Being I was so disappointed not to get any sloes last year for making some more Sloe gin.

I have been looking for recipes for making some other kind of liqueur, the favourite seems to be Raspberry vodka.

When out walking to Grantchester at the week-end we came across a box of demijohns free to a good home.

I thought these would be great for doing my raspberry vodka in, so we rescued a couple.

Once I can find some cork or rubber bungs for them I will be able to get it started in plenty of time for Christmas 🙂

I found a great site, The Cottage Smallholder with some great recipes and Ideas and I have my eye on a book called Make Mine Vodka

I found this little card at Norwich Cathedral last week , when I was there with my Twitter friends.

I kept thinking about it tonight while I tried and tried to get my printer and scanner working.

It may have took me many many hours but I did not quit and now its working perfect so I can go to bed and sleep well 🙂

Not sure what age I was here But just look at that lovely Hair !!

Sometimes I do wish I had never had it cut short.

Sure my Dad will be along to tell me how old I was …..

Maybe Geoff and I should be going off to Switzerland for our next walking holiday.

I found this story in the Times today and it did make me smile…as you know I walk with many of the local Rambling groups and I could never imagine them doing this……

"When the first nude walkers came over the border the tranquil, neutrality-loving Swiss tried to pretend it wasn’t happening. It was only when it became clear that the invaders had a plan of conquest — even if they had no clothes — that the Alpenhorns sounded the alarm.

Now the Swiss authorities are trying to fend off hordes of German ramblers dressed in nothing more than a rucksack and walking boots. The influx appears to have been started after a German mountaineering website declared the Swiss wilderness a “paradise for naked ramblers”.

We have been receiving many complaints,” Markus Dörig, a spokesman for the government of the Appenzell Innerrhoden canton, told The Times. “The local people are upset and we in the government share their concern. How would one feel if one was to go walking in nature and suddenly came across a group of naked people?”

But the authorities soon found that they were powerless. When police in the eastern Appenzeller region, which appears to be worst hit by the new craze, arrested a group of German nudists they had to apologise and let them go as there was no law against rambling in one’s birthday suit."

The whole story can be seen here.

Every now and  again I have a few problems with my Netgear router.

A call to AOL usually gets it sorted in no time at all,and that is the main reason I stay with AOL.

If you follow me on twitter you will see that today I had major problems… so I made my usual call to AOL and thought it would be soon sorted.

How wrong can you be…

All was going fine until they suddenly decided that the account was not in my name but my late husbands name.. they then insisted on talking to him and would not deal with me at all.

My call was then transferred to customer service where I was politely told that nothing would be done until the account was in my name and I had to send David’s death certificate to prove he was dead.

I explained that at least 3 years ago I had the account changed over to my name and I have paid the bill ever since, but they would not listen to me, and they finally hung up on me when I insisted on speaking to someone higher.

People that know me will also know that I am a happy smiley kind of girl but for some reason this phone call upset me a great deal and has left me with sore eyes from crying. 🙁

Now you might wonder how I managed to get back onto the Internet, well I called AOL back and this time the guy from India was not so switched on… he asked for the password , which of course I know but he didn’t realise I was a female and not a male called David.

So all is well for now BUT I wonder if its time to get my mac code and move on.. and if it is how on earth will I get this code if they have not updated their system all those yeas ago when I took the account over.

Feeling very foolish now for letting the Guy from AOL upset me so much  🙁

About my car which is a Renault Clio Extreme 1.4 diesel.

I got my car in September 2008 and still love it.

I have done 5631 miles.

Average miles per gallon is 61

₤50 pounds fills the tank which gives me aprox 760 driving miles.

Best of all I spend ₤50 a month less on fuel.

So was it worth buying..   yes yes yes   🙂

Saw this over at Home Is where my heart is , and just had to give it a try, as expected I spend far too much time blogging when I could be doing………….  not quite sure what 🙂

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