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Allotment Adventures: A sunny day and lots of work

Posted on February 21, 2018 by nicdempsey

It felt like we really broke the back of the work list this weekend. We’d hired a car so we could get some of the big items off the list. So on Saturday morning before 9am we were up and … Continue reading →

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Lemon Posset

Posted on February 20, 2018 by nicdempsey

Ever since I had the lime posset at Dark Horse, I knew I wanted to learn how to make it, and Tom was here for dinner yesterday, so it seemed as good a reason as any to have a go. … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on February 19, 2018 by nicdempsey

I could divide my life right now into plus and minus columns. Plus, a productive weekend. Minus, my laptop is in the shop for repair. And no, it wasn’t me, it just stopped working. Minus I’ve only had it five … Continue reading →

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Lent

Posted on February 17, 2018 by nicdempsey

I’m trying to be a bit more thoughtful about Lent this year. One of the things that I recognised last year was that I’ve been neglecting my practice of my faith and that I miss it. So Lent seemed like … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on February 16, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a fairly standard week, there were pancakes, I got ashed, went to see Black Panther and had a much more successful work week. Today, I’m going to spend an exciting Friday night buying compost because I … Continue reading →

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Another use for pancakes

Posted on February 15, 2018 by nicdempsey

Lasagna but with pancakes instead of pasta. I try and work pancakes into the entire evening meal on pancake day! I regret nothing…

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Allotment Adventures: The Mud and Rain

Posted on February 14, 2018 by nicdempsey

It rained more or less continuously on Saturday, it wasn’t really heavy rain just drizzle. The raised beds arrived on Friday and on Saturday morning, Ma and I walked them round. We had high hopes for the work we were … Continue reading →

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Dark Horse

Posted on February 13, 2018 by nicdempsey

Friday saw me venturing over to Stratford for drinks. Now I know that lots of people love East London but I’m firmly team West London and rarely get over that side of London. If I had to visualise London, the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on February 12, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I am determined that I will have a better work week this week, than I did last. It was tough and full of emails and people that think I can magic up extra hours in the day. I … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on February 9, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Today is an exciting day because finally we are heading all the way over to Stratford to Dark Horse This week the usual miscellany started with whining about commuting, on Tuesday, I went all class warrior on you … Continue reading →

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