January 7, 2009
Eternal damnation? No, this is the No.14 to Clapham Common
Hello, nice to see you all again. As the more perceptive of you have probably realised by now - this is hell, and I am the Devil. Goodevening. You can call me Toby, if you like - we try and keep things informal down here, as well as infernal.
Now, you're all here for eternity, which I hardly need tell you is a sod of a long time, so you get to know everyone pretty well by the end, but for now I'll have to split you up into groups.
Are there any questions?
No, I'm afraid we don't have any toilets, if you'd read your bible you would have seen that it was damnation without relief. So, I'm afraid if you didn't go before you came then you're not going to enjoy yourself very much, but then, I believe that's the general idea.
Sometimes I think I might be an atheist, possibly agnostic but mainly I am hungover. However this morning dear readers it would seem that the disciples of Dawkins will not be denied.
Atheist adverts declaring that "there's probably no God" have been placed on 800 buses around Britain after an unprecedented fundraising campaign
On the other hand, British Humanist Association might be catastrophically wrong in which case it is well worth recalling Rowan Atkinson’s ‘Devil’s Sketch’ from which the quote at the top of the post is taken. As the Devil, or Toby as he likes to be known, starts to conclude his welcome address & divide up Hell’s latest guests, he asks
Atheists, over here please. You must be feeling a right bunch of charlies.
African ingenuity?
The bit that I like about the picture isn’t the jaunty angle of the bucket of whitewash; it’s that our hero has chosen its advanced safety features in preference to the crash helmet that it tied to the handlebars. Go figure!
A brand new bone dome to MdeB for finding this one
A public health service that the World is envious of
More than 3,000 hospital patients have died because of errors by NHS staff in England over the past year, figures show
However there is some comfort out there…
Hospitals reported 3,645 deaths in 2007-8 from patient safety incidents …the figure included those relating to problems with scans and tests and hospital infections. It represents a 60% rise in the last two years, but experts said it was due to better reporting not worsening care.
So despite the zillions of pounds that we spunk away on the public health service, it isn’t reducing the rate at which at which it kills patients, they are just getting better at taking the body count!
So while all of this is going on, the Department of Health clearly has its priorities in order & has time to worry about this sort of thing…
Hospitals in England should allow a more liberal use of mobile phones where they do not interfere with equipment or privacy, the government has said.
A spokeswoman said the new guidance was less prescriptive to "convey the Department's aspiration of more liberal use of mobile phones in hospitals."
Eh? Looks like it is time to get the gibbet ready for the first customers of the New Year
On This Day ... in 1813 & Others
Lt. Colonel Bruyeres, of the Royal Engineers, reported his findings on the state of defences along the St. Lawrence River. This was the main artery for transporting supplies and reinforcements from Lower to Upper Canada, and Bruyeres recommended a thorough strengthening of facilities along the route
January 6, 2009
Willie Peter makes you a believer
We first touched upon White Phosphorus back in November 2005 when the Septics were doling out the good news to insurgents terrorists in Fulluja. Needless to say, at that time the MSM was getting a tad angsty about its use…
Of course, comments like this wont stop the finger pointing & salacious accusations from the al-Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation.
Now as then, WP is coming in for a slating but this time from The Times
Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen.
For those of you that have never played with White Phosphorus or WP, it is known in the trade a Willie Peter & it is said of it that Willie Peter makes you a believer. Ironic eh? Aside from that, it is ideal for making the most excellent smoke screens & if a few terrorists get crispy crittered in the process, so much the better.
Has there been collateral damage? Yes of course there has & civilian casualties are always regreable however the residents of the Sunset Strip are all culpable by allowing Hamas terrorists to fire hundreds if not thousands of rockets into Israel. It’s a joint & several liabilty thing: Germans & the Japanese understand.
From the beginning of [2008] until June 19, Israel was struck by 2,660 projectiles fired from Gaza. From June 19, when the ceasefire went into effect, to Nov. 4, the total was 65. From Nov. 5 to Dec. 10, 237 mortar shells and rockets have been fired from Gaza at towns in Southern Israel
That chap who runs the UN, Willie Wonka or whatever the hell his name is, keeps banging on about proportionality but I have not yet seen a table that properly shows the mathematical relationship between a Hamas terrorist’s rocket fired indiscriminately at Israeli civilians & an Izzie 1,000 lb laser guided bomb aimed back at said terrorists. Maybe Mr Wonka should confine himself to sorting out UN’s unpaid parking tickets until such time as he can come up with such a relationship.
