Xmas Ad-Vent

Posted By on 21st December 2016

Here’s a question. Are you swayed by TV advertising? The run up to Xmas is when all the big guns wheel out their festive adverts, and while I’m first to admit that this years John Lewis ad, Buster the Boxer and his fury friends, is cute and well made, would it persuade me to shop at their store? Absolutely not.

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So That Was 2016 (in pictures)

Posted By on 16th December 2016

At this time of year I usually take a few minutes to look back and reflect on what the past 12 months have had to offer. I’m going to do it twice this year, once in words but firstly in pictures.

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Hugh Knew

Posted By on 11th December 2016

Each weekday, as we have our tea, we watch ‘Pointless’. It used to be ‘Weakest Link’ and before that ‘Fifteen to One’, I can’t remember any further back, but I expect there was another similar one.

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Sensible Shoes

Posted By on 5th December 2016

Now that the major renovations to the house and garden are mostly finished and winter is upon us, it means that not much gardening or DIY is getting done, in other words most of the source material for this blog has disappeared. Therefore I will have to look elsewhere for my inspiration. That’s why today I’m going to talk about shoes.

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No Need For Speed

Posted By on 29th November 2016

Last Thursday we had a bit of excitement in Binbrook, a police speed trap, but this wasn’t any ordinary speed trap.

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Tin Tin Tin

Posted By on 24th November 2016

You could be forgiven for thinking that this is going to be about a well known fictional sleuth, or perhaps a famous Hollywood canine whose name I mis-spelled, (after all the ‘R’ and ‘T’ are next to each other on the keyboard) but you’d be wrong on both counts.

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A Previous Project

Posted By on 18th November 2016

When we bought ‘Grassy Bottom’ it had been mostly untouched in it’s 80+ year history and so retained many original features and lots of character. Regular readers will know we have tried to retain as many of these features as possible during the renovations.

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In Memory Of Leonard

Posted By on 10th November 2016

It’s now a week since Leonard passed away and we’re still trying to come to terms with losing him. I know everyone doesn’t share our feline obsession but I hope you can indulge me this once whilst I look back on Leonard’s life.

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R.I.P. Leonard (?? – 2016)

Posted By on 5th November 2016

It is with great sadness I have to announce that Leonard, my ‘left-hand man’ passed away on Thursday November 3rd.

Life at ‘Grassy Bottom’ will never be the same.

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Is This Our Nemesis?

Posted By on 31st October 2016

Hedge cutting.

Nemesis: A long-standing rival; an arch-enemy.

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