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Monthly Archives: September 2016

Heather Honey

September 28, 2016by Claire 4 Comments

  The day before we left to go on holiday, a day when I had a million other things to do, I decided to harvest one last batch of honey […]

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Bees, For sale

September Swimming

September 26, 2016by Claire 7 Comments

It was a long day of ducks and bees so at 4.30 I wanted to go for a swim. It was windy on the beach, but the banks of shingle […]

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Campsite, Dogs, Local Places, wild swimming

Roast Tomato Passata (and Moussaka)

September 25, 2016by Claire 7 Comments

When we have tomatoes I make roast tomato passata and then freeze it. It is so easy, it is almost criminal. Halve tomatoes and put in a roasting tin. You […]

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Iggy, Ziggy and Zed

September 24, 2016by Claire 11 Comments

We have finally done it, we have goats and they are unfeasibly gorgeous. May I introduce our three Golden Guernsey goats: Iggy (the older goat on the left – Ziggy […]

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Animals

Clever Kainaat

September 23, 2016by Claire 2 Comments

Last Sunday this dog qualified WD at an open Working Trial. He got full marks for his control round and worked hard all day. I can’t tell you how impressed […]

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Dogs

Crostata di Fichi (Fig tart)

September 21, 2016by Claire 6 Comments

I have spent the past month or so greedily eating a lot of figs. My lovely neighbours have a beautiful fig tree and they generously deliver little bags of fresh […]

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Walking – Sizewell to Aldeburgh

September 20, 2016by Claire 2 Comments

I like walking, I especially like walking round here. However, I do tend to walk the same routes. So to encourage me to explore different paths I have created a […]

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Dogs, Holidays, Local Places, walks

Tomato and Courgette Curry

September 19, 2016by Claire 4 Comments

This doesn’t sound very appetising, but in fact it is delicious. We have quite a few courgettes and tomatoes and this recipe (more or less) by Nigel Slater was in […]

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Eating

September 17, 2016by Claire 5 Comments

Every day on holiday we walked. And every day half way through those walks there was a pub and food – what a joyous and surprising coincidence. Day 1 – […]

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eating out, Holidays, Local Places

Swimming

September 13, 2016by Claire 4 Comments

I swam a lot while we were away. Always in the same sea, but every time it was different. My first swim was on the Monday in the brown water […]

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Dogs, Holidays, Local Places, wild swimming

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