Many years ago, I saw something that suggested that men only saw in the Microsoft Windows default 16-color palette. More recently, there’s been the “Men’s
Why We Moved House
February 24, 2020
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Seven years ago, we moved house from Creech St Michael to a new build on an estate in Bathpool. The house in Creech St Michael
Is a Bucket List a Good Idea?
February 21, 2020
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This post is also on my Cancer Dad site, but I thought the concept of the bucket list was equally relevant here, so… Before the
Moving House and Missing Posts
February 10, 2020
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So, I haven’t posted since the end of September, when I shared my thoughts on whether doing DofE Gold was a benefit for getting into
Is DofE Gold Worth Doing to Get into University?
September 20, 2019
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The Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) award is a youth programme that was set up by Prince Philip, back in 1956. There are three levels of
The Best Ways to Preserve Food at Home
September 13, 2019
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We’re in the process of moving house. I won’t go into all the rigmarole involved in the actual move, in this post, I’ll do that
Weight Loss Success for August
September 6, 2019
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As I explained in the July post, to achieve my weight loss success for August, I wanted to weigh no more than 14 stone 10
Visiting Stockholm by Cruise Ship
August 30, 2019
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So far, our Baltic cruise had followed the pattern of one day at port, followed by one day at sea, and repeat. In this way,