Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Right, time for a pre-Christmas kitchen gadget giveaway! I was given some John Lewis kitchen gadgets to review by a marketing company working on their behalf the other day (see my recent free kitchen gadget blog post). Included in the gadgets were duplicates of most of the items so I’m giving some of them away....
All my blog posts about cooking and cake recipes seem to have been getting some attention. I was emailed the other day by a marketing company working on behalf of John Lewis asking if I would like to receive some free cookware from their range to test and review. It all seemed quite interesting to...
Amazon.co.uk Widgets I haven’t really done much proper photography lately. These things do tend to wax and wane though so no doubt I’ll go on some photo-walks soon and get back into it. One of the reasons has been that my array of lenses has been less than ideal for a while. Originally for my...
It seems like ages until the 2014 European Triathlon Championships in Kitzbühel next June, but hotel rooms seem to be selling out quickly and everyone seems to have booked their trips, so I thought I’d better get on with it as well. I’m sure I could get cheaper deals by leaving it until the last minute,...
I had an unusual birthday present from Pat this year, a 3 month subscription to thespicery.com. It consists of a box similar in style to the graze boxes that I receive containing a selection of spices from around the World along with some recipe ideas. They actually do a number of different packages such as...
There’s very little to be said about this – other than the fact that we did raise some money for charity. I’m still not sure whether we were from the 70’s, the 60’s or just making a bad fashion statement.
My toes are decorated ready for Christmas…
It’s that time of year again, time to look back over the past 12 months and see how we’ve done. Once again, I’ve had a good year as far as Triathlons go. This was my 3rd year back into the sport and my 2nd year training properly. 2012 had been a good year but I really...
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas… Well, it’s not actually as Morgan is still ill as am I and we still have loads to do and another full week of work and school next week yet. Even so, I found time to work on the next stage of the Cole Christmas Cake today,...
Day two in Liverpool and I was up at 3am writing blog posts and milling about suffering with some sort of lurgy. I had a busy day to look forward to though and lots of eating, starting with a huge breakfast in Jury’s hotel. Buffet style which is always my favourite, although I do see...
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