"Its a poncy, twatty thing to do" - Mrs FM
Morris dancing could be "extinct" within 20 years because young people are too embarrassed to take part, a UK Morris association has warned
Good ! In fact I would most humbly like to suggest that it isn’t that “young people are too embarrassed to take part” that Morris dancing is dying out: its because most Morris dancers look like a cross between that uber liberal fool, the Archbishop of Canterbury & a bunch of paedophiles. If you don’t believe me can anyone explain exactly how this sort of thing...
... constitutes normal behaviour. No? I didn’t think so.
P.S. & please all of you promise that you can keep a little secret but …
Continue reading ""Its a poncy, twatty thing to do" - Mrs FM"I blame Al Gore
This morning when your humble correspondent left home this morning, this is what Disco Dave’s temperature gauge was reading…
If I meet just one of those climate change numpties today, I swear that they are going to get a black eye.
Kapok beats denim
For this mornings entry in our competition we have to revisit the original post & in particular, this 2007 contestant
The nautical theme is ever popular as is seen by this militiaman wearing a stylish Kapok life jacket. It wont stop a bullet but it sure looks Boo-yaa!
Indeed several readers were moved to comment on the lack personal protection from small arms fire that a Kapok life vest affords. Oh ye of little faith. What probably none of us realised at that time was that said garment had clearly had the full Ju-Ju man treatment, because our hero is just fine, dandy & giving it rockall, where as his oppo who made the typical rooky militiaman’s error of eschewing the Kapok & instead going into combat in designer denim. He got shot…
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On This Day ... in 1066 & Others
Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, was crowned King
Continue reading "On This Day ... in 1066 & Others"January 5, 2009
Once Great Britain welcomes you to my Monday morning
I have no idea if this is true, but it is taken from February’s edition of Shooting Sports magazine
“… A friend of mine was shooting in Devon last week & he & one of his fellow guns were stopped on th A361 at about 5pm & both were breathalysed on the grounds that even the passenger [in a car] might be committing an offence if he was show to be over the limit in charge of shotguns. Both were clear & proceeded on their way …apparently the Police are targeting 4x4 vehicles throughout the country but especially in shooting areas & particularly if they are muddy & it is after lunch.”
Continue reading "Once Great Britain welcomes you to my Monday morning"What's your rating?
Apparently if you are under 17, you need adult supervision to read this blog.
Much closer to the truth is that your humble correspondent could probably benefit from more adult supervision
Meanwhile, down on Sunset Strip...
I have to confess that this is the best summary of the recent unpleasentness that I have read, penned by Colonel Lior Lotan who served in the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza during the 1980s and 1990s
After a week of aerial assaults on Gaza, Israel has started the ground stage of the operation against Hamas. This is a reaction to the ground missiles being launched from Gaza towards cities in Israel, an aggression which has been continuing for eight years and which reached its peak after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005.
Since then an industry of arms smuggling has flourished in Gaza, enabling Hamas to go from smuggling weapons to self-production. Many of the missiles smuggled in are Iranian or Chinese-made, with a launching range of 25 miles and a significant destructive power.
The current stage of the Israeli operation gives a combat advantage to the Israeli forces over Hamas. This advantage is based largely on the fact that the Israel Defence Forces has implemented combat lessons from the second Lebanon War in 2006, but also because of several other reasons. The IDF operated inside Gaza until 2005, and is familiar with the terrain. It has also invested a great deal of time in recent years developing urban warfare tactics and specific weapons technology.
Frankly, I take a much more simplistic view: The Izzies are happy because they are dropping bombs on terrorists & the terrorists are happy because they are being ‘martyred’ in large numbers. As far as any prospect for a Middle East peace go, that’s about as good as its ever going to get.
& our first contestant for African Infantryman of the Year 2009 is…
Whilst the 2008 contest was hotly contested, this year the competition is likely to be even more fierce & we start with this fine fellow
Now lets set aside the somewhat interesting choice battledress & focus on the personal weapon. The MG 42 & its many many variants in a fine weapon, but is it just me or is this particular example missing a rather critical part?
