What did you buy today?
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Found some job lot bargains on ebay that I couldn't pass on. 4x pairs of Dutch army mittens for £9.99 and what was advertised as an unknown amount of British Army Goretex outer mittens for £9.99. There's 14 pairs and as far as I can tell they look unissued. I was looking for a pair of BA Goretex outer mittens and they sell for £8~ a pair so when this job lot popped up it was a no brainer.
The ebay store is raidsupplyuk, in case anybody wants to check them out for other job lot bargains. I know they still have more 4x Dutch Army Mittens job lots for £9.99
The ebay store is raidsupplyuk, in case anybody wants to check them out for other job lot bargains. I know they still have more 4x Dutch Army Mittens job lots for £9.99
I read this with interest. Every summer for the last 26 years, I've collected dead ormer shells during my snorkelling expeditions from the seabed in the bay of Collioure on the Mediterranean coast. They have never been common but I used to collect half a dozen or so every trip which we used for decorative purposes. It became a joke with Madame that I could not return from a dive without presenting her with a bright ormer. In recent years, however, they have been hard to find.I noticed too, that sea urchins, an indicator of water health, are also declining in numbers. It seems to me that our stretch of the Mediterranean is becoming an underwater desert despite the efforts of the Authorities who have established an marine reserve just down the coast. I guess it's a sad illustration of how the natural world has suffered over the course of my lifetime.
Incidentally, I have ever seen a live ormer, even at the fish market at Port Vendre, let alone eaten one. Even on the shore of the Mediterranean most of the fish in the market is imported.
Yet another handmade wicker basket from my local basket maker. To be used when foraging.
local farm made cheese, gluten free sausages, a small pack of sliced haslet, and a jar of home made lemon curd. All from my local farmers market.
local farm made cheese, gluten free sausages, a small pack of sliced haslet, and a jar of home made lemon curd. All from my local farmers market.
Oh, thats a good find, and if its local you will know the quality.
I pick up baskets and the like for the Crannog centre, some are poor and some decidedly not Scottish!
But they all get used and bashed around. Pretty much everything unless known as special has an active life.
And then someone in an idle moment fixes them.
The food sounds good too. (I refuse to think about lemon curd; did try to make it once...its actually rather hard to get right).
I pick up baskets and the like for the Crannog centre, some are poor and some decidedly not Scottish!
But they all get used and bashed around. Pretty much everything unless known as special has an active life.
And then someone in an idle moment fixes them.
The food sounds good too. (I refuse to think about lemon curd; did try to make it once...its actually rather hard to get right).
Picked up a Wolf and Grizzly portable, folding fire pit with a folding grill which I’m hoping to try out. Will allow me to have more of a normal campfire without the fire sitting on the ground in unsuitable areas.
Here it is undergoing inspection.
And here is the Fire Safe (rectangular pouch on the left) deployed. Which took all of 10 seconds.
Here it is undergoing inspection.
And here is the Fire Safe (rectangular pouch on the left) deployed. Which took all of 10 seconds.
Oh, that looks functional; You must try it and tell us how it does.
I ordered some Tree Watering bags, like the Treegator but less money.
Having overwintered 3-year old fruit trees in buckets, I want to know I can water them consistently when I replant them in the next month or so.
GC
Having overwintered 3-year old fruit trees in buckets, I want to know I can water them consistently when I replant them in the next month or so.
GC
Brother-in-law's wife forgot that she had the roof-top box fitted and got stuck in the entrance to an underground car park... she had the presence of mind to let a bit of air out of the tires to let the car down just enough to reverse back out.
I don't know if she had a pump with her or if she had to drive carefully (avoiding potholes) to the nearest garage with an air line.
Easter eggs and Lindt chocolate bunnies 
Supermarkets are selling them off for about a pound each now.
I think we're good for chocolate until ooooh, Hallowe'en ?!
Supermarkets are selling them off for about a pound each now.
I think we're good for chocolate until ooooh, Hallowe'en ?!
Needs a nice coffee to go with that breakfast. I bought some of this Harboryam form Amazon. It’s under £15 a kilo if you don’t buy it in the hessian bag, has good green credentials, and is a really nice cup.
I was in Brantôme for the first time in maybe ten or twelve years and found a new knife shop, so bought a little pocket knife made in Saint-Estèphe, near to Nontron (the shop belongs to the manufacturer but also sells some mass-produced knives).
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