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Far from ideal
Stuart Barnes previews the Heineken Cup final and has some concerns over the Lions' preparation.Back to story
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Dennis Morgan says...
I agree with the comments that Andy Farrell should not be part of the coaching team for the Lions. There are a number of reasons. If Owen Farrell is selected then many supporters will think its because his father is part of the coaching team, whatever his ability or form. If his father was not there then most supporters would accept the decision to include him. Being father and son works against both of them in this situation, it is lose lose. It adds pressure to all parties. If you are wondering who I support I am Welsh, I am just trying to get some sort of balance. If you read my previous comments you will see I am not a fan of Owen Farrell.
Posted 21:18 18th May 2013
Andy Dyson says...
Stu I have to agree with your comments on the dire performances put in by O Farrell, I dont even have him as an international. A Lion? Never!
Posted 17:19 17th May 2013
Dennis Morgan says...
I agree with comments about Farrell not being ready, but my main concern about him are the needless penalties he gives away. Some of his offences are petty and foolish, penalties cost games. Watch him off the ball, worrying.
Posted 20:01 16th May 2013
Pat Mcguinness says...
I'm struggling to get my head around the enduring cult of O'Driscoll. Did no one watch Ireland's 60-zip flogging by the ABs last winter? Ireland were poor but O'Driscoll was dire. Watching the match I remember thinking: "He's gone; well gone." I fully expected to be reading the next day about his immediate retirement from rugby.
Posted 16:50 14th May 2013
David Rackley says...
Gavin Wild, i'll go even further to say Owen Farrell will never be ready. He's extremely overrated and nepotism is the word on most fly halfs' mouths I'm sure. Flood, Biggar, Hook, even O'Gara will all be if not bitter then amused at the treatment Owen Farrell gets. This is a professional game, Andy Farrell shouldn't be anywhere near where his son is concerned
Posted 17:14 13th May 2013
Ruaidhri Duddy says...
If Andy Farrell wasn't a lions coach, would Owen Farrell be anywhere near the plane? Apart from goal kicking i can't understand what he brings. Especially when we have leigh halfpenny and jonny sexton.
Posted 13:52 13th May 2013
Gavin Wild says...
Stuart, you talk about Leicester's slick back line and how well it is playing and rightly so. Well surely Toby Flood has to be factored into why they are playing so well. I have no qualms Sexton lining up as the Lions test number 10 but I would have thought you would want a similar attacking fly half such as Flood who whilst admittingly has his flaws, can bring his backs into the game and is equally as good a kicker as both Sexton and farrell in my opinion. At this stage of his career Farrell is simply not ready.
Posted 13:13 13th May 2013
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They're an old ass team with a coach who's style does NOT fit them. It was a big ass mistake by the Lakers front office on hiring D'Antoni.
And the bigger question is what will Howard do after this season? Will he re-sign with the Lakers? Or will he look elsewhere?

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"It's hard to do Sponge Candy wrong, and you can get a bag from a Wegmans bulk section that's roughly as good as from a specialty shop such as Alethea's or Watson's."
If you live in Buffalo or have read this site, you already know that the area has a signature chicken dish, sandwich, hot dog, pizza, and pastry. But did you know there's also a famous Buffalo candy? Here, it's known as Sponge Candy - chocolate on the outside, yellow crunchy sugar on the inside - and though it's not available in many parts of the United States, a highly similar version is sometimes found in the Northwest and Europe under different names.
The Story: For years, Buffalo natives have known it only as Sponge Candy, a roughly bite-sized square or rectangular box consisting of two essential elements: a semi-hard chocolate exterior, and a tougher, nearly brittle golden or orange sweet honeycomb interior. The interior's made from brown sugar, corn syrup, and/or molasses that have been chemically teased into a crystalline form, creating a crunching sound when bitten into. Thanks to Cadbury, British readers know the same general concept as the Crunchie bar, while those from the Northwestern United States - including patrons of the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - may know it as Sea Foam. While others sell it in bar form, Buffalo Sponge Candy pieces vary in size from "fits in your mouth" to "requires a good bite in the center," but the first bite inevitably starts with the slight give of chocolate and ends with a crack as the honeycomb snaps apart, crumbling into your mouth. We're split between preferring milk chocolate or dark chocolate for the outside, but we can agree that the rarer orange chocolate version is comparatively unappealing.
Best Location: It's hard to do Sponge Candy wrong, and you can get a bag from a Wegmans supermarket's bulk section that's roughly as good as from a specialty shop such as Alethea's or Watson's. It's also likely to be cheaper, as Wegmans sells it in bulk. But the version from Alethea's tends to be smoother on the outside and easier to eat because of its smaller size, if a lot more expensive, at nearly a dollar per piece if purchased individually. The expensive Alethea's Sponge Candy is easy to find at the airport coming into or out of Buffalo, and the Watson's version does especially well on the milk chocolate, with pieces that vary in size but consistently impress on taste.
Worst Location: We haven't found a bad place for Sponge Candy yet, but there are times of year (Summer) when it's "out of season" at Wegmans and some other shops due to humidity levels in the air, which disintegrate the honeycomb interior. Alethea's continues to offer it, with a thicker chocolate coating to prevent it from melting internally.
Something You Mightn't Know: Sponge Candy is almost always brown on the outside and flavored in one of the three ways mentioned above - milk, dark, or orange chocolate. But a local shop called Palace of Sweets offers white chocolate sponge candy, as well as more than a dozen alternatively-flavored milk chocolate versions such as peppermint, peach, Kahlua coffee, and Irish cream. They're sold in small six-piece packs for $2.40 each.


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Elderly man dies in SW Houston mobile home fire
By Craig Hlavaty | February 1, 2014 | Updated: February 1, 2014 12:04pm
A mobile home fire in southeast Houston claimed the life of one man just before midnight Friday, according to Houston fire officials.
The blaze started in the Duval Mobile Home Park in the 3900 block of Erby near Griggs and South Wayside.
The man's wife was able to get out of the residence just in time, but her husband could not.
Family members told KTRK-TV that the elderly man may have been trying to hook up a heater when the fire started.
