That takes me back @wild edges 🍻 We used to get a Polypin of Adnams bitter from the local pub every year for our big party ... our party was usually around Michaelmas, when I'd mades loads of churneys and pickles to have with baked potatoes, sausages, terrines and salads.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The weather has been beautiful the past couple of days - cold but clear. Yesterday I had an appointment in Limerick which kept me out of the garden, and today I woke up with a sore throat and the shivers - apparently not Covid, but making me put off doing anything usefully energetic in the garden.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
My dad used to have a couple of what he called polypins from his home-brewing days when I was a little 'un. They were rigid plastic kegs with taps. These days it seems to mean the beer equivalent of wine boxes. Piws Mws is great stuff, but I generally only buy it when I'm over that way visiting my sister.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Grrr new Bushnell trail cam is faulty, lid won't close either with or without batteries. Have to send it back which a s*****g nuisance as no full time post office in village 5 miles away just a part time one in the library. There's bound to be lots of wildlife that I'm missing
5,000 people out of a population of 3.1 million vote for a change of name and the Government agrees! If my maths are right that is .16% of the population positively wanted the change.
I don't see a problem with that. I love the fact that the Welsh language is revered, and taught in schools, and folk are proud to be Welsh. It's the same here - although mainly further north, where all the place names are in both languages and Gaelic is taught and used. What I often find sad is - on [mainly] sporting occasions, when you see a Welsh or Scottish flag being flown, most people see it as joyful, and a reason to walk a bit taller, but the English flag often seems to have/attract other 'connotations'. That just shouldn't happen. We should all be proud of our individual nations and our individuality. Fly your flags and rejoice
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I do find it a bit of a distraction, when driving, to find the English version on road signs but fair enough. Every reasonable effort should be made to keep a language alive. As a passenger I would love to be able to work out the direct translation but there's too many consonants for my little brain to process😐
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Piws Mws is great stuff, but I generally only buy it when I'm over that way visiting my sister.
There's bound to be lots of wildlife that I'm missing
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What I often find sad is - on [mainly] sporting occasions, when you see a Welsh or Scottish flag being flown, most people see it as joyful, and a reason to walk a bit taller, but the English flag often seems to have/attract other 'connotations'. That just shouldn't happen. We should all be proud of our individual nations and our individuality.
Fly your flags and rejoice
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...