As it wasn't too cold today, (+8c) I decided to get on with making the new, "hedgehog feeding station." The plastic storage box I bought from B&Q...
Nothing to do in the garden today, but "for something to do," I went to B&Q near the Trafford Centre. My wife had mentioned (twice) recently, that...
I did a bit of research about having multiple hedgehog houses, they only need to be sited a couple of metres apart. So I've decided to put the...
I'll really have nothing much to do until February. I've then got to think about the hedgehogs. We've only one in residence. I hope it survives...
Even our old Hotpoint shuts off when it reaches the end of the time you've set, but before it does, it continues to turn for some minutes without...
On two occasions this week, United Utilities have visited different houses, on the other side of our road to clear blocked sewage pipes in their...
There was a big problem with Hotpoint tumble dryers 15 years ago, with them catching fire. This happened just after we'd bought one. I contacted...
Well, I had the fish for well over thirty years. They needed a lot of attention. But I can still go to see them any time I want, they're only a...
I've a "garden cart," they are so useful. I cut off one side off the handles so I could use it with or without the big plastic container But it's...
First let me say that vintage tuner/amplifiers are one of my many hobbies, I have three, two Leak and a Rotel. But I can only use one at a time....
Whilst watching my recordings of the Australian Open Tennis on TV yesterday afternoon, I was swopping channels when I noticed this. I know for...
Just a general check around it's sunny and +10c. My only concern is our one resident hedgehog and whether it survived the very low temperatures...
The snow has all gone. Temperature up to +8c. I've had an e-mail from my golf club that they'll have 10 holes open by mid-day. This will mean that...
We're up to +5c today and the lawns now, are only half-covered with melting snow. I checked the water supply to the garden and garage as the taps...
We're up to +4c today, the snow is beginning to melt, but it will take some time, as the ground is still frozen. The birds and squirrels have...
By Tuesday we should be enjoying temperatures around +10c.
My wife is on about half a dozen drugs, which I re-order by e-mail when a repeat prescription is needed. We've had some near misses where she has...
It's -6c, sunny, with a clear blue sky. [IMG] I've put some boiling water in the big plastic saucer in the birdbath in the foreground, which...
I've started this thread, mostly for UK contributors, as somewhere to post any interesting retail sites. Locally, there's only one shoe shop. So...
It's still freezing, so the snow hasn't melted. There was just one job to do.... [ATTACH]
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