No other injuries were reported.


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I received the following email last week about the Rugrats in Paris: The Movie review, and it spurred a few thoughts:
Thanks for taking the time to write Jacqui. In my review of the Rugrats DVD, I did generally mention that there were several satirical parallels between EuroReptarland and Disneyland Paris. For Disney fans, the biting and occasionally humorous jabs at Disney are not worth enduring the rest of the movie. There are many other animated movies, including Disney's own, that poke fun at the Disney company and theme parks in a far more appealing fashion.
Many animated features usually have at least a couple of layers humor: one for the kids and one for the parents. Studios know that, simply based on kid's visual recognition of movie characters in TV commercials, they can pretty easily get the kids to bug their parents into taking them to see the movies. However, studios also know that parents aren't going to pay big bucks for a family evening at the local gigaplex if the movie isn't entertaining to the mature, money-wielding adults. Therefore, the kid layer usually contains simple visual and verbal jokes which kids can easily understand and appreciate, and the adult layer usually consists of jokes based on cultural, social or historical references which children or kids have not experienced and probably don't understand.
Let's take Toy Story 2 as a general example. For young kids, the film has bright colors, friendly looking characters, familiar looking environments, silly voices, and exaggerated character movements. For slightly older kids, the plot of the movie adds to the humor, as they can comprehend funny situations like the toys driving around the isles of Al's Toy Barn or Slinky Dog's barking scaring away a curious girl in the airport. Then, there are the amazingly abundant adult references strewn throughout the movie. The opening sequence alone is packed with them including the opening Star Trek-like title sequence, Buzz flying through the dried out and recolored Bug's Life river, Buzz's breathing sounding like Darth Vader from Star Wars, the Die Hard-like launching of Buzz into the air after the robots explode, and so forth. The action and characters bring in the kids, the subtle humor keeps the parents in the seats. The key to a family movie is that there must be a balance between these layers and they must be seamlessly blended.
Turning to Rugrats in Paris and the references that Jacqui mentioned, I think they were intended for the adult viewers, but the movie still fails to provide the critical balance. Throughout the movie, the focus of the humor ends up being on gross and lowbrow kid's jokes, which is the source of my annoyance. As an adult, I had to endure Rugrat actions like:
Also, it was a test to sit and listen to lines like:
These are just a few examples of the things that made the appreciation of the Disney satire difficult.
As for Rugrats in Paris being "the biggest take off of anything Disney," I'd have to disagree. There's a lot better Disney satire out there, and you don't have to put up with irksome and rude behavior for over an hour! I thought I'd list a few other DVDs that you may find interesting:
On top of those DVDs, one must not forget one of my favorite social commentaries, The Simpsons. While not really a children's show, many of the episodes have very funny references to not only the Disney company but they have also taken shots at the theme parks in episodes like "Itchy and Scratchy Land" and "Duff Gardens". Take a look here for a full list of the Disney references. We'll have to wait until later this year to see The Simpsons make their way to DVD, but from what I've heard, it'll be worth the wait.
Finally, Jacqui mentioned that she wondered about ex-Disney animators working for Paramount and Nickelodeon. I'm pretty sure that there were at least a few folks that moved away from the Disney fold. As our own columnist The Wrist noted in a recent article, artists often move between studios on various projects.
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Members of the Polish Parliment, the Polish Ambassador to the US, and US Senator Murphy and others attended the opening ceremonies of the Quo Vadis Polish Youth Leadership conference. The event kicks off a three day conference which brings youth and experienced members of Polish heritage together from all around the world. Friday's events took place at the Polish National Home. This is the first time the conference has come to the east coast of the U.S.
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-U.S Senator Chris Murphy, left, greets Polish Ambassador Ryszard Schnepf in the bar at the Polish National Home in Hartford Friday night.


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Photography – Peter Bang
Brides Dress – Dolly Couture
Venue – Weinberg Centre for the Arts
Stationery – Lauren said "I designed the invitation, info card, and ticket in Illustrator, then had a metal plate for printing made from a PDF. My uncle pressed them on an old printing press that he owns."
You should also have a look at their engagement shoot. It included coffee, chess and Harry Potter. I was sold.
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On the blog today is the winter wedding of Lauren and Jeremy from Maryland, this wedding is so unique to the couple, filled with personal touches and not traditional at all. I adore the stationery, Lauren has an art degree and designed it all herself. She opted for a 1950s inspired dress and they chose not to have a bridal party, flowers or formal attire, and they let their guests chose their outfits from any decade that inspired them. The ceremony included musical performances from friends and family and then their personal vows.
The reception was held in a theatre. Instead of a sit down meal, they opted for an espresso bar, candy, pop corn, trail mix, dessert, and then a film. I love everything about this wedding. It is so unique and it goes to show that sometimes you don't need a million bridesmaids and a morning suit just to show everyone how in love you are.
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ORONO, Maine – Freshman Victor Adejuyigbe (Penacook, N.H.) won three events to lead the University of New Hampshire men's outdoor track & field team to a first-place finish in a tri-meet at the University of Maine's Beckett Family Track & Field Complex on Saturday afternoon.
The Wildcats amassed 158 points to finish ahead of both Bates College (107) and Maine (106).
Adejuyigbe was first in the 100 meters in 11.24 seconds, the 200m in 22.54 seconds, and was part of the 4x100-meter relay team, along with seniors Frank Radlof (Milford, N.H.) and Will Brehm (Pembroke, N.H.), and junior Wesley Cotnoir (Auburn, N.H.), that finished first in a time of 43.95 seconds. The 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Sean Mitchell (Shrewsbury, Mass.), junior Christopher Janczyk (Bristol, Conn.), freshman Nicholas Aubut (Goffstown, N.H.) and junior Alex Macleod (East Longmeadow, Mass.), also won in three minutes, 27.99 seconds.
Senior Brice Paey (Milton, N.H.) won the shot put with a throw of 13.23 meters, while graduate student Jeff Kaste (Atkinson, N.H.) was third at 15.05m. Kaste was victorious in the discus with a toss of 46.44m.
