Fresh Rainbow Trouts

We were walking around Lindley Wood, and found Farnley Fish Farm on the map, so I rang up for some fish.  She literally took the fish our of the pond, and they were flipping when we got there.

Few hours later, I threw them onto the charcoal, and viola!

Shopping Stamina

We went on a shopping spree to tick off all the Christmas presents.  Our first stop was Haribo, but before we got there we were drawn into the new deli next door, Goodworth Brothers extended their butcher shop and opened a deli.

I was disappointed not to see marked down halloween candy, but was immediately cheered up with a freshly baked warm sausage roll.

We went onto Junction 32, after round 1, I needed to stop for a coffee.  I am not sure if it was the mask, the lockdown/reduced shopping practice, or the lack of sleep, I felt my shopping stamina has dropped!

After round 2 of shopping, we sat down for lunch.  Still knackered, I sat out the shopping in The Springs.  I had to save whatever energy I had to do a roast dinner!

Orthostatic Intolerance

Apparently suspension trauma is now classified as a type of orthostatic intolerance.  And the two fainting episodes when I was small, might actually have been OI, not heat stroke.  Moral of story, don't make children stand up for a long duration.

Woodlans Creation - Chestnut II

We picked more chestnuts for the council. This time we took the seeds out.  Each pod has 3-4 chestnuts the middle ones are bigger and juicier, hence squirrels would have eaten them, then then remainder chestnuts are very thin.  I am not convinced these seeds will be viable. 

Inferiority Complex

I know someone who, no matter what the topic was on, will say "American are worse".  I was trying to work out why that was, and I can only think it is inferiority complex or plain ignorant, or a bit of both. 

Portable Heat Pump

I was wondering what can a small household do to reduce carbon emission.  We already minimize power use.  Replacing a boiler with a heat pump has a very long pay pack for a small home, and the neighbours may not like the compressor noises.  Then it dawned on me, portable heat pump!  Especially if you have a single floor, where can you just push it around to the room needing to be heated.   I did some rough calculation, it will saves about 40% of your heating needs, but then if our baseline is low, it still has a very long pay back.

Thruscross Reservior

Continue with the Yorkshire Water walks, we went to Thruscross Reservior.  In their description, they have mentioned steep muddy banks riddled with tree roots, but they did not mention about exposed moorland!  I was hoping there would be pizza, but the Yorkshire Pizza guy is no longer there!  Also, we were going to have a peep at the fancy caravans, and they literally up staked a few weeks ago!