Monthly Archives: January 2013

Well, somebody gave me a bottle of tequila, and I thought, what the hell, I’ll google it and see if there’s anything palatable than can be done with it. So that led me to Grenadine, which I now know is … Continue reading →

This is the view we woke up to this morning, proper snow even by my standards, enough to make me with, as I do, briefly once every few years, that I owned a pair of skis. Before I even saw … Continue reading →

Well, I’ve made my first proper cake in the cabin, which was more challenging than in a full-size kitchen, but it worked. I wouldn’t want to make one any bigger than this, I don’t think. Still, nice to know it … Continue reading →

Well, she’s here, our first cat on this site. She’s called Deena (though we will probably change that) and she seems to be reasonably happy here so far. Sorry, picture a bit blurry, camera doesn’t seem to be able to … Continue reading →

Having gone for that woodland management talk, we decided to go check out the woodland in question, Hardcastle Crags, at the weekend, which is a lovely, steeply sloped valley with an old mill in the bottom, and all the accoutrements … Continue reading →