A pilgrimage across southern England

[Joe 90]

Tales of rat hunting man a fancy hammer and cider, what could possibly go wrong.

I do hope you hunt one down, kill it, cook it and it eat it in true Isaan stylee.

[bsnub]

The ears on the left are the inner crop, on the right the outer perimeter. Anyone know anything?

Pretty sure that is barley.

[taxexile]

I think the green is wheat and the yellow is barley. hard to tell the difference though.



Wheat Vs Barley: What's The Difference? - Epic Gardening

[cyrille]

Tales of rat hunting man a fancy hammer and cider, what could possibly go wrong.

I do hope you hunt one down, kill it, cook it and it eat it in true Isaan stylee.

Hammered again.

[Mendip]

I think the green is wheat and the yellow is barley. hard to tell the difference though.



Wheat Vs Barley: What's The Difference? - Epic Gardening

Yes I think that you're right. The barley is just riper than the wheat which is still green. I'm intrigued to know why a strip of barley has been planted around the field of wheat... presumably some kind of land management? I'll have to look into it.

[Reg Dingle]

^ Do you get invited to many parties?

[Reg Dingle]

Have you seen the forecast for Monday and Tuesday? You might wanna look into a sack, crack and back trimming

[Mendip]

^ I keep hearing about this so called 'heatwave' and the danger to life it is causing. Well, today in Somerset it is 21 degrees and cloudy with intermittent sun. It's pleasant enough I guess but I doubt I'll be getting heatstroke today.

And no, haven't been to a party in a long time!

[Reg Dingle]

It's perfect here, 22 degrees, took the car in for an MOT had a lovely long walk back with the dog.
In the park now and gonna head to the beer garden soon

I'd much sooner it stay at 22.

[Mendip]

^ 22 is good, but in the 30s next week will be better if I'm gonna risk swimming in the sea.


Whenever I visit my mum I'm always disappointed at how little help she seems to get from my sisters and their various husbands and grown up offspring. It's hard to get involved with family stuff when I live so far away so I just try and help out when I visit.

I did a wash today and noticed that the washing line is so overgrown it can't go round and round.



I waited for my mum to go out and decided to sort it out. I may as well get a few jobs done while I still haven't got wheels.

I must admit it was quite nice doing some gardening without having to worry about snakes, red ants and those dirty great centipedes we get at home. It was still a lot or work though and I'm starting to think I should have brought the gardener along.

Despite living in the countryside the disposal of green waste is strictly regulated and my mum has two green wheely bins that are collected every two weeks. She has a gardener now and again and he charges £10 a bag to take away green waste!!! Back home I would just dump everything outside on the vacant land but here you have to chop it all up and cram it into a bin.

But no way all this would fit...



So I took the cuttings down the field and hid it all in a hedge... one of the last few hedges that hasn't yet been grubbed up by the greedy farmer. This is why I waited for my mum to go out... she gets cross when I do stuff like this and worries there will be trouble. I must admit that Korat isn't my Valhalla but I very much doubt I could move back to the UK with all the rules and regulations. It would drive me nuts. And don't get me on the recycling segregation...

Two hours later, job done and I could hang out my washing.



And the washing line can now go round and round in the wind. Although something's gone wrong somewhere... at home I don't have to do my own gardening and I don't have to hang out my own washing. I'm supposed to be on holiday!



One of the good things about the UK of course is the food. I picked up a bag of Wotsits at Tesco and have been looking forward to them, so decided to treat meself after the gardening... but they are rubbish now. Nothing like I remember.



And my mum made fish an' chips for lunch. I asked, "cod or haddock?"

White fish, she says...



Alaska Pollock... FFS!!! What's happening over here?

[Edmond]

I picked up a bag of Wotsits at Tesco and have been looking forward to them, so decided to treat meself after the gardening... but they are rubbish now. Nothing like I remember.

Do you remember Monster Munch and those pickled onion 'Meanies'.

The ones that were really well coated would take you away to a special place. As would sucking on your fingers mid-pack.



Guess most of the chemical ingredients are illegal nowadays in such Nannystates, due to birth-defects and the sort.

[malmomike77]

^^ she is buy that from Sainsburys, its a faux family company like many supermarkets are using to lure the gullible into thinking its uk farmed produce when really its just a brand.

[Joe 90]

Alaska Pollock... FFS!!! What's happening over here?

You'll be "doing a Dill" all weekend if you eat that and wishing you never chopped that green squatters sanctuary down.

Take your mum out for dinner you tight arse, you're on holiday

[taxexile]

Alaska Pollock... FFS!!! What's happening over here?

home fish and chips is nearly always a disappointment with supermarket fish, buy cod or haddock from a dedicated fishmonger or at the town wet market and the results will be much better.

that frozen stuff is fine for home fishcakes, but thats all.

so get yourself out to a decent chippy.

[Reg Dingle]

People who say fish and chips always taste better at the seaside haven't visited the Bristol channel

[Mendip]

^ In fact, Weston-Super-Mare has one of the best chippies in the country but I'm out in the sticks at the moment and it's too far to go for a cod and chips. I must admit that my mum's Alaskan pollock wasn't up to much today but I didn't say anything.


I picked up my ride today which will widen my opportunities for some decent food.



Guess which famous Somerset cider farm was my first port of call? Happy Daze!



Another hard day but I managed to relax early evening while planning how to significantly raise the bar in the dinner thread in a few weeks time.

[DrWilly]

The gardening meant you earned the cider.

[Joe 90]

Hammered again.

Beats banging the bong

[Joe 90]

You can get a fair bit of swag in those Toyotas Rav 4 Mendip , the back seats come out and it's like a mini van.

You could put a double mattress in the back and use it like a mini campervan, would save a fortune in hotel bills and you get to park in all the best locations.

[DrWilly]

use it like a mini campervan, would save a fortune in hotel bills and you get to park in all the best locations.

Not sure that's appropriate with his daughter along for the ride. He'll have to send her outside with a £2 for an ice cream.

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[cyrille]

Alaska Pollock... FFS!!! What's happening over here?

Simples - BREXIT has fcuked UK fishing.

[Reg Dingle]

Must say, I am partial to a couple of those thirst busting Cloudy Lemons. Which way are you heading today?
Those green ones are nasty, leave them for the car owner, taste like sick.

[malmomike77]

when does the gardening and driving miss daisy stop and the holiday begin?, asking for a 12 year old Korat based young lady

[Reg Dingle]

she is buy that from Sainsburys

I'm sure I've saw that J James stuff in Big C or Villamarket

[bsnub]

when does the gardening and driving miss daisy stop and the holiday begin?, asking for a 12 year old Korat based young lady

Good point, and he already refused her a walk on the pier, being as tight-fisted as he is.