This is the state of the alley between my house and Sainsbury’s supermarket:
In a word, eek. Getting across this is like crossing a very bad, lumpy ice rink. It is snow-that-was-just-starting-to-melt-and-suddenly-refroze, which I don’t think there’s a word for. I have found a nice Wikipedia article on different types of snow, but disappointingly the type [...]
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Most interesting drink: gin and tonic with frozen peas. Concocted last Saturday when gin and tonic was required, but no ice was present. We initially added the peas to cool the gin and tonic, but the flavours actually went together quite well. Gin soaked peas are quite tasty to eat at the end, too.
Thing that [...]
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Last night’s trip to the supermarket involved a checkout visit reminiscent of being at nursery school. Extremely Cheerful Nursery Teacher / Checkout Guy hybrid, who usually talks to everyone about the origins of their shopping bags in a gently congratulatory ‘Together, You And Sainsbury’s Are Helping To Save The Planet’ kind of way, decided to [...]
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