On This Day ... in 1781 & Others
A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia
January 4, 2009
Today, I have mainly been ...
... cleaning my Remington.
Friday was spent rootling around in the woods, sadly unsuccessfully. We fleetingly saw both roe & muntjac deer, but none were shootable – in fact none of us managed to get a shot off & after six hours, we retired for meat in buns with fried potato salad.
However a day spent out in the woods, in the company of three other stout bulldogs, is a lot lot better than just about anything else I can think of.
On This Day ... in 1872 & Others
In December 1871, Brigadier Generals Bourchier and Brownlow led two columns of Indian Army troops into the mountainous Lushai district of eastern Bengal and Assam, following a raid by tribesmen on a tea plantation which had resulted in the kidnap of the planter's daughter.
On 4 January 1872, Major Macintyre, 2nd Gurkha Rifles, led an assault on the fortified village of Lalgnoora, and ignoring heavy fire was the first man over the nine-foot high stockade. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry. The expedition concluded the following month with the successful rescue of the female hostage and the agreement of peace terms.
January 3, 2009
On This Day ... in 1833 & Others
Great Britain took control of the Falkland Islands
On January 2nd a British force had arrived at Port Louis (Soledad) and take possesion of the islands. The force consisted of HMS Clio under Captain Onslow and HMS Tyne. The Argentine armed schooner Sarandi under Don Jose Maria Pinedo was in port. Onslow gave Pinedo written notice that he had been ordered to exercise British rights of sovereignty and that the next morning he would raise the British flag and requested that Pinedo lower the Argentine flag and depart.
Pinedo waited upon Onslow and protested refusing to lower the Argentine flag. However on the morning of the 3rd, British troops landed raised the Union flag, lowered the Argentine flag, which was subsequently delivered to Pinedo. Sarandi left the islands taking aboard the Argentine soldiers that were on the islands.
Continue reading "On This Day ... in 1833 & Others"January 2, 2009
Friday morning
I am sorry about the rather thin posting this morning, but your humble correspondent is off with Bambi Basher in search of a few Monties…
Hopeful there might be one or two death pics later on
On This Day ... in 1492 & Others
The leader of the last Moor stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I as the Reconquista ( الاسترداد / al-ʼIstirdād ) finally came to an end
The last of those centuries-old Islamic strongholds was the province of Andalucia, and was never Arab. 'The Iberian peninsula was taken early in the 8th Century by a people the indigenous Dark Ages Spanish routinely referred to as "Moors", who were not Arab at all (Arabs were in the Near East) , but out of an ancient tribe spread around present-day Morocco called "Mauri", from which the Romans got the term Mauritania (and the Cunard Line the name of its famous liner) for the region.
Continue reading "On This Day ... in 1492 & Others"January 1, 2009
On This Day ... in 1586 & Others
Sir Francis Drake with three ships captured San Domingo.
December 31, 2008
A Wednesday morning thought
Does anyone out there remember My Little Tony - we finally go rid of the little swine...
& afterwards he showed up again, this time as the UN's Peace Envoy for the Middle East. That worked out well then!
A dog’s life
Cousin Bird Dog allows his dog onto the sofa, something that if the Labradors of Libertarianism ever tried, would cause Mrs FM to rain hell & damnation down upon them. Such behaviour these days would almost certainly culminate in a court appearance as events at Sandringham over Christmas go to show
The Earl of Wessex has found himself at the centre of an animal cruelty row after being captured on film raising his stick to one of his dogs during a pheasant shoot
An RSPCA inspector is to examine the images, taken by a photographer at Sandringham, Norfolk, on Saturday, to determine whether the animals were subjected to "unnecessary suffering".
Needless to say, there was no way that I could resist this which is why this evening your humble correspondent has written to the RSPCA asking them to investigate today’s offences…
Continue reading "A dog’s life"On This Day ... in 1595 & Others
Following the death of Sir John Hawkins on 12 November and the failure to take San Juan in Puerto Rico, troops under Sir Thomas Baskerville attempted to storm a Spanish position securing the key mountain pass in the Panamanian Isthmus. The pass lay on the jungle track along which the silver from Spain's Peruvian mines was carried to reach the Atlantic coast for convoying to Europe. Fighting in appalling conditions, Baskerville's men were unable to take the pass and fell back towards Nombre de Dios and Sir Francis Drake's ships. Baskerville's men were evacuated on 2 January, but Drake died 26 days later.
