Master chef – the final at last!

Christopher was a callow youth in MasterChef round one
He entered to improve his skills and have a bit of fun.
But now he is an older man and keen to prove his metal
With pan and grill and skillet and the occasional steaming kettle.
For Mat it was a tearful time he cried through every [...]

Rules, rules, rules – We’re doomed

My 99 year old father – Lord Moor Common – was summoned for a blood test this week. Given his age we asked if he could have this done at home, pointing out that his Doctor, the Flu-jab nurse and various other carers were all able to pay home visits.
“Oh no” [...]

MasterChef – this is one spun out competition

Is it me? I am sure that when Master Shout began Christopher was a young lad who had only been cooking for 3 years –
Gosh hasn’t he aged since then – but then haven’t we all!

Boggy and thoughts of Pitlochrie!

Dear Boggie
My thoughts strayed to you yesterday evening . Just as I put my foot down – leaving the town of Marlow.
Pow the world lit up – that split second of splendour – and that’s when I thought of you and those lovely lanes in Pitlochrie –
Yes I too have benefitted [...]

At last a must for every Train Commuter!

The Flying Scotsman Clock – as advertised in the weekend papers!
What fun to be woken on the hour – every hour – by the realistic sound of a miniature train whizzing round its own little track – albeit in an Anti-Clockwise direction!
- producing the “GENUINE SOUND” of the Original Flying Scotsman!
And – if that [...]

Worrying quotes from the Idiots’ Lantern

from last night’s MasterChef:
“It takes 2 hrs of preparation to get a bird ready for roasting “
- Now that’s a fact that every man should take heed of !!
from a young man on that Jasper Carrott golden thingies show:
“I have my hands on my balls and I know what’s in them”
- Phew that’s a relief [...]

Yippee – I’m rich!

Broadcast
I have just been contacted by a jolly lady in Nigeria offering me untold millions!
The account she has found and wants me to share has “not been operated on for the past 4 YEARS so can be closed and the millions in it shared by us both”
The account was owned by “ an Oil dealer, [...]

John T – MasterJudge Supremo! In charge Again!

Bless the cuddly contestant
Who never dreamt of being a model
She clearly loved her food too much –
There was a lot of her to cuddle!
Gregg really liked her
and wanted to keep her in.
But John got his way AGAIN
And chose to overrule him!
So as the week draws to a close
And the quarter-finals loom
Where on Earth are [...]

Ah! Another day of snow……

Here at Moor Common Castles I could write about the snow.
I could tell you that the road is blocked by stuck cars
I could
But as I imagine you’re “Un-indented” as a local here puts it – with emails on the snowy conditions
I won’t!!!

Peddle power with contingency!

Well done to the cyclist who cycled up the hill past our house yesterday morning – with a solid plastic shell-type sled firmly strapped to his back!
I watched in the hope of seeing him hurtle back past us – flat on his back – legs waving in the [...]