Radio Silence

So, where were we? About to set off South to Gloucestershire on the 18th of November and here it is, the 8th of December. What happened? Well, for one thing, I wrote a post on the 23rd November that failed to Publish and to add insult to injury, it lost the text along the way! …

Well, that’s a bit of a turn up

We’re busy packing the van up for movement again. Yes, we’re off on a trip. No, there’s nothing wrong with our winter pitch – we love it and have been having a wonderful time here. That said, Mr L has been  a little twitchy of late and has been heard to say that he misses …

Thrumming again

We found a solution to the recent spell of cold weather. Mr L took off for Dumfries on Thursday, clutching a wad of vouchers and came home later in the day with a nice new electric blanket. Me, I’m working on a different solution. Remember the thrummed socks that I made for Mr L? I …

Buzzing

Mr L cooked our second Gousto meal last night. It was a curry – Paneer Jalfrezi and rice. Once again, simple and with straightforward instructions.   There was an ample supply of cheese Two tomatoes, one pepper and an onion combined with a rich tomato paste, garlic and ginger, chilli flakes and curry powder made …

Brrr

It was pretty chilly last night so we set the thermostat on an anti-freeze temperature setting and hopped into bed with my lavender wheatie-bag pre-nuked for some warmth. Tonight is predicted to be even colder so I am more than happy that Tracking tells me that my new microwaveable hot water bottle will be in …

Small world

It was feeling pretty cold last night. Mr L, being the weather geek that he is, looked on the web to see if he could find  a local temperature reading. He found one, in Kippford (1.7°C, apparently.)  Somebody with a weather station is uploading data to Weather Underground. Nobody he knew, he said, not a …