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Amazingly I’ve been accepted ax a volunteer this year at Spoonfest. Is anyone else from BCUK going? If you’re in Cumbria, or passing through on the way, do you fancy sharing costs of transport? Message me. Cheers, Simon

Whereas it’s actually proper Sheffield steel. Makes a great slicer & prep knife for camping.

I think that most of us can agree that it is easier to do any given task when using the correct tools. Knives are no exception. Filleting a fish with a meat cleaver is possible, but not advisable, as a sharp point and a flexible blade are an advantage. If one could afford , and find room for...

That’s the exact one my Dad confiscated from me in the 70s! They aren’t worth much but that one looks in excellent condition.

Having been executor of both my parents wills and my brother’s I suggest that you choose someone that you know well and discuss it with them beforehand. I knew I was executor for my parents, but in my brother’s case it came as a complete surprise. As long as the executor is reasonably...

Welcome, from one Simon T to another.

Apart from the usual suspects, my top three would have to be 1. rare roast venison on fresh crusty white with cranberry jelly & a schmear of cream cheese. 2. Amalfi lemon sliced very thinly with skin intact on fresh buttered dark treacly wholemeal bread, also cut thin. 3. Sliced banana and Old...

Thanks Alex. Sold. Stc

Never completed in the end, then I forgot about it! Still available and now reduced to £30 tyd.

Final price. If it doesn’t go I will have to put a new handle on it & use it for craft.

As above. Original Imalent 3000mAh rechargeable battery 18650. Came with the torch & got put in a drawer & forgotten. Never been charged. Perfect condition . Now sold .

Very little used Rock & Run Down sleeping bag made by Rab. This was a spare bag for when it was too warm for my North Face one but in fact has only been slept in half a dozen times and always with a liner. Usual top quality construction from Rab, with thoughtful touches like a down filled...

It is literally a shortbread recipe Toddy.

I shall hunt out the original and post it up.

Ginger is kind of the defining characteristic of Grasmere gingerbread. With no ginger, you are left with shortbread.

The west coast butchers was Richard Woodall in Waberthwaite. He was a proper character. Waberthwaite sausage was the definitive Cumberland for many people. He was known by everyone as “Baa” Woodall. Lovely man. He also made the most amazing dry cured Cumberland air dried hams & used to send them...

With my Cumbrian baker hat on I should probably point out that the celebrated Grasmere Gingerbread is neither traditional to Grasmere nor is it actually gingerbread. It is ginger shortbread & originated on the West Cumberland coast near Whitehaven. Sarah Nelson brought her family recipe with her...

The system is usually run by an employee rather than management. They sort out the “tronc “ & make sure it runs fairly.

Although you might buy the lecturer a bottle of something nice at Christmas with your fellow students?

As someone who has worked in hospitality for 20 years or so I feel I can help. In the good old days when customers mostly paid cash there would be a tray on the bar with a notice saying “Tips”. Most customers used to tip something unless they had a complaint about service or quality. If they’d...