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stevecowles

Oct 30, 20241 min read

Battle Ahead

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...

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stevecowles

Mar 17, 20241 min read

247.tv Streamed Racing

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...

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stevecowles

Feb 2, 20242 min read

Console Gaming - A Beginner's Woes

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...

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stevecowles

Feb 1, 20241 min read

Chinese fishing tackle birthday haul

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...

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stevecowles

Jan 26, 20242 min read

Can I become a 'Gamer'?

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

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stevecowles

Jan 25, 20241 min read

Getting ready for lure fishing

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...

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Fetching Delbert, an epic public transport struggle

stevecowles

Nov 27, 20236 min read

Fetching Delbert, an epic public transport struggle

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...

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stevecowles

Nov 22, 20232 min read

Playing Township - Any Good?

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...

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stevecowles

Nov 20, 20232 min read

Whoops, another NCM ebike

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...

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stevecowles

Oct 4, 20231 min read

The green shoots of recovery?

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...

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stevecowles

Sep 27, 20231 min read

Is eBay cheaper than the bus?

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...

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My captured queen ants have their first worker

stevecowles

Sep 18, 20231 min read

My captured queen ants have their first worker

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...

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stevecowles

Sep 17, 20231 min read

Tying loops in fishing line

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...

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stevecowles

Sep 11, 20231 min read

1st Ant colony - An Update

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...

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stevecowles

Aug 31, 20231 min read

Enough floats for life

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...

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Growing Microgreens from Supermarket Lentils

stevecowles

Aug 29, 20231 min read

Growing Microgreens from Supermarket Lentils

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...

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stevecowles

Aug 28, 20231 min read

What3words - An omen?

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

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stevecowles

Aug 26, 20231 min read

Hand-made fishing rigs from eBay

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...

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stevecowles

Aug 25, 20231 min read

My cress is ready

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....

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stevecowles

Aug 24, 20231 min read

Toby-style metal lures

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...

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