June 2010
8 posts
Elderflower cordial
I made half a gallon of elderflower cordial over the weekend. It amazed me how simple it was; I found a recipe on some random blog (curious little place: http://www.pastymuncher.co.uk/) and after cross-referencing it against a few other recipes as a sanity-check, I took the plunge and went or it.
Recipe for elderflower cordial
3 pints of cold water
20 - 30 elderflower heads
2 lemons (thinly...
The great holiday debate
Off the back of the hire car shortages we had a bit of a debate last night over the planned trip to France. M and C were of the opinion that we should splash out a little more an go to Australia. Maybe catch flights to Sydney and explore the South or East coast of Oz. L and I put across the objection that Australia would be in mid-winter in August and it is more of a winter getaway. M & C were...
Finger monkey
What’s wrong with the monkey? It’s a lovely monkey - what’s he doing in goal?
(I love The IT Crowd)
He (she?) is so incredibly cute.
/melt
This doesn't bode well for the summer hols
I was looking forward to exploring the the south of France this summer with a few friends. This might be tempered somewhat by a shortage in hire cars and rising car hire prices. I just read an article (http://bit.ly/bX5Dyz) about how there is a shortage of cars, especially around the Med and the demand is driving prices up (by up to 250%).
We were planning on taking a hire car at Nice and taking...
Blugh, so tired.
When did I start needing so much sleep? Gone are the halcyon days of youth where four or five hours a night was enough.