Apr 142009
 

No-one in Essex needs assistance getting legless, but maybe you need to know who to call if you want walls skimming, ceilings smoothing, brickwork chopping out and all that other stuff a plasterer does. I did. We’re in Epping, and used a couple of guys recently who don’t seem to advertise – they were recommended to us by other people in the trade…

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Mar 252009
 
Three peak district walks near Longnor, near Buxton
Looking, er, Southish from Parkhouse Hill
Looking North(ish) from Parkhouse Hill, near Longnor

Oh, the endless jokes about peaking too early. Moments of fun! Good thing the weather was nice and, for once, I quite enjoyed scrabbling about the hilltops near Longnor and Glutton, just south of Buxton.

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Mar 242009
 
Preparation is everything.

Preparation is everything.

Sadly, the world is full of eager hosts who promise splendid caffeine-based refreshment but deliver something woeful and insipid – more akin to hot brown water than the real thing.

So here’s the recipe for perfect, instant coffee. None of your posh chrome filter automatic bean grinding £1,000 coffee machine here, oh no. That’s for people with more time and money than sense need for caffeine.

This is coffee from a jar kind of coffee, because it’s cheaper, quicker, and if done properly much more effective.

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