December 30, 2008
from Gaza City to the City of London
So Homous or what ever the hell they are called decided to unilaterally declare an end to the ceasefire with the Zionists. Smart move. The next smart move ... deciding that they would rain their rockets on the heads of the occupiers so that they are consumed by the flames of Islam as so instructed by the Prophet (PBUH)
… & exactly what did you think was going to happen next you intellectual spastics? Let’s be honest here, the Red Sea pedestrians don’t have much of a track record when it comes to the turning the other cheek. So when Sayed & Ahmed, having gotten themselves well & truly ideologically pissed (in both senses of the word) start lobbing their Toy Town pyrotechnics into Israel – 150 since Saturday - how exactly did they think it was going to end:
Option A
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert & his government with the overwhelming support of its electorate agree to unilaterally dismantle every vestige of Israeli state & allow a new Caliphate to be established in Jerusalem as soon as possible but definitely before prayers on Friday; or
Option B
Now to say that there is anger on the streets of Gaza City & throughout the Islamic world is nothing when compared to the collective gnashing of teeth from North London ‘progressives’, loony left champagne socialists & the usual Mohammedan-rent-a-mob. Indeed Sami, Salam & the Hamas apologists have been creating a little ruckus on the streets of London
& that when blended with a fair amount of something dark n peaty got me to thinking late last night…
Continue reading "from Gaza City to the City of London"Destination Zululand
To commemorate the anniversary of the annexation of Zululand (see under the fold of todays On This Day entry) we start this morning with a spot of King Kurt…
How do you tell a baby seal from a baby walrus?
… by the club marks on its head
An emergency ban on the shooting of common seals is needed claims Green Party MSP Robin Harper. Now strange as it may seem, for once dear readers I find myself agreeing not only with a Jock but agreeing with a member of the Greeny Party to boot.
After all, why shoot seals when you can club 'em?
Do you have any idea how expensive centrefire ammuntion is?
Aren't we in a recession & need to watch the pennies?
Truscott, my cudgel please. The one I normally reserve for busybody Traffic Wardens
On This Day ... in 1460 & Others
During the Wars of the Roses, Richard, Duke of York, was killed in battle at Sandal Castle near Wakefield. However, undeterred, his sons continued the fight by the House of York against the House of Lancaster.
December 29, 2008
How much?
I would like to think that this little bastion of capitalism’s readership enjoy better than average remuneration – not so much the fruits of others labours as proper recompense from a free market that accurately prices goods & services. Take for example reader Richard’s December salary cheque…
Sadly however & as the more observant among you will have noticed, Richard is paid in Zimbabwean Dollars.
Forget the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee’s inflation targets, as failed African dictators economic policies go, that’s real mans inflation. When I was sent this on 19th December, that cheque was worth a tad over US$23 - by now its worth a lot less against just about every major currency you care to mention except Sterling which is fast approaching parity with the Zim $ !
On This Day ... in 1170 & Others
"Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury was killed inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II. He subsequently became a saint and martyr in both the Anglican and the Roman Catholic Church
December 28, 2008
الله أَكْبَر
This is a repost because of the most recent comment entered yesterday....
Allahu Akbar !!
From Reader Gwyn
On This Day ... in 1940 & 1943
The Australian 6th Division took its place in the front line in the Western Desert, relieving 4th Indian Division which was needed for the East African campaign. The 6th Division soon proved as effective as the very experienced Indian formation, leading the successful attack on Bardia, an Italian frontier fortress
December 27, 2008
On This Day ... in 1831 & Others
HMS Beagle set sail on her five-year circumnavigation, with Charles Darwin embarked
December 26, 2008
Boxing Day
Today, Family FM have been enjoying a spot of lawlessness down with the Royal Artillery Hunt's Boxing Day meet
& we were not alone - in fact right the way across Blighty...
About 6,000 people attended the Boxing Day hunt in Oxfordshire - the biggest number for 35 years, according to the Couuntryside Alliance
On This Day ... in 1643 & Others
At Middlewich, Royalist troops under Lord Byron, formed around Irish regiments from Leinster, defeated Parliamentary forces under Sir William Brereton attempting to relieve their garrison at Nantwich.
