Tying strong loops in a line is a handy skill; if they can be kept compact enough to pass through the eye of a swivel, they provide an...

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....

My first queen ant, a Lasius Flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant) arrived 130 days ago, I have had a few failures of eggs and I was expecting the...

I managed to buy a whole box full of second-hand sea fishing floats of various sizes. Seems like a pretty good haul for eight quid. I...

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...

It looks unlikely that the Wilko shops will remain open for more than a few more days barring a last-minute buy-out. I hope I'm wrong as...

One of my planned winter projects is going to be making my own fishing rigs, it should be possible to save a bit and will hopefully be...

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 won the eBay auction which I mentioned in a previous post. Ten Toby-style metal lures for £10.46 including delivery, a pretty good deal...

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...

I quite enjoy float fishing from the pier for mackerel, there is no heavyweight gear involved, and I have a tiny (I mean tiny) tackle box...

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...

This morning I headed off fishing by bus, alas it got to the furthest point from my destination (twice as far as my starting point)...

Back on July 7th, I captured 11 queen ants locally, until yesterday I still had all 11. Alas, Queen 10 (a Lasius Niger and I'm not the...

I am talking about my cooking here. Personally, I'm still the same scruff as usual and have absolutely no intention of changing that any...

Since my weekly home delivery of milk started, I've still not needed to go and buy a 'top up' in the middle of the week. I use it in tea...

I've finally done it, I went to Aldi and didn't buy any unplanned items from the centre aisle. This is a real first. The centre aisle is...

As I went by the IMO car wash in town earlier, I noticed it was changing colour. New signage is being installed to turn the bland yellow...

Finally, my first catch. The mackerel seem to have arrived as there were other people catching them too. Yesterday afternoon I switched...