Opel the Raven

The Eat Out to Help Out portal is finally working.   I am surprised to see some restaurants are not signing up for it.  I cannot wait for a...

I was going to cook the pork knuckle in the oven,  then it occured to me to utilise the amber from my barbeque,  so I did. Result:  burnt ...

Tucking into my Christmas chocolate and got the  Waitrose No 1 Ecuador chocolate .   It is a 90% dark bar.   It is very nice and smooth,  th...

There is a family of three red kites where I work,  I saw them often.   The other day,  another two turned up.   There were a lot of squawki...

We have been meaning to try some Bluebird sourdough from the Post Box Deli but never had the chance.   So when we went to York,  made a tr...

We finally stopped for the "World Famous" ice-cream in Ripley,  as claimed on the brown sign.  We were surprise to find the town b...

The lavender we bought a couple months ago now looks very sad in the garden,  I hope it can be strong enough for its first winter.