Berocca’s Bloggers Relief Packs – update

Recently, I wrote about Berocca and their Bloggers Relief Packs. Here’s the update: I was really excited about getting a Bloggers Relief Pack but frustrated by the stupid delivery company who only wanted to deliver to me at home during the hours I work at work. In order to receive my package of nicknacks for…

Tory Island on Countryfile

Here in the UK there’s a great weekly news programme called Countryfile. Every Sunday morning it addresses news of different parts of the UK’s countryside, from agricultural matters to organic food, cooking to fertilisers, new crops and rambling. Last week, my mother told me about an episode where reporter, Adam Henson, travels to Tory Island,…

Crazy Playmobil

My brother and I grew up with Playmobil – little people who came in theme sets, from the Wild West with forts, cowboys and Indians, hospitals with operating theatres and ambulances. Today, Playmobil is still going strong, but I don’t think the German manufacturers will be able to get their heads around this little number….

The very edible Tom Selleck

My first ever crush was on Tom Selleck when he was Magnum PI (and we’re not talking the re-runs here). At the time, I was young enough not to know that man + red Ferrari = mid-life crisis, nor did I realise that his shorts were too short to be decent and too tight for…

Blogs to make you laugh

On a lighter note, here are some blogs and posts which have made me giggle a lot recently: The Fail Blog, where people submit photos of anything that has obviously failed to go as expected, Where the hell is Matt? which follows Matt as he dances his way around the world with the support of Stride…