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  • Too good…

    ..to be true?  If you haven’t heard the Tesco/Asda story, here it is as explained to me by my friend Gillian yesterday. Asda will price match your shopping against the other big four supermarkets, simply enter your till receipt’s unique code on line and you will receive a voucher for the difference, should your shopping…

  • Nick’s 21st

    We were excited and delighted to be invited. Sir Nicholas asked us to attend as adults who would lend a certain amount of gravitas to the proceedings.  There goes my rock n roll rep then. We were entertained with a beautiful meal and many heartfelt speeches.

  • Tsunami

    So far I have heard that Rieko in Tokyo and Lehua in Hawai’i are ok; shaken and disturbed but ok.  Having watched the events unfold, and the horrific tv footage, I’m lost for words.  Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by this.

  • Daniel’s party

    Yesterday we went to nephew Daniel’s sixth birthday party, big sister Michaela was there with her friends to help, and a jolly fun exciting time was had by all.  The sports centre has a very large inflatable thing – it’s not exactly a bouncy castle, more a set of obstacles that you squeeze past, through…

  • Nirvana

    My friend Jill has just passed me a recipe for the divine congruence of two of the world’s greatest and most divine foodstuffs – chocolate and beetroot. Click here for Beetroot and Chocolate Cake or Chocolate and Beetroot Cake depending upon your Weltanschauung.

  • Dear Diary

    Yesterday was different.  Firstly our train was diverted via Winchburgh – cue several Fifers in an ominously quiet railway carriage as they contemplate the West Lothian badlands, conveniently forgetting that the locals think the same of Fife.  As ever, the woman beside me was  attempting to re-make her travel plans every five minutes and expressing…

  • Beadnell’s About

    Last weekend we met up with the chums from the 2008 (crikey) Norwegian cruise, down in Beadnell on the Northumbrian coast. Part of this journey involved the most sedate drive of ever down the A1, stuck as we were behind a slow moving something; despite the thirty minutes we spent behind it I never did…

  • Groovin’…

    …on a Sunday afternoon.  Went to the beach today – what else would one do on a snowy Sunday in January?   We watched the sun set beyond the bridges, a wonderful honey gold over ice blue.  I paddled in the sea – courtesy of my George @ASDA wellies – and spotted a team of the…

  • Star

    Here is the star on our car aerial this morning.  The members of DB Astro are very impressed with Paul’s dedication to all things stellar, to the extent that he has this on the car.  Little do they know that I only picked this up in Tesco when we realised just how difficult it was…

  • Stargazing Live

    We’ll be at the Kabin in Dalgety Bay tomorrow (3rd January) from 4 pm until 7 pm, looking at Jupiter, and hosting an informal session for anyone who is interested in astronomy.  Wear warm gear if you are coming along.  Children must bring a responsible adult. See here for further details Stargazing Live on BBC2