October 2019 - 55inshires-oxon

Musings

AUNT SALLY…and Uncle Tom Cobbly and all!

With leaves dropping, Jack Frost appearing, summer is certainly well and truly hibernating. A relieved Aunt Sally has been placed into storage […]

Musings

In The Sun on the 18th October, so it must be true, was an article stating that a survey had found that […]

Musings

Pay attention at the back. Hands up, who truthfully knew about Akeman Street? Just to check porkies, who remembers it being built […]

Recipes

Here’s another dairy free recipe; milk free lasagne BOLOGNESE SAUCE 2 red onions 2 cloves of garlic 2 carrots 2 sticks of celery […]

Our Garden

We may not have had an Indian Summer but the morning of Thursday October 17th after a heavy dew was simply wonderful. […]

Musings

As the owners of Social Media’s Pullman Gravy Train pulls into their luxurious platforms are they fully aware of the monsters they […]

Walks and Gardens

Hidcote Gardens, just under 40 miles north west of Oxford, having only heard rave reviews. Known as influential Arts & Crafts Gardens […]

Recipes

Allergies are now part and parcel of everyday life. That doesn’t mean to say that they are any easier to deal with, […]

Musings

Discrimination or prejudice (the same in my book) whether racial, sexual, physical or ageist, whatever form it takes, has started to raise […]

Pubs and Restaurants

A safe friendly managed very old attractive country pub a few miles north of Oxford. The Turnpike was originally known as The […]