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Month: October 2019

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 […]

29th October 201929th October 2019 Posted by Peter Boxall1 Comment on AUNT SALLY…and Uncle Tom Cobbly and all!
Musings

MORE FUN WHEN YOUNG…SO SAYS THE SUN…

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

25th October 201925th October 2019 Posted by Peter BoxallLeave a Comment on MORE FUN WHEN YOUNG…SO SAYS THE SUN…
Musings

Akeman Street…Older than 55 years…

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

25th October 201914th November 2019 Posted by Peter Boxall1 Comment on Akeman Street…Older than 55 years…
Recipes

DAIRY FREE LASAGNE

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

23rd October 20199th November 2019 Posted by Peter BoxallLeave a Comment on DAIRY FREE LASAGNE
Our Garden

Stunning October morning

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

17th October 201917th October 2019 Posted by Peter BoxallLeave a Comment on Stunning October morning
Musings

Social Media…The King’s New Clothes

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

16th October 201916th October 2019 Posted by Peter BoxallLeave a Comment on Social Media…The King’s New Clothes
Walks and Gardens

Hidcote Gardens nr Chipping Campden

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

16th October 201916th October 2019 Posted by Peter BoxallLeave a Comment on Hidcote Gardens nr Chipping Campden
Dairy Free Sticky Toffee Pudding
Recipes

DAIRY FREE STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

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

11th October 201926th September 2020 Posted by Peter Boxall2 Comments on DAIRY FREE STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING
Musings

DISCRIMINATION & PREJUDICE; PERHAPS IT’S BACK OR IS IT ALL FINE?

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

4th October 20194th October 2019 Posted by Peter BoxallLeave a Comment on DISCRIMINATION & PREJUDICE; PERHAPS IT’S BACK OR IS IT ALL FINE?
The Turnpike
Pubs and Restaurants

THE TURNPIKE – Yarnton

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

3rd October 201921st November 2019 Posted by Peter BoxallLeave a Comment on THE TURNPIKE – Yarnton

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524 ANTEP KITCHEN – Cowley Road CHEESY OXFORDSHIRE…we’re all crackers for it… Yes Dairy free FOUR SHIRES OR NOT FOUR SHIRES…THAT IS THE QUESTION? GEOGRAPHICAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF OXFORD’S PRIME MINISTERS... KIRKLINGTON QUARRY Just a few miles north of Oxford MINSTER MILL HOTEL & OLDSWAN PUB – MINSTER LOVELL Musings Nr WITNEY On the banks of the River Windrush is the delightfully re-furbished Minster Mill hotel along with its sister pub just across the road Our Garden OXFORDSHIRE’S POPULATION; 687 PLANES & AUTOMOBILES…No Pubs Recipes Restaurant RIOTS SHOTOVER COUNTRY PARK – NR HEADINGTON 117 hectares STOWE PARK GARDENS: If follies float your boat and you enjoy a very pleasant walk Takeaways that’s big by any standards THE BEAR INN – OXFORD: corner of Alfred Street & Blue Boar Street Tucked away down the alleyways of the city THE PERCH – BINSEY VILLAGE A delightful country pub the supermarkets do ‘cheese’ and generally in abundance. But they don’t do cheese…cheese is personal very attractive VICTORIA ARMS – MARSTON North of Oxford on the banks of the River Cherwell is the Victoria Arms Walks Walks and Gardens with parking in Mill Lane …WILLIAM SHAKESHIRE

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524 ANTEP KITCHEN – Cowley Road CHEESY OXFORDSHIRE…we’re all crackers for it… Yes Dairy free FOUR SHIRES OR NOT FOUR SHIRES…THAT IS THE QUESTION? GEOGRAPHICAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF OXFORD’S PRIME MINISTERS... KIRKLINGTON QUARRY Just a few miles north of Oxford MINSTER MILL HOTEL & OLDSWAN PUB – MINSTER LOVELL Musings Nr WITNEY On the banks of the River Windrush is the delightfully re-furbished Minster Mill hotel along with its sister pub just across the road Our Garden OXFORDSHIRE’S POPULATION; 687 PLANES & AUTOMOBILES…No Pubs Recipes Restaurant RIOTS SHOTOVER COUNTRY PARK – NR HEADINGTON 117 hectares STOWE PARK GARDENS: If follies float your boat and you enjoy a very pleasant walk Takeaways that’s big by any standards THE BEAR INN – OXFORD: corner of Alfred Street & Blue Boar Street Tucked away down the alleyways of the city THE PERCH – BINSEY VILLAGE A delightful country pub the supermarkets do ‘cheese’ and generally in abundance. But they don’t do cheese…cheese is personal very attractive VICTORIA ARMS – MARSTON North of Oxford on the banks of the River Cherwell is the Victoria Arms Walks Walks and Gardens with parking in Mill Lane …WILLIAM SHAKESHIRE

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