In the javelin junior Michael Simon (Durham, Conn.) and senior Chris Morgan (Goffstown, N.H.) placed first and second, respectively, with throws of 58.07m and 53.44m.
In the triple jump, sophomore Max Hoddwells (Wayne, Maine) and freshman Garrett Finn (Lebanon, N.H.) finished first and second, respectively, with leaps of 13.23m and 13.14m.
Junior John Donaghy (Sutton, N.H.) tied with Bates' Jerome Bennett for the best mark in the pole vault, but Donaghy finished second as it took Bennett fewer attempts to reach 4.19m. Sophomore Renrick Pesce (New Hartford, Conn.) was third at 4.04m.
Back on the track, the Wildcats swept the top three spots in the 1500m, with senior Marc Ouellette (Hopkinton, N.H.), freshman Corey Duchemin (Manchester, N.H.) and sophomore Dan Decrescenzo (New Milford, Conn.) placing first, second and third, respectively. The trio submitted respective finishes of 4:05.97, 4:09.91 and 4:12.29.
In the 800m, senior Josh Kearns (Ridgefield, Conn.) and grad student Ben Jenkins (Francestown, N.H.) finished first and second, respectively, in times of 1:58.61 and 1:58.63.
The 'Cats return to action Saturday, April 3 at 11 a.m. when they play host to the College of the Holy Cross, Maine and Northeastern University in a quad-meet at the Reggie F. Atkins Track.


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Wet,Wet,Wet...not the band but the 2013 Dragon Rally!
Ah yes,the 2013 Dragon Rally could have been named after at least a couple of bands....if not Wet,Wet,Wet then maybe MUD !!
But first,a trip back in time to October 2012 and I`m there,trying to relearn the near lost art of handwriting on paper with a pen in order to send my application for this year`s Dragon Rally....along with searching for and dusting off my possibly time expired chequebook to pay for the event.
Do you remember chequebooks ???
The last time mine was used was for the previous Dragon !
A month or so later I received confirmation that I 'was in' and the excitement started (sad I know but it`s kind of fun not knowing for sure if you`ll get a ticket).
A month or so after that,usually only a couple of weeks before the actual event,I received the directions for the Rally Control where my pre-rally ticket was to be validated and where the final directions to the site are normally given (although this year they announced in advance that it was the same site as last year).
Zooming nicely back to the present day......I ride every day so I`m no stranger to riding in the wet,and quite enjoy it,now that I`ve finally sussed a clothing system that actually keeps me dry throughout.....but it`s always nice and comforting to know that at the end of the ride there`s a warm house or hotel and a comfy dry bed at the end of it.
But it`s not so nice and enjoyable when you`ve got to unpack a tent and get set up in pouring rain then share your sleeping space with wet riding gear is it?
I don`t mind riding in the rain but I HATE camping in it.
So here I was,Saturday morning,looking out of my bedroom window at clouds down to ground level and a solid wall of heavy rain.
Any other rally than the Dragon and I`d have stayed at home but the allure of 'The Badge' and 'The Sticker' was too much......so I enjoyed a leisurely extended brekky then loaded up my trusty and beloved 650 Ural 'Skaya' which is now my famed 'Dragon Wagon'.
As the photo above shows,the great thing about going away on a combo is that you just stash all your gear in the sidecar and pull the cover over it.
Camping gear in the sidecar and cooking gear/food in the sidecar boot.
No faffing with luggage straps or bungees and no panic about waterproof bags,luggage weight or distribution and the like.
For the scenery buffs and route gazers,my route was mostly the same as last year`s ride report,and due to the weather there`s no en route photos.
The only route change was once over the bridge in Llanwrst and past the 'Fluffy Hotel' I picked up a single track forest road that goes right across to Capel Curig and apart from being a fantastic ride it avoids Betws y Coed and the loathesome A5.
Talking of en route,due to conditions like riding through a carwash,Skaya started popping and banging after only a couple of miles.
Urals act similar if there`s water in the carbs or if the HT leads are tracking,so it was time for 'WWID' (What Would Ivan Do) and to reach down to each HT cap in turn.....
A sledgehammer blow down my left arm revealed the left cap to be tracking so I stopped the engine,wiped the cap dry,gave it a load of WD40 and away we went.
A couple of miles later the same again....and again...I entered Willaston Village sounding like a Wild West cowboy posse firing all their guns and felt guilty as numerous old boy World War veterans ducked for cover.
This time,totally pissed off,I just reached into the sidecar for the can and sprayed WD40 all over the HT cap while keeping the engine running with my right hand.
BOOM !! A roaring fireball leaped up,then there was the sight of the whole left cylinder enveloped in flames which licked their way up the HT lead... towards the petrol tap.
I was so pissed off with the weather and this fecking about that I felt like pulling the fuel line off and ending it all there and then but sanity prevailed and I beat the flames out.
My train of thought must have frightened Skaya into behaving because she didn`t miss a beat after this!
I stopped halfway to the Rally Control for a mega cooked brekky in the Denbigh Morrissons...this also helped me come out of my mind funk about the wet and miserable weather and stop wondering if I could be arsed continuing.
As if by magic,just as the last drop of cappuccino was drained,the rain stopped and the clouds lifted...so I had a fantastic ride along my new found forest track to the Rally Control.
The famed decrepit Rally Control caravan is no more....finally condemned as unsafe to even be sat inside never mind to tow on the highway....so the Control point was a cafe building (selling 'Dragon Burgers'....makes a change from horse!).
The man with the sense of humour said to put a small Dragon sticker on my headlight but the rain had returned and nothing was going to stick to wet glass.
A short run through Capel Curig then turn left on the Beddgelert road...eight miles further and the site is down on your right.....Llyn Gwynant camp site.
I say camp site but the ground was closer to sloppy fudge than grass.
I`d hoped to camp in the same spot as last year, where I`d arranged to meet my friend Rod Young but due to my later than normal arrival and the scarcity of decent pitches this area was full.
I wheelspun and opposite locked around the site for a while then found a pretty good spot.
Then cue the art of wrestling with an eight foot diameter spider with rigor mortis (in the pissing rain) because my Khyam 'quick erect' knuckle jointed tent had somehow got various pole sections twisted inside each other.
