Two Tons of Steel

While I was waiting for the bus one morning, I decided I'd count cars to see how many were single-occupancy vs. two or more. I came up ...

Ruddles County

Please forgive me if you know the story of why this pub is called The Jackson Stops and has a white horse on the sign, but it's always w...

Rocks 'n' Rolls

A while ago Amey Rail asked me to go and photograph their railway track maintenance equipment. The first was somewhere between Newbury and T...

Brownie Points

Apart from being my homage to Kim Sayer's beautiful book Dinky Toys , this blog is also an 'In Memoriam' for the fact that Koda...

Rubber Souls

This is all that's left of the Dainite Mills in Market Harborough. There were two of these High Victorian buildings due to be conserved,...

The French Paradox

According to the World Health Organization, 82 out of every 100,000 French men between ages 35 and 74 died as a result of cardiovascular dis...

Real Food II: Vinaigrette

Store-bought salad dressing is a crime against humanity. 'Ranch', '1000 Island' and other industrial monstrosities are a goo...

A Kick in the Privates

This isn't a pretty picture, and it isn't meant to be. Just below the village of Stoke Dry in Rutland is the Eyebrook Reservoir, for...

Passing the Thyme

You may remember I got overly emotional about the disappearance of the Norfolk Stuffing Mix packet ( Remembrance of Tins Past 26/2/08). Thi...