And like you I abhor the use of child labour in any manufacturing. Its not just batteries that contribute to the exploitation of children If you've bought clothes or even chocolate from many of the main suppliers we are all unwittingly contributing to child slave labour unfortunately >>>>>> Companies that use child labour  Child labour in the fashion supply industry Â
Thank God for the fair trade movement! (It was started by Christians.) Have a look through the Traidcraft catalogue, there's all sorts there from toilet rolls to jewellery. Many of the major retail chains now carry products with the Fairtrade logo. Among the supermarkets, the Co-Op leads the way. The prices are a bit higher, but this reflects what we ought to be paying when we buy overseas produce. If you're donating to a food bank, think about donating Fairtrade produce. That way, your money benefits two lots of poor people at once.
I buy fairtrade coffee @josusa47 and I don't buy cheap clothes @Kili. I make them and am teaching my daughter to sew and have trained her never to set foot in a Primark.
As @tuikowhai34 says, the motorways here are excellent and generally free flowing as long as you steer well clear of Paris.  I do sometime add a coffee stop before lunch.
I buy fairtrade coffee @josusa47 and I don't buy cheap clothes @Kili. I make them and am teaching my daughter to sew and have trained her never to set foot in a Primark.
As @tuikowhai34 says, the motorways here are excellent and generally free flowing as long as you steer well clear of Paris.  I do sometime add a coffee stop before lunch.
I made the mistake of driving into Paris once. What a nightmare I ended up on this huge roundabout with traffic lights in the middle  Not a very pleasant experience couldn't get out of there fast enoughÂ
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
We go via Le Mans and Rouen to avoid the Paris orbital. One year, when heading on hols in the Charente on Sunday - day late cos of a wedding - OH decided Paris would be OK. It is technically shorter but even on Sunday we lost 2 hours sat in a solid traffic on the orbital in 35C heat. Never again.
I will buy an electric car when I can fully recharge it in the same time it takes to fill the petrol tank. We do fairly regular trips put to Scotland, 400 miles each way. With current EV range that would take a couple of days and we do in in 7 hours even with a couple of breaks.
I will buy an electric car when I can fully recharge it in the same time it takes to fill the petrol tank. We do fairly regular trips put to Scotland, 400 miles each way. With current EV range that would take a couple of days and we do in in 7 hours even with a couple of breaks.
You can now do 400 miles in a Tesla without recharge so you would only need to charge once for your return. As the technology advances that will go up even further I should imagine, but who can afford £40,000 for a Tesla , not I...
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Oh no! Â The oven door has packed it in!!! Â It has been sticking for a while and now it's well and truly stuck. Â The technician is due tomorrow morning, but laments that it won't be fixed for Christmas as it has to be ordered - 10 working days. Â Oh well, smoked salmon for lunch!!
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Thank God for the fair trade movement! (It was started by Christians.) Have a look through the Traidcraft catalogue, there's all sorts there from toilet rolls to jewellery. Many of the major retail chains now carry products with the Fairtrade logo. Among the supermarkets, the Co-Op leads the way. The prices are a bit higher, but this reflects what we ought to be paying when we buy overseas produce. If you're donating to a food bank, think about donating Fairtrade produce. That way, your money benefits two lots of poor people at once.
As @tuikowhai34 says, the motorways here are excellent and generally free flowing as long as you steer well clear of Paris.  I do sometime add a coffee stop before lunch.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.