A bit of assistance from a bemused onlooker and finally Chateau Tarka was established.
Then followed the contortionist trick of sorting out and installing my tent floor fleecy blankets,Thermarest and sleeping bag while wearing all my riding gear and kneeling in sloppy fudgey mud....in the pissing rain.
It may not have been snowing but it was time for SNOWBALLS !!!
You may mock but I thought it time to introduce some class and distinction to drinking times....in as much as drinking four of them from a tin Ural mug allows,of course.
A quick view from my front door before I did another contortionist trick of getting out of all my riding gear and 'slipping into something more comfortable'....I can`t stand spending the day and evening in my riding kit.
A yelled "YOU`RE LATE !!" revealed my friend Rod Young ('Agent Wayward')of Motopodd sidecar fame in full sartorial elegance.
It was great to see him again...we met many years ago about 8,000ft up the Stella Alpina pass while each dithering about how to tackle an awkward section,and we meet up at each Dragon Rally and several shows a year.
Talking of shows,as if it was needed,in the next photo Rod shows how lovely and appealing the ground was.
How we laughed at the thought of people voluntarily leaving a centrally heated house and spending £20 to ride through pissing rain to sleep on this...
Llyn Gwynant is in a beautiful location with stunning scenery....when you can see it,that is....some rally goers decided on following a distant track to take some elevated photos and didn`t realise until the cloud lifted a bit that there`s a blooming big mountain on one side.
Rod occasionally scribbles for some monthly picture books...sorry,Rod is a freelance bike journalist ... and sometimes gets loan bikes to report on or even prototypes to gauge opinions or find improvements.
For this Dragon Rally he was riding an AJP 200cc enduro/trail bike.
A Portuguese prototype
For a 500 mile round trip.
In the pissing rain.
Known for reasons of a long story as 'The Bike With No Key' (guess why), it is also referred to as 'The Incinerator'.
I`ll tell you why...
The rear rack is more of a plain metal plate ('griddle' as Rod calls it).
It shares mountings with the exhaust.....and gets hot...very hot.
In fact,once a person decides to fit a wooden board over it to carry a sleeping bag on a 500 mile round trip,the lack of airflow means that it starts to GLOW.
Glowing metal tends to make wood burn.
Burning wood with an attached sleeping bag makes Skaya`s left hand cylinder fireball pail into insignificance compared to the resulting conflagration.
Oh...and did I tell you that the petrol filler is reached through a hole in the seat?
And the seat is a kind of sorbo rubber?
And that the petrol overflow/breather is set down in the recessed hole in the seat?
The seat which absorbes any spilled or overflowed petrol?
The seat which has a burning sleeping bag and a glowing metal plate at the back of it....and which Rod is sat on??
How we laughed....in the pissing rain.
Despite these minor niggles...and the floppy,bouncy spotlights...and the unlit speedo unit (which blocks access to the the ignition switch,if you had a key)...and the lack of fuel light or reserve tap (which made Rod run out of fuel 2 miles from any service stations...in the pissing rain)...it seems quite a cool little bike.
Naturally Rod had to bling it up with all kinds of absolutely,totally necessary 'Overlander' gubbins for a ride to Wales...in the pissing rain.
Next cover pic for ABR perhaps ???
We went for a walk up the hill to the main site buildings for me to get my rally pin badge and 'freebie' bag....rally sticker,slate coaster,mini whiskey,Mars bar and Snickers.
The Snickers isn`t shown because I`ve scoffed it.
The rally pin badge isn`t shown because I forgot to photograph it.
On the way up the hill I saw a rather cool looking Morris Minor.
A Morris Minor pickup with big chunky tyres??
Turns out to be a Jeep CJ 7 chassis with a Morris Minor cab and pickup rear.
The weather had gone from pissing down to a constant,miserable drizzle, and it made some of the Welsh scenery look mean and moody with it.
The campsite wasn`t looking too jolly either!
Still,we`re all Happy Campers and we`re all in it together.
Being a Ural addict and a sidecar fan in general,one great thing about the Dragon Rally is the number of and variety of sidecar outfits.
From big,expensive and serious German and Dutch combos to home brewed rats.
I loved this one....really had the 'rally spirit' about it.
At the other end of the spectrum there was this BMW GS outfit....
And this sadly blurred V-Max outfit...madness!!
Somewhere in between was this Triumph Tiger outfit.
So...where were we?
Oh yes,in the pissing rain again.....looking at various sidecar outfits.
And here`s another expensive and serious looking German one.
Quite tasty though.
You`d never have known by the light levels...or lack of them through the day..but before long it was evening then night.
We found shelter from the wind and rain by standing under the balcony of the Warden`s 'Hut' (with roof trusses to rival the Forth Bridge)...there was even electric light.
We were both getting peckish and had brought food with us rather than try any Castrol chips or eColi burgers from the death van.
Rod tried to impress me with his JetBoil and a tub of beef stew and mash that he produced from his Tardis backpack from which a can of cider appeared about every 30 minutes (Gawd knows how many he had brought...or how heavy the pack was! ).
He was less than pleased when I commented that the small diameter of the tall JetBoil can combined with the 10,000 Degree heat would successfully incinerate the tub contents that he`d stuffed in it,heh heh.
So I smugly chomped my Ginsters Tikka pasty while watching him spoon some gloop out and try to stir it.
And chuckled mercilessly at how his morning brew would taste of carbonised beef stew from the deposits he couldn`t wash off it afterwards.
How we laughed...in the pissing rain.
I suggested a post prandial stroll up the hill for no particularly good reason and it was immediately followed by a stroll back down once we`d sampled the aural disaster of the traditional Dragon Rally 'Massacre Band'.
Apologies to those who through excessive alcohol or easily pleased natures have enjoyed them,but every band I`ve heard at Dragon Rallies has MURDERED whatever they`ve convinced themselves that they`re playing and this one was no better.
Add that to the funk inside the building from a thousand damp and sweaty Weirdy Beardies in steaming 1980s Rukka jackets,yellow builders waterproofs and mildewed leathers.....no thank you.
