Leicester Pride 2025

This is the first time I went to Leicester Pride at Abbey Pride since they moved it a couple years ago.  We watched the parade, then we joined the parade, then we walked to the park.  Nice venue, nice management.

Lidgett Tomatoes

I got some tomatoes from the Lidgett bed.  They have not been staked up like ours, so they are a bit pest damaged, but nonetheless good produces, for the special someone.

Allergy Declaration

When I am asked, I felt I am obliged to answer.  Then there is a whole bunch of hassle to choose what is void of said allergens.  So much hassle!  I must remember not to answer that question next time.

Autumn Garden Tidy Up

A lot of the plants are going into flower, and we are not really getting food from them anymore, they might as well go into the brown bin.  It is only a few brown bins left to discard all these old useless plants.

Allium Dumplings

I put the two flowering spring onion to soil and turned out the be thick like a leek.  We made them into dumplings, they are pretty good.

Tie Dye

The first time tie dying, turned out quite well, if I say so myself.

North Leverton Windmill

We went to North Leverton Windmill to have a look.  They were very talkative.  We bought total of three bags of assorted flours and oats.  Let's see if they are any good.

Scunthorpe Pride 2025

I went back to Scunthorpe this year.  This year the parade is slightly smaller but the event is slightly bigger.  Free parking is always good and the art gallery is a very nice addition.

Leeds Festival Traffic

Leeds Festival Traffic is always bad.  The congestion started on Wednesday, road works does not work.

On Friday, all the locals were using the back roads, so they are also busy.  I was glad to make it home before it got even worse.

Rice Handling

We often wonder what is actually the guidance on cooked rice handling, thanks Catherine.

Prawn Toast

I made some home made prawn toasts.  They were good, but a lot of prawns and a lot of work went into that few bites.

Dutch Windmill Flour

So we finally started using the flour from my recent trip, this windmill flour is much finer than the ones we get from Holgate, they taste quite nice too.

Mall Freebies

After coming back from Halifax mildly disappointed with the freebies, we went to the White Rose for some shopping.  Much to our delight, Specsaver was doing some freebies, aiming at the Back to School crowd, especially they were packing up, they were encouraging us to help them with their giveaways, so we got some glasses cloth and cleaner and some candy!  Always nice to have some unscheduled perks.

Calderdale Pride 2025

We went to this pride third year in a row.  This year we were joined by another couple, we did some Halifax walk around, and ate at the market before Pride.  When everyone else got "normal food", I could not resist a ham hock!

They changed the location this year, so it was a little trek to Dean Clough Mill.  There were significantly fewer stalls, it was quite an enclosed space, and most importantly, McVities was not there!  It was good to check out the Mill, but I hope they move it back to the centre...

Tennis Elbow II

So resting my elbow hurts less, but it got frozen.  Exercising does make it sore, which is also not good.  Someone we know had to rest and exercise for a year to get better.  Aging, not fun!

When the Pool Doesn't Work II

On a hot summer day, I went to the pool again.  This time the pool was relatively cool, but there were a lot of people, a lot of children, I could barely swim in a straight lane, and I gave up after 20 minutes.

Corny Fish

I rarely put an egg in my corny fish, but after watching a cooking video, I have now adopted into adding egg into this kind of sauces.  It turned out quite well.

Tennis Elbow

My left arm started hurting, it bothered me enough to look it up.  I think it is a tennis elbow, except, I don't play tennis with my left hand!  I have no idea what caused it.  Let's hope resting would help.

Nutty Praline

I am digging into some of these Praline chocolates, they are very nutty, barely chocolate.  Something to keep in mind.

Curly Beans

I have been enjoying the beans, but the second waves of beans are all a bit curly, I am not sure if it because something has been biting them of they just don't hang down straight.

Salad Flavoured Fruit

The other night, my strawberry tastes of garlic.  Today, my apple tasted of cucumber.  That was disconcerting.

Shokupan

We finally got a chance to try Shokupan after so many people raved about it.  It is okay, I don't think it is something to write home about.

Free Electricity

On some Sunny Windy days, we get free electricity, but it is very hard for us to take advantage of it, because I have to first use down all my own solar generation before I can start using grid electricity.  We do try to lighten the surplus electricity off the grid.

Slow Bus

It has been a few months since I took a bus, this one was very slow.  I had to tell myself how much carbon footprints I saved by taking the bus.  It could have been much worse if it has been hot ..

Dancing Caterpillars

A bunch of caterpillar hatched, we saw them and started talking next to them, and it appears they response to sound! 

Summer Harvest

The vegetables are coming through full swing.  The beans are doing well.  The cucumber is a little disappointing.  Basil is enjoying the warmth and the tomatoes are ripening.

Library Hot Desking

I was working at the library as Danby went in for her service.  I still haven't signed up for their free wifi, but it was okay with my own hot spot.  They have a lot of summer events, which is good to see. On the other hand, I still don't know why they don't have toilets.

Skipton Pride

I don't think I have been to Skipton Pride before. Emma wanted to go, so we went, and another couple people turned up.  It was basically a party on the High Street.  I researched a lot on where to park, when Craven wants to charge for all motorcycle spaces in the car parks.  Then I realised, on-street parking is free on Sundays, and on-street parling is free for motorcycle.  Except it is cobbles, and we could usually find a gap near the tree to not take up car parking space, it worked well.

Skipton Pride was very small.  We also checked out the canal basin art market.  We tried a few nice cafes.  It was a nice day out.

Cops & Cars 2025

Mark was supposed to join me at Cops and Cars, but he injured himself.  I went there on my own, on Unthank.  It was a nice gig.

Bicycle Trolley

A parcel was delivered late, so I had to make a special trip to collect it from town.  Instead of getting the trolley to bring it back, I used the bicycle again, which I cycled to town, and use it as a trolley on the way back.  It works well, but I made the same mistake of lowering the seat too low, so the pole caught on the hump, I shall remember next time.

Greggs Hot Food

I was having some lunch at Greggs, we branched out from the pasty department.  He had a salad and I had mac and cheese.  They were not cheap.  I am probably going to stick with their cord pasty offerings.