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Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The committee meeting I attended went on a bit longer than expected thats why I'm a bit late. I've been going through more than two pages of ER's and I see it mentioned that (another) duplicate page had occurred and shortly after that the site not available notice appeared for a couple of minutes. I wonder if the two are connected?

Skirret is still grown and eaten and there are still recipes for them. https://backyardlarder.co.uk/2016/01/skirret-pasties/ Some of the recipes look like curly fries. https://backyardlarder.co.uk/2021/11/skirret-fritters/

The 'rockets red glare' reference is from the US national anthem and refers to the attack on Fort McHenry during the war of independence when the British fired explosive rockets at the fort.

Going back to the Pompeiian pizza. One of the fruits on it was lemon shaped with an orange skin and covered in warts*. *Not warts of course but the skin was very bumpy, can anyone identify it?

That is my prefered bread, apart from the health benefits of wholemeal bread it seems to stay fresher for longer than other breads.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Not a good night last night, Arthur Itis kept me awake until about three and bladder control pressed the button at six. I'll shortly get a bit of eyelid inspection in as I have an important meeting this afternoon.

No, as the Romans never discovered the new world so potatoes and tomatoes were unknown to them.

I got the NY Times Wordl this morning in three for the fourth consecutive day.😊

Goodnight all.

We have a bottle collection which uses a dedicated truck and you can hear the bottles and jars breaking as they drop it into the truck. However they won't take other forms of glass such as window glass. It's possible that broken glass is banned on H&S grounds.

Just been watching the program on the archaeological excavation of Pompeii. They are excavating a part of the city that has never been dug before. During the dig they came across a fresco showing a pizza, @polybear and @iL Dottore please note. What's more surprising the topping appears to be of fruit, lemon drizzle pizza anyone?

Evening all from Estuary-Land. The change in the weather has brought out Arthur Itis. Nurofen has been taken and is now working.

At the time it was introduced passenger cars were liable for 50% purchase tax but commercials were not. Because it had a jump seat in the back the authorities classed it as a car not a commercial and liable to the 50% tax. This effectively killed it after only a few hundred had been built. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/uks-rarest-cars-1957-austin-a35-pick-up-one-45-left-british/

Austin got there first with the micro ute.

Same here but it's a bit warmer, 11C.

It was persisting down 25 minutes ago, now the sun's shining.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. For some reason I couldn't get to sleep last night so I read a book until the eyelids started drooping. Bladder control pressed the button at 06:30 this morning so I got up. Still persisting down and earlier we had a hailstorm, its predicted to dry up this afternoon. I have a bit of shopping to do this afternoon, the usual bread, milk and eggs and not much else.

The main culprit is silver birch, particularly after heavy rain when they release their pollen in a cloud. Part of the problem is that they are a fashionable garden tree and there's a lot about. If your contemplating a specimen tree for the garden please get a flowering tree such as a cherry or magnolia. My Hyundai i10 was much the same. Great little car and very economical (if you used the air-con sparingly) 46 mpg around town and not far short of 60 mpg on a run. Even with my friend and his son on board it had little effect at first but after covid everyone put on weight and my friends son is now a strapping 16 year old, and south Essex is not flat. Unfortunately it was written off last January due to a crash for cash scam and I've had to get a replacement. I was looking for a bigger car as with my mobility issues it was proving difficult to get in and out of such a small car. The accident brought forward that plan and my present car is bigger and has a better performance and sails up hills that the i10 struggled on. Also it is higher geared so I have to watch the speed.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I had a choice of meals for dinner tonight but settled on toad in the hole with a bit of veg but no spuds. I will have to cut down a bit on the carbs as my weight is creeping up and I will have to loose about ten kilos to bring my weight down to what it was at the start of lockdown. Up until then I was slowly loosing weight but the lack of exercise during lockdown meant that my weight went back up again and my arthritis worsened meaning that I can no longer exercise as much as I did. Ever decreasing circles.

I've just heard that there's a new model shop opening near to me at Rawenth on the old A130. I might pop down there in the next week or so. www.tierneymodelrailwayshop.com

Lamborghini was and still is a tractor manufacturer. The story goes that the owner was looking at buying a new Ferrari but decided he could build a better car so he did.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. I was prepared to venture out into the garden this afternoon but within minutes I was sneezing and the eyes were watering from hay fever. Apparently they have a lot of silver birch trees on the local golf course which is less than half a mile upwind of me. I'll just have to find something to do indoors.

The chauffeur usually deals with that sort of thing y'know.😁