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• Cookies in the Halogen Oven

  

  You’ll get to read about this in another post shortly but, this past Sunday, I successfully led my first walk of the year, with previous walk-leading experience... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Burnham to Dunball – Coastal Walk

  

  Saturday 2nd April 2016Had we postponed this walk by twenty-four hours, it would’ve been precisely six-months since our last coastal walk; once again,... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Baking Brownies

  

  Sometimes, a very good recipe can emerge from right under your nose…I’ve spent a lot of hours in the past, searching for the ideal recipe to suit one of many... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Good Friday Coastal Walk (Part 2)

  

  Good Friday – 25th March 201614.00 has passed. My stomach was growling and I still had a distance to cover before I would reach Kimmeridge Bay. I was close to... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• #Walk1000Miles – March 2016

  

  Ignore today’s date for a moment as there’ll be no such tomfoolery in this blog post.March has been a positive month for walking and perhaps even more so than... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Good Friday Coastal Walk (Part 1)

  

  Good Friday – 25th March 2016While I cannot speak for the whole of the UK; down here in the south-west, we were fortunate to have one beautiful day of weather o... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Run All Night / The Royal Tenenbaums #LoveFilm

  

  As I first watched the trailer for Run All Night in the cinema (a little over a year ago), I saw it as another attempt to ‘revive Bryan Mills’; Liam Neeson’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Chew, Two, Three (Part 2)

  

  Saturday 19th March 2016From Pensford, there was only one direction I would be heading next and that was uphill, in my pursuit of an ideal lunchtime... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Chew, Two, Three (Part 1)

  

  Saturday 19th March 2016In an effort to explore a little more of the Two Rivers Way, I spent last Saturday on another walk not too far from home (less than a... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Pensford and the Two Rivers Way (Part 3)

  

  Saturday 12th March 2016One week after my first attempt at this walk, I headed out to tackle it again, having already decided upon a slight variation of my... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Pensford and the Two Rivers Way (Part 2)

  

  Sunday 6th MarchHaving successfully reached Stantonbury Hill (albeit, a good thirty-minutes later than planned), I was now looking for a way back to my car. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Pensford and the Two Rivers Way (Part 1)

  

  Sunday 6th March 2016In this series of posts, I’ll be walking from the village of Pensford (situated between Bristol and Bath) and then following the Two... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Chappie / Maleficent

  

  When I first saw the respective trailers for these two films in the cinema, somewhere over a year ago; I held a reasonably high level of hope and anticipation... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Quantocking in Winter (Part 2)

  

  Setting off from the summit of Wills Neck, it was time now to make an eastward return towards Broomfield.From here, there was only one question on my mind… Coul... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Quantocking in Winter (Part 1)

  

  Sunday 28th February 2016With an eye on completing a successful circuit around the southern half of the Quantock Hills last month, I headed deeper down in to... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Tea Tray Repair

  

  Following on from the video highlighted in my previous post; let’s now take a closer look at the repairs I made to the hardwood serving tray.So, the design was... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Tea Tray Repair Video

  

  For those who haven’t already seen this through other social media outlets; here we have my most recent YouTube upload, where I set about repairing the mitred... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Another New Mattress

  

  It was the 1st of March; the dawn of a brand-new month. A perfect opportunity for my latest instalment in what has become a regular series of trips to and from... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• #Walk1000Miles – February 2016

  

  Here we are at the end of the second month – a unique one, here in 2016; where you might otherwise be reading this on the 1st of March, as a consequence of the... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Workshop: Looking Ahead

  

  Having viewed the potential-workshop a few days ago now, I’ve taken the weekend to step back and decide that I will be going for it – just in case there was eve... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT