A couple of nice deliveries

I had a bit of a bad day today, things that should would, didn’t, things that were working stopped working and some stuff i needed to work just wasn’t playing ball. Luckily i got a couple of deliveries to cheer me up, the first was my Rab Powerstretch grip gloves, that arrived back from the nice guys at Rab. My old ones broke so i sent them back and the guys there kindly agreed to replace them so it was just a case of waiting for their new delivery of them. They are the best gloves i have ever had for hiking, they are warm, light and pack down really small, they are also really flexible so you can easily do your laces or zips up with them….so thanks to Rab my finger won’t go cold this winter. The second delivery was more hiking gear, this...

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Busy, Busy, Busy

The last few days have been really busy, firstly there is work, shouldn’t complain in the current climate, but there is lots of it as a result i have lots going on in my head at the moment so im a bit all over the place. Then we had a family BBQ at the inlaws, had a great time, drank lots of beer, played some darts and ate way too much yummy food. The weather has also been nice and warm so it’s been a case of watering the plants every day, sometimes twice a day….on the plus side it has meant lots of ripe chillis and tomatoes along with some cracking spuds and carrots. I’ve managed to fit in a couple of posts on my chilli blog including a couple of reviews and some wicked chilli recipes, i have also managed a couple of beer reviews and a...

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Chilli and sun dried tomato bread

Another new Chilli Up North blog post, this time a recipe for some awesome bread buns

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Frank’s alcoholic ginger beer

I have posted a review of this truly terrible attempt at a ginger beer on beer reviews please check it out

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New Beer Review – Innis and Gunn Taste Test

I have just posted a new review of 4 different types of Innis and Gunn check it out on beer reviews by clicking here

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