The best apple cake in the world!
Following a miserable few days of computer hassles I am glad to report that I am almost back up and running. Several Microsoft migraines later and your host can see a light in the black so what better way to celebrate my return to the fold than with a […]
A review of the new book by Professor Christopher Andrew….
Here’s a book review you probably wouldn’t be expecting….an authorized history of MI5, the British Secret Service by Christopher Andrew.
I am ‘blogging’ this because I have long been a fan of Christopher Andrew’s work, his books on the Cold War are, in my opinion without compare […]
Time for a whinge….!
Well it’s been a week to forget, I’m writing this on my business laptop because my desktop is now kaput, bloody Windows Vista, who’d have it? Why do we rely on them so much? It annoys me that the fact my pc is broken annoys me so much. I’ve spent hours trying […]
First impressions of the pro level powershot…..
I’ve just taken delivery of a Canon G10 Powershot camera. I’m a little late in buying one as its successor, the G11 is already on the market. But no matter, I’ve been thinking about one of these for a while and decided to take advantage of the drop in […]
Scallops with Malaysian influences….
Here’s a starter I came up with a couple of weeks back which played on the theme of Malay-Singapore-Nonya style cooking which has always been a favourite of mine.
The use of scallops with slow cooked preserved duck is something I have done before as is the combination of duck and cauliflower which […]
Photographs and reviews from Motorhead UK tour…
This post is thanks to the brilliant contributions by fellow Motorhead fans and visitors to this blog. The post is made up of comments and photographs sent in by fans who have been to see Motorhead in concert/on tour and contributed to the most comments ever recorded on any […]
A year of hard work washed away…
Over the past twenty four hours the English Lake District has experienced what is being described as the worst flooding in a thousand years. Our hotel there has been devastated after a massive refurbishment earlier in the year and the water has washed away all of the hard work […]
A snapshot in the life of….me.
I’ve been pleasantly suprised at the popularity of this recent addition to the blog so without further ‘to do’s’ here’s a few random shots of my life since the last time you had ‘a nosey’…
My attempt at a Bob Carlos Clarke type photo from when he recorded life inside Marco […]
A tribute to Lincolnshire’s most sought after bird…
I say ’sought after’ but what I really mean is ’shot at’. My home county is alive with the sounds of shotguns blasting away at pheasants, partridges and pigeons at this time of year and with the exception of pigeons and crows nothing occupies the fields and woods […]
How to think of a ‘new’ dish when the odds are against you….
This post follows a conversation I had with my brother after a fine Sunday lunch cooked by the good Mrs C. My brother had asked me if I copied recipes from books and how original were some of my dishes. It’s a good […]