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Going Home

Posted on October 3, 2020 by nicdempsey

Today we’ll be mostly in the car, for the 350-ish mile drive home. As ever, I’m sad to leave but happy to be going home. It’s been a different holiday from usual but I really needed the break and although … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: The Govt. don’t know the rules that they’ve made…

Posted on October 2, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Well the world is pretty much a disaster, has been for a while but the UK govt. are really excelling themselves in levels of incompetency and ignorance. The American experiment seems to be on fire and the rest … Continue reading →

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October is my mental health month

Posted on October 1, 2020 by nicdempsey

Despite the horribleness of 2020, the months move on and we are 91 days away from 2021. Although I’m on holiday this week, I’m going to be working from home for the rest of this year and probably into next, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Last of the Tomatoes

Posted on September 30, 2020 by nicdempsey

I picked all the tomatoes last Friday, and another eight squash and the last cucumbers. The weather has changed and it’s getting colder so I didn’t want to go away for the week and lose the last of them. I … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: North

Posted on September 28, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I’m very happy to report that this week, I’m not at work. Yesterday, we walked to Warkworth and today we are headed into Alnwick and to my happy place, Barter Books. We have plans to go to Hauxley … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: September – Earth, Wind and Fire

Posted on September 27, 2020 by nicdempsey

Because I couldn’t let September go by without putting this up!

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Holiday

Posted on September 26, 2020 by nicdempsey

After a cancellation, we are going on holiday today! We have absolutely thought about the risks of this and decided to go anyway. Ma and I are a support bubble, we are staying in a cottage and our holidays don’t … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Headless Chickens

Posted on September 25, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This is late, but here are this week’s links… Matt Hancock, could you honestly think of no one better to run test and trace? Working from home could be keeping Covid-19 at bay – for proof, look at … Continue reading →

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Preserving the Plot: Pico de Gallo

Posted on September 24, 2020 by nicdempsey

I’ve preserved a lot of tomatoes this year but I haven’t preserved a lot of home grown tomatoes. Despite having just over 30 tomato plants this year, we’ve also eaten through a load of them. I’ve eaten so much tomato … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Ready for the change of season

Posted on September 23, 2020 by nicdempsey

We actually did more than weeding and collecting this week! The plot is still at the weird, messy and winding down stage we are still getting harvests but less squash and cucumbers and more leafy greens! We are still waiting … Continue reading →

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