Tag: mince pies

Getting Ready for Christmas 2018

.Reading time 7 minutes.

This year, Christmas will be a family affair at my daughter Nicola’s in Worcestershire with seven ‘grown-ups’and three little ones: my grandsons Freddie (3¾), Benjamin (1) and Rufus (3 months). Nicola is going to do the Christmas Day cooking with her brother Jonathan and the rest of us will prepare contributions ahead to take with […]

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Top Ten Blog Posts 2013

.Reading time 14 minutes.

I’ve become slightly obsessive about statistics. I love looking at the Stats page on my WordPress site and seeing which are the most popular posts of the moment; which countries viewers have come from – always a lot from UK and US but sometimes more surprising places like Slovenia or Korea. Then there are the […]

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Mince Pies & Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

.Reading time 9 minutes.

Yes I know it’s Boxing Day and Christmas is in its last stages but I hope you’ll forgive me only just getting to this post: Christmas started for me on the Eve (when the mince pies were made) and a family meal in my house with daughter, son and daughter-in-law; then Christmas Day saw daughter […]

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