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I quite like the smells of the essential oils you recommended to ,successfully, deter the mice but I'm not sure about lion poo.

We have a roe deer which regularly visits our garden and is partial to Madame's prized ornamental plants. She would like to know if members have any suggestions for encouraging it to stay away humanely. My suggestion of shooting, butchering and freezing did not go down well even though it was...

I'm glad someone resurrected this old thread. I must have missed it first time round. I didn't know that there was a modern garment like this, but something similar pops up in medieval drawings and paintings being worn by peasants at work in the fields. I've always thought it a good idea. It's...

Well done for encouraging him.

It's generally held that the sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich who instructed his butler to put a slice of beef between two slices of bread so that he could eat without interrupting his session at the card table. However, sandwiches are, for me, inextricably linked to childhood...

Second page and no mention of the BLT? It's the one sandwich that no pub, sandwich bar or even supermarket can ruin. Bacon, lettuce and tomato can look after itself!

Excellent report. Many thanks for the vicarious experience.

Could almost smell the woodsmoke! Thanks for making the video and posting.

His woodland is probably under HS2 or a housing development by now.

Les Routiers (Lorry Drivers) Relais Routiers (truck stops), started between the wars when journalists published a list of truck stops. Post ww2, restaurants on the lists could be taken off if their standards and prices were not good enough. In the mid 1960s, more ordinary travellers than lorry...

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Great picture and a worthy winner from a strong field.

Very encouraging to see such a ringing endorsement of a firm in this day and age. Gives one a pleasant vibe that old values still hold.

That deserves a far less mundane title than "french toast" . Pain grille facon vanille avec fruits de foret varies miele et creme more likely. Wish I hadn't opened this at lunchtime, makes my cheese on toast and an apple look very boring.

I've been retired so long I've forgotten what I used to do for work. But the teachers pension agency gives me a little bit of money every month.

This thread has reminded me of the way tea was made on the building site when I was a student. Take one fairly clean galvanised iron bucket, fill with water and place on fire of wood offcuts in oil drum. Add one whole packet of loose tea and can of condensed milk, stir once and bring to boil...

There needs to be clarification about Carnation milk. Condensed milk is thick with the consistency of honey: the liquid Carnation stuff is evaporated milk.

Enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

If you treat it it'll be over in seven days. If you don't, it'll last a week.

Thanks for posting this. For me, it's cocoa powder with condensed milk. Condensed milk in tubes is readily available in France and I usually bring back a couple of tubes if i remember. However, it has quite a short shelf life so knowing it is now available in England is great news. I'll have a...