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Good explanation, thank you. It's been a long time since I ate out and even when paying by card I'd tip in cash.

It does make me wonder if you can eat anything else that dies on your windows, perhaps save the blackbirds up until you have 24? We have one large window that's a bit of a bird magnet, we put some spare fruit cage netting over it last spring and we've been strike free this last year.

I have a lot of wax and although I don't believe everything I read about beeswax candles I do find they burn very clean and don't produce any soot. I don't aim for maximum honey production from our bees so I let them make plenty of new wax each year. I have read it makes them less likely to...

I just dipped some plain wick into the wax a couple of times and straightened it once mostly set. Then carried on dipping, well a couple of dips then leave for a bit to set, then a couple more. I had thought about using a weight or a frame, at least for the first few dips until you get...

I thought I'd have a go at making and testing some dipped candles using what I have laying about the place before buying a proper deep container for the wax. A rummage about found an extra deep metal container that had posh instant coffee in. Placed carefully on the wood burner and filled with...

Or Jelly, that's how I know there are no Elephants in my fridge. I did wonder if you could leave something out to gnaw, to see if there are any teeth marks.

Apparently bird flu has now been found in Devon but it appears people who live nearby who have registered their flocks have not been contacted using their registered details. Does add to my suspicions about the reg.

I know nothing about them but are they all classed as a firearm? I'm at my mums for a few days and she likes watching those "Police, serious crime caught on camera, criminal let off with a slapped wrist" type programmes. Some drug dealers were caught with a tiny one on camera in last nights...

Just find out how they are made and make your own.....

It may be classed as hazardous. Shotgun cartridges, reloading powders, primers etc can only be sent via certain couriers so costs can be high. Spend £100 and you get free delivery...

Have you had much experience talking to your local firearms officer? I doubt you would get any advice and if you do it may not be correct and will vary from force to force. For example, you used to be able to use black powder substitutes without an explosive licence. This changed and some...

Neither have I or even had my ammunition amounts counted. However, there's a piece in the latest BASC mag where someone argued with their FEO about locking up his sub 12 air rifles and had them confiscated, tested and found to be over. He lost his licence. I'm also aware of someone losing it for...

I wouldn't agree with that. I think we've had four different chronos on the go at once in our rifle club and the readings differed quite a bit. I certainly wouldn't rely on one. Then factor in the police can use their own pellets* and what you think is a sub 12 ft-lb rifle can nudge just over...

I'm just referencing the law. I could have a reasonable go at guessing the reasoning but I would have thought most people would understand. As for what's dangerous, I'm a firm believer in the items are not dangerous themselves it's what people do with them. Should all knives be banned just...

Yes, carried her off about 20m and left her with several puncture marks at the base of her neck and virtually dead. I had to put her down. I've always found buzzards around here fairly tame and used to people. Very common too, we had 14 circling the house last year and more in the neighbouring...

Yes. I've lost a hen to a buzzard. The hen was in the garden about 5m from the house and I was a few meters away. I've also had them swoop right in front of me. I've also watched one stalk a neighbours ducks, it edged closer to the open pen using the trees and posts and kept swooping at the...

Which doesn't apply to antiques.

Do you have anything specific to the case, one report mentions CS gas, one mentions the knuckledusters. It seems he wasn't charged with one of them. A quick look at past auction sales shows plenty of antique knuckledusters advertised and sold, including last year so I expect not all are banned...

I'm still waiting to see exactly what he has done wrong. There's a huge number of people out there that collect all sorts of things from knives, to air rifles, pistols, etc. Having been to a few auctions selling such stuff I was surprised how many buyers there are and how much they pay. As for...

The news story isn't the best reporting, it seems 67 items were perfectly legal so the 70 in the headline rather sensationalist. It could just be a normal 12 ft/lb air rifle that the police have managed to test as over 12 and therefore the pellets could be viewed an ammunition. Or perhaps...