We have just returned from a weekend in the Peak District, ostensibly for walking although we stayed on for extra loafing and a Goose dinner on Sunday. The event is a regular birthday celebration/mass catering event held in various youth hostels near various peaks over the years. This was …

We currently have 3 large Geese hanging up in our garage. They were locally sourced (from next door) and are slow grown organically fed birds. The only real downside of all this direct food supply is the requirement to pluck and draw them before we can eat them. We are …

We had the slightly odd couple of Lee and TJ visiting the country house this weekend. Lee who hadn't seen more than the front of the new place since we moved was suitably impressed by scope of the place, probably less so by the even grander plans we have for …

We played host to Rich and Al this weekend as they visited local family. Although we did abandon them during the day on Saturday to attend the Winter Ale Festival while they attended more sober children's parties. However around those two commitments we did get a chance to catch up …

We went for a meal and bowling before Fliss' sister Steph sets of on her next adventure for a year in India. I haven't been ten pin bowling for some time which explained by rather ropey start in the first game (scoring a total of 1 across the first two …