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Same for me on fast broadband or 4G cellular.

Ours were cleaned off by the blackbirds back at the start of September…..

Just saw this in a local online news article: https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/antiques-roadshow-musical-penknife-bbc-9626091?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop I dont think I’d want to be battoning with that :)

Along with the others: Just Do it!

When we have a glut, or can’t store extra tomatoes, we have them fried on a chunky piece of toast for breakfast. Heat a little olive oil in the pan, fry a little sliced onion (and garlic if you like), add some fennel seeds. When the onions are becoming see through, add the roughly chopped or...

We’ve got two gooseberry bushes, one established and one a baby. The established bush gave us 2KG of fruit this year, and we’re hoping that the smaller one will start fruiting next year. The fruit is all going into gooseberry and ginger jam - one of my favourites. We tried cucamelons last year...

Our garlic is in, but today we’ve had a harvest from the greenhouse: The red and chocolate brown chillies are medium hot and very versatile, but those little yellow ones are lemony/fruity and are seriously hot! You only need one chopped up in a saucepan of chilli con carne or sausage stew...

<AOL> Me too. Mine is the hood less unlined one though. It’s served for 4 or 5 years in my case, beating and rabbiting. My jacket is showing its age though, so a new one ( mine was still in its wrapping) will be on my shopping list soon.

Thanks all! Let’s hope for some more entries this month. Cheers, Bob

The jump-off at The Quantock Show: [iPhone 15, today]

Heard a commotion in the garden this morning, and grabbed the camera. Managed to catch a young sparrowhawk taking a young blackbird on the far side of the garden: These are crops from a shots at 600mm.

Today my wife noticed something moving in a different manner around our tiny pond. When we checked with binoculars (c. 15 yards) we could see it was a snake. On looking through some reference pictures seems it was a barred grass snake, around 3 feet in length and quite silvery in colour with...

The Scouts and a Dad who was old school in the respect of self-sufficiency and self-reliance.

As a beater at a local shoot, I can vouch that for those guns, gamekeepers and beaters know very well what to do with the shot birds. I take home a couple of brace in feather from each shoot I attend and I turn out a well received Pheasant, mushroom and onion pie ! However it is very very...

Looks like “Wildwood Wisdom”, by Ellsworth Jaeger. American-centric, but well worth getting a copy or having a read.

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It’s not a board game, but I like to play Spoof with some other old boys from our village at the pub. It’s an ancient counter game, although usually played with coins for whatever spoils you choose collectively. We play for a round of crisps :). You don’t need a table top, but it does make...

This, absolutely.

I’m with Woody Girl in that using cash helps me keep to a budget (I’m retired), and the state of my wallet is a strong visual reminder of what I can afford to spend that day or week. I always try to have some change with me as well as notes, as that also helps in places that often seem to be...

I always carry cash, and try to always use it as a personal preference. I do have a card with me as a backup if I’m going away from home for a full day or longer.