Tag Archives: summer

Recommendation: Marks and Spencer Tanning Drops

Posted on August 25, 2018 by nicdempsey

I am a pale person, I’m also a pale person with a horror of burning in the sun and although this summer I’m probably the most tanned I’ve ever been thanks to hours on the allotment, I’m not that tanned. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures – Heating up

Posted on June 27, 2018 by nicdempsey

It was a hot week and I was on my own. I had a lot of stuff to do in the house and as the forecast for this week was very hot, I didn’t go to work. I went to … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Allotment: It’s that time of year

Posted on July 27, 2017 by nicdempsey

There is so much food coming off the plot this year. Last year, I had an abundance of courgettes and documented a couple of ways to use them. There was pickle, cake, pizza and caviar. The cake and the pizza … Continue reading →

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Survival mode

Posted on July 25, 2013 by nicdempsey

After months of suffering in the cold, dark wet, London has summer weather. So now we’re complaining about the hot, sweaty, sunny weather! We’re English, complaining about the weather is what we do… I did have a conversation last week … Continue reading →

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Life happening..

Posted on June 18, 2013 by nicdempsey

The weather is being weird. It’s warm, it’s grey and it rains a bit.  The Met Office is promising hot and sunny until Wednesday when the heat will ’cause rain. Lovely. The Met Office is also having a meeting of … Continue reading →

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Friday Evening by the River

Posted on August 13, 2012 by nicdempsey

I love London, especially when it’s warm and sunny and friends ask you to join them for a drink by the river… it was so good to see T & C and catch up..          

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Walking, Summer and Graveyards

Posted on June 21, 2012 by nicdempsey

On Tuesday morning, I had to go and have an x-ray on my wrist. After that was done, I needed to get to a train station and it was a beautiful, sunny day for a change, it’s been miserable about … Continue reading →

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Skincare stuff

Posted on May 28, 2012 by nicdempsey

Summer has finally arrived in England, and even though the weather forecast says rain on  Wednesday, I reckon that it’s time to think about swapping products for the summer. I’ve bought the sunblock, and this is the other stuff that … Continue reading →

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The reason I love summer…

Posted on June 22, 2011 by nicdempsey

I’m English so I’m used to the rainy summers, I’ve adjusted to always having sunglasses and an umbrella with me wherever I go. Even so I love summer… It’s not because I can spend most of the hours I’m not … Continue reading →

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British Weather….

Posted on June 17, 2011 by nicdempsey

..or why I always have sunglasses and an umbrella in my handbag… Keeping in mind that it’s June and we’re it’s summertime… This was the view from underneath the umbrella on the way to work This was the sky on … Continue reading →

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