A new sport
If your energy distribution company set up a new service with a ridiculous name to support those customers (like us)...
Blue Witch
"defiantly and resplendently un-trendy"
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If you have a glut of cucumbers... and it's hot hot hot...
Make cucumber and gin sorbet. 100g of sugar is more than enough and no need to use the liquid glucose...
Astronomical Update
Monday 10th August, soon after midnight - Clear skies: Milky Way, 3 satellites, no Perseid meteors. Tuesday 11th August, 2am...
Bang, bang, the mighty fall
The other evening we were in bed watching TV. I can't recall what we were watching, as there are so...
Border Reivers
We have spent most of the week electrifying our boundaries against unwanted intruders in varying colours and coats. It's hard...
In a new light
Very autumnal here this morning - light and dew and temperature - for the first time. Enough rain has fallen...
Bugger
No £40. The bloke to fit the new electricity meter turned up within the quoted 2 hour window - although...
Free waterbutt refill service in operation
Ah, rain. We’ve had rain on and off all night, and it continues now. Long may it last. It won't,...
Not reading
How long should an electricity smart meter last? More than just over 4 years I'd think. Our meter, installed in...
14 heads and counting
This sunflower is taller than me and is right outside the kitchen window. I fear it is a cross-continent...
BW observes
This year's word of the year seems likely to be 'hydrate'....
BW observes
Manchester is not The North....
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Fencing
Last autumn Mr BW replaced the old fence that forms the top edge of our property. When he had finished,...
Karma
To punish me for gloating about cooler temperatures in the North, at ten to eight this morning our power went...