Rod looked at the water running down the steamed up windows and asked me to imagine how many exotic diseases were crawling about on the glass and the walls.....
So back to the Warden`s Hut it was......for most of the night`s bullshitting and bollox. Mucho tall stories and funny tales from assorted folk and we all had a laugh.
I also discovered the source of the mysterious double pulsing red glow which lit up the whole site and part of the valley for a few seconds.
Rod`s friend Adge and his son had emptied the cordite residue and 'some German wormy stuff' from numerous ammo boxes into one empty one.
And decided to put a lit taper to it at the side of the lake.
It was like a weird SciFi movie effect !
So,the night passed with much merriment.
And Sunday didn`t dawn.....the dark rain became dull grey rain.
Ho hum....here we go again.
Contortionist packing inside the tent.
Contortionist dressing in bike gear inside the tent.
Packing everything and loading Skaya in the pissing rain.
Beep...beep...a feeble bike horn heralded Rod about to set off on his just less than 250 mile ride home (remember,he ran out of petrol,heh heh).
I took a couple of photos of him and wished him a safe ride home.
While taking these photos,a small BSA trundled up and stopped next to me.
It was ridden by Shaggy ... a forum and sidecar friend of mine and part of the crazy gang formed by him,Buckles,Kev,Laughing Gas,Martin,Mickey and other reprobates.
I`d briefly seen and chatted to Buckles just after I`d arrived on Saturday but didn`t see any of the gang until this morning.
Here`s Shaggy on the Beezer.
A deep rumbling roar could only mean one thing.....Buckles rode into view on his homebuilt mean and green diesel engined Ural special.
Late Saturday night,a sidecar outfit and small tent had appeared next to mine...must have arrived about 10pm.
Didn`t fancy their task of unpacking and setting up in the dark and rain but they did it and fell straight asleep.
This morning I saw the guy....the last Dragon he`d done was 34 years ago,and he decided to do this one on a whim.
He rode eight hours from Hampshire in the rain....just to pitch a tent in the dark and rain....then to have to ride at least another eight hours of rain homewards!
Never mind the rally badge....he deserved a medal !
A curious and crazy thing about the Dragon Rally in particular is the number of people who I only see there (or maybe at an odd show or two)....and who without any prearranging are within a tent or two of mine.
Here`s an example...at the 2010 Dragon two guys next to my tent were talking to me about combos and while talking I ended up suggesting a cross country route home for them.
I next saw them at the Uttoxeter Show that Summer....camped ten feet away!
Then at the following Dragon......and each one since....and always very close to my pitch by chance.
This year they were the next tents to mine!!!
My evil influence led Adrian to fit a chair to his XS650 and he had brought his son.
Sorry to his friend on the Enfield but I missed his name.
All that remained was to fully kit up and ride the same route home.
In the pissing rain.
Stopping again at Denbigh for a Moggsey`s brekky,of course.
Rod has vowed to never do another Dragon again.
I admitted that the miserable weather spoiled the weekend for me,and even snow and ice would have been better....but the spirit of it is really to meet and overcome hardship....which we all did.
But I do hate rain and mud.
Apart from missing out on my badge and sticker if I had stayed at home on Saturday,one compelling reason to get out and go (if maybe not the only true and over riding reason) was the thought of the merciless ribbing I`d have received off Rod for a 'no show'.
I said to him on Sunday that if he wants a Gentleman`s Agreement where we each accept the other`s no showing then we won`t do another.
We discussed alternating a 500 mile round trip to each other`s house where we can still drink all night and talk bullshit and bollox.
Although he the mingebag still proposes to charge me twenty quid for it!
BUT.....that badge does mean something to me.
And I did take a photo of it after all.
Oh bollox......never say never again.....better get a fresh chequebook.
Hope you enjoyed our suffering. jug:
I'd only waste my money if I didn`t spend it on all my bikes......
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Thank you for the good laugh - it brought back a flood of memories, ( no pun intended), of riding in the never ending rain in northern England many, many years ago.
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Great report, it still looked like fun even with the rain and mud.
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Howdy Tarka,
Bloody Hell mate haven't you enough sense to come in out of the rain, you farking wanker.
Thanks for your report, its great to see you posting again. So you met up with those mad bastards Buckles and Shaggy and Kevin, oh what fun I had when you abandoned me into the care of that band of royal miscreants. Cheers mate.
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Great report, and looks like a wonderful time.
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Great report !!!!
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Proof that a like minded bunch can ride, eat , drink and camp in a muddy feild and have fun doing it. Whether they know it at the time or not.
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Great write up mate!
It was really good to see you and despite the foul weather and various disasters, I'm glad I went.
I keep saying I won't do it again, and I do mean it when I say it. But somehow, it would be a shame not to get a 2014 badge. I think I'd feel a bit sad if I didn't get one.
Or would I? Hmm.
That's the last camping trip of any kind, that I ever do on a solo. Especially a slightly, er, volatile solo.
Bloody rubbish for camping, I can't imagine why more people who do rallies, don't have sidecars.
One thing you missed out mate...
We poked fun at the heroic off road riding gods, who manfully rode around the tarmac roads of the campsite on their globe busting, litre engined, mega trailies; whilst STANDING ON THE PEGS. Wtf?
So each time one went by, we'd shout "TARMAC" and see if they'd understand. I don't think any of them did, but we had fun trying to teach them what their bike seat was for.
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I love riding in the rain, I love messing in the mud, but you can't pay me enough to make me camp in the mud!! Respect
What good am I, if I know and dont do, If I see and dont say - Bob Dylan
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Mad dogs and Englishmen---Good Show!
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Once again it was great meeting up with you.
Your company turned a potentially miserable weekend into a fun and laughter filled experience.
Hmm...as I said in my report...Never Say Never Again.
You have a much longer journey than I do,but you`re no stranger to distance riding....I just reckon that the grim weather (and you being sans sidecar) made it even more of an ordeal for you.
There`s plenty of time to build,buy or borrow a combo for the 2014 rally.
Also,Skaya still has space on her screen for at least one or two more Dragon stickers...
