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Friday Links: 100% failure rate

Posted on September 6, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been quite a week for news… Britain’s Political Chaos Shows Everything Is Okay. Last week, my friend Kathy, who grew up in a country with an actual written constitution, was arguing about how dangerous Boris was because … Continue reading →

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Food Budget Reset

Posted on September 5, 2019 by nicdempsey

It’s September and with the sole of exception of Saturday because it’s family dinner so it won’t be OTT, I’m not drinking alcohol this month. There are two months of the year where we’re encouraged to give up drinking for … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tomatoes

Posted on September 4, 2019 by nicdempsey

We finally have some high summer veg. Just as August ends! I was beyond excited for the tomatoes and corn but didn’t think we had any cukes until I was cutting back the leaves of the rampant cucumber bed and … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Autumn is coming

Posted on September 2, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday and September! How was last week for everyone? Mine was fine, there is some change coming down the pipe but we’ll have to see how that goes. The country is a mess but we covered that on Friday! … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Drew Holcomb – Family

Posted on September 1, 2019 by nicdempsey

This week I spent some time talking to my brother and yesterday, I spent some time on the allotment with Ma. I also spent some time talking to my aunt and next week I’ll be at my brother’s for the … Continue reading →

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Recommendation: English Heritage and National Trust Memberships

Posted on August 31, 2019 by nicdempsey

Now I’m 46, I am middle aged, I like gardening and old buildings, I have been known to plan holidays around going to see particular old buildings (mostly Middleham which is my favourite castle!). I did all of this as … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Prorogued

Posted on August 30, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! So the big news where I am is that Boris Johnson has,  yet again, proved to be a lying, faithless snake who doesn’t believe in the sovereignty of Parliament or the Union. The Queen let him do it, … Continue reading →

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Classic White Loaf

Posted on August 29, 2019 by nicdempsey

This weekend, I made bread. I used to make bread fairly often but haven’t done it much recently. However I had just made some jam and if you have jam then you need bread to properly taste test it. The … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye

Posted on August 28, 2019 by nicdempsey

The temperatures in London went stupidly hot last week and we had 30C and over for a couple of days so just as allotmenters started to prepare themselves for an early autumn, it was summer again. This is good as … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Bank Holiday Late

Posted on August 27, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Tuesday! For those of us in most of the UK (not Scotland) yesterday was the last Bank Holiday of summer and that’s it until Christmas. It’s the last week of the school holidays (except in Scotland) and it’s been … Continue reading →

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