Aspen House diary entries? Well, they are just like buses really . . . none for ages and then four at once. Would you want it any other way? Well, of course you wouldn’t.
Mothering Sunday, and a good reason for going out to lunch with the Aged Ps. On this occasion, the venue was one of Herefordshire’s favourite gastro-pubs, The Bell at Yarpole (our first visit), courtesy of Sally’s brother, Rob. We could see why The Bell has gained a creditable reputation for its food. Although not faultless [...]
For quite a while now, our message to the world has been, “Eat real food and stay healthy.” And it would appear that our claims have been vindicated, as we have been cold-free for the last three years or so, that is to say we have just been through our third winter without succumbing to [...]
I’ll say this in a whisper: on this very warm afternoon, we had a cup of tea on what used to be called the patio. Well, that didn’t hurt a bit. And it didn’t bring on the rain. So that’s okay then. Some of you may know already that an interesting edifice (which some might [...]
There is talk of the Aged Ps sauntering off to Saundersfoot, and I must say I find it difficult not to succumb to the desire to stow away in the back of their car. Though it was only last month that we were there ourselves, it now seems an age away when we were battling [...]
A good day today. Some of the tomato seeds from Sally’s Christmas present were planted in pots, in readiness for the great outdoors some time between now and the end of April. I thought I had already mentioned this but, according to the ‘Find’ facility, I haven’t. So, I feel free to elaborate. The seeds [...]
Inevitably, of course, the grapefruit story gets me seething again about degraded food. Some people think that Sally and I are total nutters when it comes to avoiding these so-called foods, but personally, I don’t care. I might be a nutter, but I am a fit and healthy nutter. I haven’t been to the doctor [...]
Here’s a little story you might like. It concerns a grapefruit, and it was told to us by Duncan and Gail Sayce last Tuesday at the Bread Matters evening in Hereford. Before they concentrated their efforts on bread making, Duncan and Gail had set up Shared Harvest as a veg box scheme. Keen to promote [...]
I have on my shelf a book I came across some time ago whilst browsing in an antiquarian bookshop: Routledge’s Complete Letter Writer (for Ladies and Gentlemen in Society, in Love and in Business). My copy was printed in 1952, the twenty-fourth edition since it was ‘revised and reset’ in 1939. An absolutely essential compendium [...]
Is it me, or does everyone else have trouble with the ‘watch it again software’ for the different TV channels? This is not something I do very often, as I normally record any programme that I am unable to watch at the time of transmission. Occasionally, however, for whatever reason, my only option has been [...]