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“Jean-Baptiste. Emmanuel. Zorg. “ My favourite film, ever.

Got them both :)

I bought the 4K version of Kurosawa’s ‘Throne of Blood’ this afternoon. I haven’t seen the film before, but have enjoyed other Kurosawa films very much so I’m looking forward to it.

A shy dipper, on the river Teign:

Another cucumber tip that my wife has found: if you have a glut, they keep very well if wrapped in a piece of kitchen towel and then sealed in a snap top bag. Store in the fridge. They keep crisp and fresh this way for more than 10 days. Much better than expected. You can also pickle etc but we...

Tarr Steps? Water level seems quite low..

Our rasps have just about finished, but we’ve eaten loads fresh and put a few kilos in the freezer. We’ve had a variety of wild and cultivated strawberries but we have to beat the wildlife (mice & voles) to them when they ripen. Not large crops… Our blackcurrants are ready but I’ve only...

Good job! :) We’ve found the prickly ones often have a slightly tough skin (better for pickling), and so we choose the Mini Munch smooth variety. We have 3 plants: one Mini Munch which is now producing its first few cukes; one massive plant with a minimum of 6 full size cukes on at any one...

31.5 C reported on my bike’s display. Riding into Taunton, post (successful!) MOT…..A bit too much with bike gear on if you’re in traffic

All broadcast TV and most radio is going online in any case, despite there having been a government ‘consultation’, where fewer than 3 in 10 of the public are aware of it. According to almost any paper online, Freeview and Freesat are currently scheduled to be taken off the air in 2034. The...

I get it on my Apple devices accessing BCUK. I also get it on a headphone/hifi forum I frequent. In that case the page states it’s a CloudFlare action.

In our raised beds I used gravel boards, as they are available in bulk numbers, are well treated for contact with soil, and are of dimensions that are exactly what I (and you) were looking for. I did give them an extra coat of Cuprinol Ducksback wood finish before assembly. They’ve been down in...

Now that the weather is more amenable, I took a long road motorcycle ride up, over and around Exmoor out to near Barnstable. It was very enjoyable and my destination was the Quince Honey Farm over at South Molton. I bought a small jar of the Exmoor Dandelion set honey, and a mid-sized jar of...

First proper gathering of raspberries today - about 2Kg. We’ll eat some of these fresh with a little cream in the next two days, then freeze the rest. Cukes are coming on in the greenhouse but will probably need a couple more weeks to fill out and attain their usual length. We have a lot of...

I use Nursem cream for any sore or irritated skin: Nursem website It seems to fix anything and everything on my skin.