Shopping by bike or bus is great most of the time but a few things are more problematic due to either size or weight. My answer? once...

A couple of days ago I needed to visit Penrith for a meeting, by road this would take about an hour. By train, well it is on the main...

As mentioned the other day, I’d bought myself a secondhand ‘spares or repair’ ebike on eBay, an NCM Venice Plus. The weekend arrived and...

It is a pretty silly name for a start. Until today, I'd never knowingly eaten couscous. A few months ago I was in Aldi and spotted...

I like to get a hot pie from the corner shop on a Friday, they are good. Unfortunately I got caught up in a work meeting and by the time...

Computer games are something I have only ever dabbled briefly with, I've nothing against them but just haven't gone there to date as...

I'd almost managed to go through 2023 without buying another ebike, this would be a record since I adopted them as my preferred mode of...

On the 16th of October I lost it with Facebook again, another post rejected for no obvious reason (it really was not that bad, honestly)....

My teeth are in a bad state. In fact, my last dentist told be they were in palliative care just before he retired and there has been no...

Another winter is almost upon us. I received an invite for a Covid & Flu booster and, not being one to miss out on anything free, it was...

I had one of my occasional pub trips the other day and got talking to one of my friends who has done a bit of travelling recently. I...

The latest thing I have tried sprouting in my sprouting jar is chickpeas, just 'normal' dried ones from Tesco costing around £1 for 500g....

My recent experiment growing microgreens from things found in the back of my kitchen cupboard was a success. On the back of this, I went...

AliExpress offer full refunds if there are problems with deliveries, but how good is this in reality? AliExpress parcels have quite a...

I have been meaning to try this air fryer recipe for ages and finally got around to it at breakfast time. It could not be much easier....

I'm probably not alone in this but, I've still got most of the lentils and similar I bought when it wasn't possible to buy pasta at the...

When I go fishing, I note down the What3words location for future reference. After a couple of recent 'blanks', my latest location had an...

Just four days, with the last being on the windowsill to get some light and turn it green, and it was ready and tasted like it should....

I like sausages as that as they are not really cheap nasty ones, living in Cumbria we have the Cumberland sausage as a local delicacy and...

Back when I was at primary school, I remember us growing cress. I don't believe I've ever done so since. Yesterday I visited the local...