where eagles fear to perch

At the start of 2013, I decided to categorise my spending throughout this year, so I could see exactly where all the money goes.   This i...

With electricity prices becoming increasingly expensive, and likely to continue to rise way above inflation, we recently concluded a seven-...

We've been watching Masterchef for the last few weeks, and unfortunately it's scheduled to go on for quite a while longer, probably...

I hadn't previously realised how much the place in which you live can so significantly alter your habits and redefine your lifestyle. ...

We finally bit the bullet and ordered one of those cross-handled briquette machines from the internet.  Despite my whinge last year about t...

A couple of months ago, I noticed the wind turbine had stopped producing electrical energy and so I took it down and had a good look at it....

Usually, at this time of year, we'd be wading ankle-deep through slugs in our garden.  It's damp yet still relatively warm, conditi...