So,once October ticket time is upon us,shall we ??
How could I have forgotten to mention THAT ??
Absolute highlight of the weekend was yelling "Off Road God" followed by "TARMAC" at the standy up brigade!!
The guy who`s head spun around rapidly as we shouted it was a proper giggle.
I'd only waste my money if I didn`t spend it on all my bikes......
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Location: Poole, England
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Good report, Tarka
Despite the rain and the mud we had a crack this weekend. Sitting round the fire watching 'hippy guy' charging off on his quad-bike everytime someone let a firework off. He must have blown a gasket when he saw our little 'event' by the lakeside
I still reckon that site is a really good one. You can't beat a good crapper with hot running water. They were too popular on sunday morning and the queue stretched out the door.
I walked round to the tap to wash the mud off my boots to be met with a river of turds flowing through the dishwashing area with 'hippy guy' poking at a manhole with long rubber gloves on. I guess his job isn't so cool now
Our trip back down the A470 was VERY wet in true tradition of the Dragon, but after a full english at the Strand in Rhyadr
I wasn't bothered. The rain only stopped as we crossed the old Severn bridge.
I'll keep going as long as there is a dragon rally. Despite the rain, the mud and the misery it's just too much fun to miss.
Oh, one last thing, Nigel is not my son, he's my co-pilot, drinking buddy and mishief-maker. He's only ten years younger than me you cheeky sod!!
Next year............
Doesn't wave back.
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I guess now that you`re Adge ?
Your lakeside pyrotechnic display was AWESOME !
I'd only waste my money if I didn`t spend it on all my bikes......
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I think that what you meant to say was that Nigel looks really young, not that i............oh, never mind
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Whitworth Awards Presidential Commendation to Holocaust Survivor for Lifetime of Service, Speaking to Community
Holocaust survivor and longtime Spokane resident Eva Lassman spent her college years in Nazi labor and death camps struggling to survive rather than studying and socializing. Now, 60 years later, Lassman will come to Whitworth College to receive a presidential commendation recognizing a lifetime of service and speaking about her experience.
Whitworth President Bill Robinson will present the award to Lassman during the college's Fall Convocation at 10:30 a.m., Sept. 4, in Cowles Auditorium on campus. The public is welcome.
"No person in this community has done more than Eva Lassman to raise awareness about the horrors of the Holocaust and the responsibility of all people to resist intolerance and hatred," said Robinson. "What a privilege it is for Whitworth College to honor Eva for her tireless and selfless commitment to educating the community and calling on all of us to bring out the best in one another."
Lassman is a charter board member of the Institute for Action Against Hate at Gonzaga University and chairs the planning committee for Spokane Temple Beth Shalom's annual Yom HaShoa Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony. Perhaps Lassman's greatest contribution to the community, however, has been telling and re-telling the story of her experiences as a victim and survivor of the Holocaust to thousands of elementary, junior high, high school and college students throughout the region.
"Eva has dedicated most of her adult life to the obligation that comes with her survival -- giving testimony to the atrocities she endured," said Whitworth Psychology Professor James Waller, who regularly invites Lassman to speak to students in his Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class. "Her story, combined with her emphasis on the need for tolerance in all communities, has left an indelible impact on each of these students."
Lassman was born to a family of Orthodox Jews in Lodz, Poland, in 1919. Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939, Lassman fled to Warsaw to live with her extended family. Her remaining family members in Lodz were incarcerated in the first ghetto established by the Nazis in Poland. In Warsaw, Lassman -- along with hundreds of thousands of other Jews -- was later incarcerated in what became the largest of all Jewish ghettoes.
While confined in the Warsaw ghetto, Lassman lived on minimal food and water and was denied basic healthcare while participating in a rigorous work detail. Following the failed Warsaw ghetto uprising, she was deported to Majdanek -- one of six death camps in eastern Poland. The deportation required a one-week trip in a crowded cattle car during which several people died. While 90% of those deported to Majdanek were murdered within the first 24 hours, Lassman was one of the fortunate young and relatively healthy women selected for work in a nearby munitions factory. It was that assignment that spared her life until the Allied liberation of the camps in spring of 1945.
Nearly all of Lassman's immediate and extended family members were killed in the Holocaust. Though in poor health, Lassman survived and recovered from her five and a half years in Nazi ghettoes and camps. She then spent four more years in a displaced persons camp in Germany before being sponsored by the Spokane Jewish community for resettlement in Spokane.
Of the 200,000 survivors of the Holocaust that were liberated in 1945, it is estimated that less than 10 percent are alive today. Of those, very few have lived through the range of atrocities -- from ghettoization to work camps to a death camp -- that Lassman endured. Even fewer have committed their lives to the painful retelling of those stories, according to Waller, who was the keynote speaker for Temple Beth Shalom's 2001 Yom HaShoa Ceremony and is author of a new book, Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing (Oxford University Press).
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This year's Kalasha Film and Television Awards were marred with confusion owing to bad organisation.
The gala dinner held at KICC grounds saw some awards given to the wrong people and others including best Supporting TV actress awarded after the closing ceremony.
So bad was the organisation, that the newly appointed Kenya Film Commision Chairman, Chris Foot had to intervene terming the situation as "awkward and embarrassing"
There was also some disgruntlement amongst the audience when Nigeria's Rita Dominic was named as the Best Movie actress for featuring in the Kenyan movie, Shattered.
The actress, who thanked her fans on her twitter page for voting for her wrote: "Thank you to everybody who voted for me especially my Kenyan friends. Love you much. We did it! Thanks to the Kenya Film Commission for this recognition and big thanks to the producers of the film Shattered,"
Jitu Films Director Alexandros Konstantaras however termed Rita's award as an "epic fail" on his Facebook page. Apart from the embarrassing moments, new names in the industry were recognised with Films like Nairobi Half Life, Simiyu Samurai and TV Drama series Lies that Bind dominating most of the Awards.
Nairobi Half Life got awarded for Best Original scrip, Best Feature Film, Best Actor and Best Film Director, Simiyu Samurai Best Sound Film Best Supporting Actress while Lies that Bind got best TV Drama and Best TV Actress.