December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas
Right dear readers, the fire is lit & the glass is full of Talisker (but not for long).
All that there remains for me to do tonight is to wish you all of you a very Happy Christmas. Now let the feasting commence….
On This Day in 1914 & 1941
The Royal Naval Air Service launched an audacious Christmas Day seaplane attack on Zeppelin sheds at Cuxhaven. Three seaplane carriers - HM Ships Empress, Engadine and Riviera - attempted to launch nine aircraft, whilst positioned dangerously close to the German patrol areas. Two of the primitive seaplanes failed to take off, but the other seven duly set off, despite heavy fog which severely hampered navigation.
Unable to find the Zeppelin sheds, pilots attacked various targets of opportunity, including light cruisers, a seaplane base and port facilities. Only two aircraft had enough fuel to return to their carriers, but the crews of the others were rescued by Royal Navy submarines and destroyers. Although the mission failed to cause significant material damage, it provided a major boost to public morale.
Continue reading "On This Day in 1914 & 1941"December 24, 2008
On This Day ... in 1777 & Others
Captain James Cook discovered, and appropriately named, Christmas Island.
December 23, 2008
Daddy, what did you do during the credit crunch?
or Where Do Bailouts Come From?
Junior had been watching Mom and Dad sulk around the house for weeks, wondering what was going on. Mom still tucked him in at night, and Dad played stick ball with him on weekends. Yet both parents seemed distracted and detached.
Finally, he could stand it no longer.
“Mom, Dad, what’s wrong? You seem so depressed.”
“Well, son,” his father began. “Your mother and I have lost a lot of money in the stock market, like many other people who work hard and save to send their kids to college and provide for themselves in their retirement. We don’t like to burden you. I see now that we should have explained what was going on a long time ago. Sit down, Junior.”
“Thanks, dad. I get upset when I hear kids at school talk about their dads’ companies getting bailed out. What does that mean?”
“The government has been handing out money to banks, other financial institutions -- even the auto companies. It hasn’t done much to help middle-class folks like us, which isn’t fair.”
“Mrs. Adams talks about fairness a lot in school,” Junior said. “She says it’s not fair for some people to be very rich and others to be very poor, that the government should do something about it.”
“That’s right, son,” Dad said. “The rich should pay more in taxes to reduce the gap between rich and poor, something they call income inequality.”
“You mean, someone should punish them for being rich? That would be like Coach putting me on the bench after hitting that grand-slam home run in the bottom of the fifth in the Little League championships. Why would Coach Perkins want to do that?”
More of the same here
On This Day ... in 1783 & Others
George Washington resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis
Continue reading "On This Day ... in 1783 & Others"December 22, 2008
Start the week gun porn
Well not so much real gun porn as mini-gun porn. Take one nipper, add an air pistol & a tin of pellets. Garnish will a few targets & leave in the farmyard for an hour or two
Now tell why exactly shouldn't children have ready access to air weapons?
(Snapped round at The Englishman's)
Like any of us really care
In the finest traditions of the season of goodwill to all men, the Met & the Tories have started to indulge in a spot of festive handbagging (as if any of us stout bulldogs really care) & this is how the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation was reporting it on Sunday night…
A row has erupted between the senior police officer investigating Home Office leaks and the Conservatives. Anti-terror chief Bob Quick said the Tories were trying to undermine his inquiry following a newspaper story that he said endangered his family. Mr Quick says he was forced to move his family after details of their home were published. The Conservatives denied having anything to do with the story
However what the Mail comes at the same story in a slightly different light, quoting the same said copper …
The Tory machinery and their press friends are mobilised against this investigation in a wholly corrupt way, and I feel very disappointed in the country I am living in
So now we have the police accusing the Conservative Party of corruption – fantastic. You just can't make this sort of thing up. However dear readers, you have to remember that since 1997 our police haven't become at all politicised but ZaNu Labour think that they might - well at least according to Home Secretary Jacqui "Jackboots" Smith…
Proposals for direct elections to police authorities have been scrapped after the Home Secretary caved in to growing concerns about the politicisation of the police.
