I have been threatening to combine my band patches (stored in a drawer) and one of my denim jackets for some time to make a battle...

The BRISCA stock car season started yesterday at Kings Lynn, a bit far for me to go even if my shoulder (and the lack of a car) wasn't...

I'm still very new to this gaming thing, arguably I started a little late at 60 years old but, hey-ho I'll give it a blast anyway. Having...

It was my birthday last week and I decided to treat myself to a present, I wanted to get a few odds and ends to go with my cheap rod to...

Early last winter I spent some time playing Township on my computer and iPad, eventually it became a bit monotonous (at this point, the...

This year, I want to expand my sea fishing options by adding some lure fishing. I know very little about this apart from what I've seen...

As mentioned the other day, I’d bought myself a secondhand ‘spares or repair’ ebike on eBay, an NCM Venice Plus. The weekend arrived and...

Computer games are something I have only ever dabbled briefly with, I've nothing against them but just haven't gone there to date as...

I'd almost managed to go through 2023 without buying another ebike, this would be a record since I adopted them as my preferred mode of...

My recent experiment growing microgreens from things found in the back of my kitchen cupboard was a success. On the back of this, I went...

A strange question but, in this case, it was much cheaper. A few days ago, I wanted a few circle hooks to tie a couple of fishing rigs...

Queen 16, a lasius niger, was captured by me on 7th July after her nuptial flight. She is the first of my captured queens to get as far...

Tying strong loops in a line is a handy skill; if they can be kept compact enough to pass through the eye of a swivel, they provide an...

My first queen ant, a Lasius Flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant) arrived 130 days ago, I have had a few failures of eggs and I was expecting the...

I managed to buy a whole box full of second-hand sea fishing floats of various sizes. Seems like a pretty good haul for eight quid. I...

I'm probably not alone in this but, I've still got most of the lentils and similar I bought when it wasn't possible to buy pasta at the...

When I go fishing, I note down the What3words location for future reference. After a couple of recent 'blanks', my latest location had an...

One of my planned winter projects is going to be making my own fishing rigs, it should be possible to save a bit and will hopefully be...

Just four days, with the last being on the windowsill to get some light and turn it green, and it was ready and tasted like it should....

I won the eBay auction which I mentioned in a previous post. Ten Toby-style metal lures for £10.46 including delivery, a pretty good deal...