KBC's Vioja Mahakamani actor Peter Sankale a.k.a Alexander Josephat was named best comedian while the station itself maintained the Kituo Halisi award for the third year running.


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Insomnia in a Daydream is a new theatrical production created by Gus Simonovic and Siri Embla (Lovers Walk – a Poetic Journey in Eight Scenes) taking place from the 16th of February as part of Auckland Fringe 2013.
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I only have a filter for people who do not consistently beg to be belittled, ridiculed, insulted, and demeaned.
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Hay Elmer (Jay),
(that's what the loaf said)
No Ears.....
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Hi Faith and Jay
Thank you for the comments. I must say that I am really glad that I started down the sourdough road a few months ago. It is really satisfying and the bread is awesome. I will keep going and keep you posted.
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Hi Abrie!
Glad you joined the sour side. One beauty is that even the worst loaves usually taste very good to great. The only exception (to me) is burned beyond recognition (pretty harrd to achieve unless you go to the hospital or shopping while baking) or leave the salt out (and even then you can make croutons).
Haven't left the salt out yet? Don't worry, you will - someday - unless you are a fanatic mis en place person and even then salt can get overlooked! Everybody who has baked for long has done it - except maybe Faith! )
Looking forward to your next batch!
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Re: My sourdough attempt
LOL ...just gotta give that little poke, huh Jay.
Just for your information NO I have not left the salt out (yet).
But, I have had other senior moments. Like mixing up the identity of my pre -ferments. I built both rye and W/W sourdough pre-ferments and mixed up the markers and for the life of me could not tell the difference between the two.
Or the loaf of bread that came out looking like a bar bell. (steam issue)
The mental list goes on and on of things that I did wrong... but I have never left the salt out.....(yet).
Some other disaster things that could happen ( I take precautions to prevent)... Forget to pull out your seed starter (big Yikes) or some people have used the house oven to proof the loaf or bulk ferment... then the oven get's turned on.(did that once with a pizza dough)
We all have good baking days and not so good days...but in the end it all eats well and I enjoy the time that I have to devote to baking.
Re: My sourdough attempt
I left salt out twice - years ago now but quite memoable! Especially the day I was counting on bread for a party - it was measured but I had a phone call and it got set in the wrong place and... I haven't done it since! (And certainly hope this didn't jinx me to do it again!)
I can tell my rye from anything else by its activity. It will bubble faster than any wheat based leaven I have worked with. Keeping two white wheat starters was a real headache for contamination was a big deal to me at the time. They eventually got more alike and I gave up and consolidated to one. I keep two starters... one rye, one white. And I will make most any bread with either depending on my mood.
Hope I didn't jinx anyone on the salt!
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For the first couple of years, one of my key tools was an 8.5x11 paper with "ADD THE SALT!" written on it; it would go right on top of the dough bowl.
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Great looking bread in this thread
I must confess to missing out the salt twice early when I first started making sourdough - I blame the fact that we don't measure all the ingredients out at once (that's my excuse and I am sticking to it). No salt = incredibly bland bread!! I tend to check now if the salt has gone in following those bad experiences - hopefully I am not jinxing myself!!!
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Looking great Abrie. It's a fun deal.
I like to do a lot of bread and I have a relatively low thermal mass oven (2.5 inch hearth), so heat management is critical for me.
As far as temp...I concur with what others have said. I shoot for a hearth temp of 545-550 for my first bake on a bake day. (That is the loading temp and is reached long after I have mopped the oven clean.) The roof temp will frequently be 30 to 40 degrees warmer in that first bake. That is for smaller loaves which I do first...typically one pound loaves. The second and third bakes are typically two pound loaves and the loading temp is lower...say 510-515 for second bake....maybe 490 for third bake. I usually let the oven come back up to temp for about ten to fifteen minutes between bakes.
For me it is KEY to do a fire the night before a bake. That has been the biggest improvement/realization for me in proper heat management. The way I do it (FWIW) is to light a big fire around ten pm. Around midnight spread the coals all around the hearth, stack some bricks to mostly block the oven door. Go to bed. Wake up around eight and start my bulk ferment. Move to the oven. The deep masonry will be fully charged to 550 plus degrees. The surface masonry will be cooler because the door was partially open to the night air...say 375-400 degrees. Immediately light a medium sized fire. As is starts to burn down (say ninety minutes later) I spread the coals all over the hearth.
By the time I'm done with a two hour bulk ferment and twenty minutes forming loaves, the oven is ready to be mopped out and allowed to rest/equalize/and come down for another two hours as the loaves proof.
During this two hour period the oven hearth surface will typically drop from the mid six hundred range to the mid five hundred range as the shallow levels of masonry equalize with the deep levels. I typically only partially cover the oven entry for the first hour to speed cooling a bit. By the time the dough is ready to go in the deep masonry levels will be 600-620, the surface will be forty to fifty degrees cooler. Having the deep masonry hotter than the surface is key for me to be able to re-charge between bakes.
I don't introduce steam, but I uniformly do large bakes...13 to 16 loaves per bake...so there is plenty of steam in the oven. Bakes are 25 to 35 minutes long depending on loading temp.
Heat loading the oven as described above will allow me to do three bakes of thirteen loaves each on a single firing cycle. When the third bake is done the oven is down around 440 when the last bake comes out. It will jump back up to over 450 within twenty minutes or so.
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Re: My sourdough attempt
i need some recipe for bread. can find some simple tutorial and recipe.
is this recipe standard dough for bread ?
"The night before the bake I added 100 gr (3.5 ounces) water and 100 gr flour to 50 gr of my active starter. Left that overnight and the next morning added water and flour for a 75% hydration final dough. Mixed and added 2% salt after 30 min. Kneaded dough for 10 min. Stretched and folded 4 times over the next 90 min. Divided into 4 breads of approximately 700 gr (25 ounces) and left for final fermentation of 2.5 hours. I then baked these in my pizza oven for about 25 minutes. Starting temp of oven 220 degrees Celcius (428 degrees Fahrenheit). I added steam when I put the loaves in the oven."
