Tag Archives: 2025

Allotment Adventures: The Best Laid Plans

Posted on November 27, 2025 by nicdempsey

I had last Friday earmarked for allotment and it didn’t go well. The trains were balked, so it took me ages to get home, then I had a ton of stuff to sort, then I had to go to the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany : Cold Snap

Posted on November 24, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! The unseasonably warm November weather ended last week and I woke up energised. I hate that it’s dark when I get up but I love those sunny, crisp days. We’re back to single figures again and until it … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Little Bit More Work

Posted on November 19, 2025 by nicdempsey

After an unintentional week off, I was back for some gentle allotmenting. My back is still not fabulous and it’s really hard to work out what to do to help it (I can’t stop carrying wheelchairs downstairs or sleeping on … Continue reading →

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Tidying up and a slow decluttering of my space

Posted on November 18, 2025 by nicdempsey

One of the reasons that looking after Mum has been so easy is that she is not a hoarder, she doesn’t collect random stuff and she it ruthless about throwing things away. My Grandad was the same and when he … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: November settling in

Posted on November 17, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was completely missing in action from the blog last week because I was busy. I had a migraine on Sunday and that is when I do the bulk of these posts, and I just didn’t catch change … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: New York does the right thing!

Posted on November 7, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This week’s links… King Charles officially strips Andrew of HRH style and prince title. I’d like to strip all of the them of their titles and their ‘jobs’ Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Gentle Day

Posted on November 5, 2025 by nicdempsey

Last weekend, I banjaxed my back. This weekend, I was determined not to hurt myself anymore. But I wanted to be consistent and I needed to pick up the weed bin, so off to the plot I went. First, I … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Mama Told Me There’d Be Weeks Like This

Posted on November 3, 2025 by nicdempsey

It has not been a good health week. I had a flu jab on Tuesday, I’m having an ongoing issue with my GP about my HRT, and I banjaxed my back. Anything I managed to do from Thursday on is … Continue reading →

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November Sucks

Posted on October 30, 2025 by nicdempsey

As we come to the end of October and with the advent of the clocks going back, I’m thinking about next month. November is tough. It’s dark, I’m SAD and the month is full of anniversaries and sadness. There is … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Slowly, slowly…

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nicdempsey

So last week I bought another cherry tree. For those of you keeping count, that’s five but I only actually have four on the plot. I’m still waiting on three more that I’ve ordered (cherry, apricot, peach). It arrived on … Continue reading →

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