Now while most of us feel that Jacqui Smith is only fit for human landfill, at least her husband thinks that she is doing a good job ...
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s husband has been unmasked as the author of a letter-writing campaign defending the Government to her local newspaper – without revealing that they are married. Richard Timney has had a series of angry letters published in the Redditch Advertiser in Worcestershire attacking the Tories over schools and backing Ms Smith’s controversial identity-cards plan
But he conveniently neglected to point out that his wife Mrs Smith, 46, MP for the marginal seat of Redditch and a former Schools Minister, was responsible for both policies. Nor did he say that he is paid £40,000 a year as her Commons adviser..
The more of this sort of nonsensical behaviour that I read & there are reams of it out there on a daily basis, the more that my policy of stretching the necks of anyone who has anything to do with the Westminster Village looks completely vindicated
There are many of us out there in the Shires whose earnest Christmas wish is to see the boughs festooned the still twitching corpses of these pondlife.
Now that is what I would call a properly decorated Christmas Tree
O little town of...
... Patton passed through the Belgian town of Houffalize, above Bastogne. He was appalled by its utter destruction as the Germans withdrew after mutually costly fighting. “I have never seen anything like it in this war,” Patton wrote. Giving in to his profane streak, yet still close enough to Christmas to exploit a carol, he penned yet another verse...
O little town of Houffalize,
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy steep and battered streets
The aeroplanes still fly.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
Not any Goddamned light;
The hopes and fears of all thy years
Were blown to hell last night.
Printing money
Zimbabwe's central bank announced it was introducing $1 billion, $5 billion and $10 billion notes on Friday as the country struggles to cope with the world's highest inflation and crippling currency shortages. Only last Friday, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe put in circulation a $500 000 note, together with a 200 million dollar bill "for the convenience of the public".
The central bank having to print money to try & prevent the economy from completely collapsing? Of course that sort of thing couldn’t happen here, could it Gordon? In fact in Rhodesia they are currently using their currency as loo roll
looking at my Bloomberg screen this morning I see that the rest of the world is currently doing the same with Sterling - once again, nice one Gordon
On This Day ... in 1807 & Others
The US Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe
Continue reading "On This Day ... in 1807 & Others"December 21, 2008
On This Day ... in 1914 & Others
Privates Acton and Smith of the Border Regiment left the safety of their trench to rescue a wounded man who had been lying in No Man's Land under fire for fifteen hours. They later mounted a second successful rescue. During the two incidents they were reckoned to have been exposed for a total of an hour to heavy fire whilst struggling to move the casualties, and both men were awarded the Victoria Cross.
December 20, 2008
On This Day ... in 1192 & Others
King Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart) was captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third Crusade.
Continue reading "On This Day ... in 1192 & Others"December 19, 2008
Venison & Mushroom Pie
Cousin Bird dog is on the hunt for venison recipes – so here is my little offering.
Pie: 1 lb of well hung venison, ½ lb of field mushrooms, 6 tbsp corn flour, 3 tbsp butter 12 small shallots, 2 tbsp fresh thyme, finely chopped
Marinade: 1 pint of red wine, 1 onion, finely sliced, 1 garlic clove crushed, 1 carrot, peeled and sliced, 1 celery stick, sliced, 1 rosemary sprig, 2 bay leaves, 6 juniper berries
Method
First, go & shoot your deer. I am assuming that you know what to do from pulling the trigger to ending up with your pound of venison, cubed & ready for cooking.
Continue reading "Venison & Mushroom Pie"Don't tell Al or Leo
They are not usually the first to spring to mind when a spot of weather forecasting is required but it appears the nation's stoats may know something the Met Office doesn't. In the grounds of a ruined 600-year-old priory in North Yorkshire, the fur of the stoats has turned from brown to white much earlier than usual.
Maybe its worth popping down to the bookies & put a fiver on it being a white Christmas? Rest assured I will be checking the traps & snares out around the farm to see if we kill any little cute white ones
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
It must be time to repost what has to be one of the greatest Christmas pictures ever…
On This Day ... in 1387 & Others
The Earl of Oxford, Robert de Vere, attempted to restore Richard II's rule, confronting the Lords Appellant at Radcot Bridge. However, his troops were defeated and the Lords Appellant were left in control of the country.
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