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In these days of total Covid guideline confusion, you’ll be forgiven if you don’t know your face mask from your elbow. During my Spanish break which sadly came to an end last weekend, I often found myself gasping for air behind a cloth face mask …
As a kid, living on a farm, the month of September always brought Autumnal melancholy with it as it signified our return to school and the dark evenings. But it also augured a generous bounty. Lovely bunches of sweet grapes from our vine, juicy figs …
Over three Christmases ago, our Lisa bought me a coffee maker. When I opened the box, all I found was two plastic tubes. I said to myself: “This is going to end up in the graveyard of useless and unwanted Christmas presents alongside the shower …
Lately, I feel that I am forever moaning about the taste and quality of food bought from supermarkets, especially during the lockdown when even the prices have shot up!One of my pet hates is tasteless tomatoes that are hard as snooker balls and that rot …
Six years ago, I was taken completely by surprise when I was named Business Leader of the Year in the Hartlepool Business Awards at the Borough Hall. Twenty nine years after starting Krimo’s with the legendary £250 and bucketfuls of enthusiasm, Karen and I were …
Delicious Biltong made in County Durham My batch of Biltong samples arrived this morning. Biltong for anyone unfamiliar with this South African delicacy, is a form of air dried, cured meat. It was something Karen had brought back from a visit to a childhood friend …