Today’s news: “Alcohol marinade for steak reduces cancer risk”

Partly published in TW’s column in the Sunday Telegraph!!
So less than a week after we have been told that drinking a glass of wine a day is a sure fire way to speed up our departure from this planet we are now told by “Researchers” that we should marinade our steaks in beer or wine!
So [...]

A little ditty to the happenings of 2008

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Boris hit the headlines
and bendy-buses cringed in fear!
RouteMaster owners perked up with glee
They could be back within a year!
That pesky Hadron Collider
Brought dread to many a nation.
But its failure to create a new black hole
Barely got a mention!
THAT election finally happened
They’d been canvassing for years!
Ms Palin didn’t catch the eye -
Obama got all [...]

We came through unscathed!

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Welcome back from your Christmas break!
Having taken due notice of the ‘Elf and Safety brigade and the latest warning that drinking a glass of wine a day is the sure-fire way to an early death, The Major and I took to swigging the stuff straight from the bottle thus avoiding the ‘glass’ altogether.
So – [...]

Season’s Greetings to all Building Surveyors

Especially the one who will be visiting the Whitebytts abode on Monday to decide if the large gap which has just appeared between a substantial beam and the wall is dangerous or not.
I hope he/she has a wonderful, restful Christmas and is wide-eyed and bushy tailed on Monday.
In the meantime, my earnest hope is that [...]

Tansy gets her new car!

So I’m “Queen of the Road” in my Ford Kuga!
Actually I look more like a gangster as it has blacked out windows at the back!
Haven’t got a new Togs sticker yet – that will be a must after Christmas.
I felt very miserable saying goodbye to my Scenic. It had been a trusty companion [...]

Global Warming solution!

Great News about Global Warming.
It just goes to show how every little gesture helps!
Only last month, Major Dickie changed the light bulbs in the kitchen for those Low Energy ones AND Bingo Global Warming vanishes and we experience the coldest December for decades.
But please can we now go back to normal bulbs [...]

Norfolk Roundup!

So we’ve had an excellent week in North Norfolk. Good weather and some very good walks. We’ve done the rounds of all the good birding places (Cley, Titchwell and Blakeney and seen lots of Brent Geese, Lapwings, Golden Plover, Widgeon, Shelduck and Teal.
We had hoped to catch sight of Snow Bunting or Waxwing [...]

The Victoria at Holkham

Wow! We may not be in a heat wave for our Winter Sun break but the Major came up trumps last night (lucky me!) and we went to The Victoria at Holkham for dinner.
Nothing like wonderful food to bring out the best in me. It really restored my faith in eating out, which, [...]

Nigella!

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Phwar. Can the nation survive Nigella for a whole week?
She was on fire last night – and so was Major Dickie. He got far too hot under the collar faced as he was, with her :
Plumptious beauties
And her Girdle Busters
I had to send him outside to cool down ……….. for [...]

Heston’s visit

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Major Dickie has been working hard improvising the required cooking implements. He’s created a steam jet using the boiler and the washing machine, fired up the towel rail heater and converted the wood burning stove into an oven.
Bring on Heston – we’re ready for anything!