Re: My sourdough attempt
Try this one for simple;
By weight
1 part levain
2 parts water
3 parts flour
add 1% salt of the total dough weight, the total weight of the levain, water and flour.
Mix the water and the levain,
mix the flour and salt,
mix the wet and the dry until all of the dry is moistened,
Autolyse for 90 minutes
Stretch and fold aggressive enough to form a dough ball
Stretch and fold twice more at 30 minute intervals
pre shape at 3 hours after the start of the autolyse
Shape 30 minutes later
bake in 2 to 3 hours or when the dough is ready.
Pre-heat the oven to 500F and lower the temp to 450F when the bread goes into the oven. I use a cast iron cloche covered for 20 minutes and finish the loaf uncovered, and this baking is done in my kitchen oven. The recipe will work fine in the WFO just remember to add steam to the bake to develop the crust.
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Link Love: Traveling on a Healing Diet
When you're on a healing diet, that's easier said than done. Thankfully, many people have walked this path before us, and were kind enough to light the way:
- To start off, here's my experience of road trips on a healing diet (GAPS & Paleo AIP).
- And here's my companion article, on how to do airplane travel on the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP).
- The Paleo Nurse wrote about her recent trip to Brazil. It opened my eyes to the possibility of traveling internationally again.
- Speaking of road trips, Mark Sisson has some great ideas of food to pack in your car. (Hint: get a cooler!)
- Autoimmune-Paleo offers solid advice on traveling on the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP).
- Alt-Ternative Universe wrote a multi-article series about her AIP vacation.
- Field Notes on Healing gives some great advice for navigating business trips and conferences with coworkers.
- Gutsy By Nature talks about to get quality sleep and manage stress while traveling, two things that are very connected to autoimmune flares.
- Paleo Plan has put together some general rules for ordering in any restaurant.
- PaleoGoGo is a phone app that gives you menu recommendations for over 300 chain restaurants in the U.S.
- If you're lucky enough to be in any of these cities, here's a list of restaurants that are 100% Paleo.
- Primal Palate has a forum called Paleo by City, where people share advice for the best places to eat.
- Here are 3 websites that list and review gluten-free restaurants: Gluten Free Travel, Find Me Gluten Free and Gluten Free Registry.
- The Eat Well Guide helps you find organic and sustainable food on the road – everything from ethical restaurants to farmers markets.
- Loving Our Guts took a 2 week road trip and describes how she stayed on the GAPS diet the whole time.
- Plan to Eat took a 10 Day Trip and stayed on the GAPS Introduction diet the whole time. (Impressive.)
- Primal Peak takes the worry out of plane travel with a great list of plane-friendly foods, as well as advice for finding real food when you arrive at your destination.
- Northwest Cavegirls show you how to camp paleo-style.
- Kaiku Lifestyle shows you how to camp on the AIP (paleo autoimmune protocol.)
- The Paleo Mom gives advice for staying paleo on a 7-day cruise.
- The Paleo PI tackles travel from the mindbody perspective.
- And the Paleo Nurse isn't the only one traveling internationally. Sarah Wilson takes us on her Paleo Tour of Europe. Brian Brookshire shares advice for eating paleo in Korea. Paleo Hacks offers great advice on paleo food in Asia overall. And many people say that a lot of African countries are naturally paleo. World, here we come!
- Update: I used to include Panera's Power Menu on this list of recommendations, but I've recently gained access to the full ingredient list and discovered they add wheat starch to two meals on the menu, rice starch to another, canola oil to others, and unidentified spices to all of their meals. Definitely not paleo, and especially risky for anyone with autoimmune disease.
The take home message? Don't be afraid to travel. It takes planning if you're on a healing diet, but the reward of travel is well worth it.
Art Credit: A huge thank you to Allie Kelley for giving me permission to use her artwork at the top of this post. If you love it as much as I do, she's selling prints through her Etsy shop at a 25% discount. Just enter the code EATWELL.
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I am SO excited about this post! Since going on the AIP, I've felt robbed of eating out. Once I can introduce foods back into my diet (if hopefully I can) I'm sure it will be easier. I can't wait to check out these links and read up on how to travel without feeling like "the oddball".
Thanks for the info!
Great information. I have to avoid eating too much out or processed food. I try to pack a lot to take with us on car trips or we camp– which makes taking food with you even easier! Thanks for sharing this information with us on our Tuesday Blog Hop! Kerry at Country Living On A Hill
Great links! Thanks for sharing it on Waste Not Want Not Wednesday, I featured it tonight on my Facebook page and will definitely check some of these out as I plan my summer holiday
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It's so difficult to eat out when traveling–lately we've been staying at hotels with kitchenettes. These are great resources–ahead of time and not when you're hungry is the time to be equipped with options. Thanks for posting!
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Thank you so much for sharing this list of resources! SO happy to have it Pinning so I don't lose it!
I haven't read all the articles, so maybe some or most of what I have to say has been mentioned. Over the past 7 years we lived in Southwest China and traveled quite a bit between China, Laos and Thailand, with occasional trips to America and South Africa. We always travel with a stick blender and can have smoothies when we are in a pinch, especially in the tropical areas where fruit and coconut milk is easy to find. We also always travel with a small cook pot or tiny hot plate, even when we were traveling overland with backpacks. Our luggage also includes a big cool bag that can be collapsed. After a few years we knew to pack a big plastic container with plates, some cutlery and a few small cups inside. The big container came in very handy to do dishes in small guest houses with only a minature bathroom sink or a shower as options for doing dishes. We also became experts at finding the supermarkets that have small containers of olive oil, carry organic meats and cheap stick blenders for the one time I forgot to pack our essential tool. We also always find the closest fresh market to our guest house and get as much as possible from there, like fresh coconut milk and herbs, along with fruit and veggies. For long periods of travel without access to food and cooking facilites, we packed roasted meat, coconut butter "candy", homemade dried fruit, and squash "fries". Oh, and all of this was with one or two little children, normally one of them on a back. We learned to pack as little as possible clothes to leave as much as possible space for food!
Thanks for listing my blog post amongst all these other amazing posts. So much wisdom in this community!
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