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Category Archives: Environment
Storm Austen (part 3)
Our first two casualties… I went out to the greenhouse to fetch a pepper to add to my lunch but failed to account for how slippery the ground was on the way back and went arse over apex rather heavily. … Continue reading
Storm Austen (part 2)
I scooped the dough out of the bread machine post power cut, folded it a couple of times and left it in a banneton to rise, then gently tipped it onto a baking sheet and put it in a very … Continue reading
Storm Austen
Power has just returned after another outage, this time for a couple of hours, although I’ve not had a message from National Grid to say that it’s fixed and the estimate for the repair was 8pm so I’m not trusting … Continue reading
Who lives in a house like this?
The lawnmower hasn’t exactly seen a lot of action this year. Nor last year, come to think of it. This week however, the grass finally achieved a length needing cutting for the first time since May. Turns out that it … Continue reading
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Going a bit batty
Down at the press room last week we found this little chap hanging onto the door post. Seems a very odd place to hang out as it’s quite exposed, but he/she seemed to be doing a decent job of holding … Continue reading
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Where’d you all go?
Woke up this morning to discover that we’ve fallen off the world overnight. Now expecting dinosaurs and women wearing inappropriate fur bikinis to show up at any moment.
Spread, spread, spread your muck…
Gently on the fields, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Remember not to breathe. They’ve been spreading exceptionally ripe chicken manure on the fields immediately to the north and east of my home today. The wind is blowing from the north-east. Now … Continue reading
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We now have a hosepipe ban
Many people thought that Wessex Water wouldn’t need to impose one, but on the 18th August they finally did the deed. And one of the things that private individuals are not apparently allowed to do is water their fruit and … Continue reading
Another field fire?
Not sure because I can’t see the source of the smoke, but it looks an awful lot like it could be a field fire. I do know of one idiot who has started a bonfire in the last few weeks, … Continue reading
Wildfires in France and Spain
I’ve been quite shocked seeing coverage of the wildfires currently burning in France and Spain. I can’t even begin to envisage what the evacuation of a third of a million people must be like. It’s also a little discomforting to … Continue reading
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