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Looking good Ditchie, apart from that pale cabbage. I'd have to replace that with greens or kale but even so thts my kind of winter food🙂

Spot on. Well said

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Hi Minky, i can understand this as I know a couple who emigrated to Australia but returned to the UK a couple of years later. We have been to Arran several times at various times of the year and experienced mainly positive things but have also had a couple of negative issues. I have chatted to locals and business owners to gain a balanced opinion of what to expect if we do proceed in this venture. It's horrible to negative about my own part of the world but it is rapidly going down hill

Sorry to hear this. Whilst she is still living in her own home you should look at something called 'The Herbert Protocol'. This is something that you put in place in conjunction with police and other agencies etc for when a vulnerable person goes missing. My brother in law who suffered from dementia went missing overnight and was located because the Protocol had been activated. A member of the public heard of his disappearance on the local radio and was able to alert the police Has she been assessed as to whether she has mental capacity?

Couldn't agree more with this point of view. People will not touch game of shape or form around us.

Must be the area. Had very similar experiences in Turnballs butcher in Alnwick and Carter's in Bamburgh. I wish I taken photographs

Ideally looking to end up on Arran. It's something that SWMBO and myself have discussed in depth quite recently. Biggest emotioal hurdle is we have a 20 month old Grandson on the scene now

Sorry but the UK, all four countries is rapidly detiorating. Increasing cost of living,crime,excess population,pollution, loss of countryside and the staggering rise of young Muslim extremists in many of our towns to name but a few reasons not to live here.

Looks okay but I couldn't eat two big meals like that in the same day anymore

Great news for the officer concerned. I wonder if the victim was white if heather officer would have been charged in the first place. Little mention of the car he was driving was used in an armed robbery the day before too. What a shameful society we live in

Unfortunately all the local pubs around Bamburgh are geared up for the tourist trade hence the inflamed prices, the food in your photos look great though

Looks splendid, another culinary Ditchie triumph. Too much dumpling for me though

Why is your user name doormat? Not suggested by your feathered nemesis buddies by any chance😄

Looks great. Just out of interest what herbs/spices do you add to your chilli's. I always add cumin, marjoram, paprika along with the chilli powder. Plus 70% dark chocolate piece.