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Aging country lad. Rural life. Shooting & fishing. Beginner beekeeper. Probably spend too much time in the kitchen.

North Shropshire
Joined October 2013
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Oooh, like this. Lidl £12.99 - at 14.5% it's got good body and more than enough to pair with blue cheeses.
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Nice roasted young grouse. Much stronger flavour this year, which I put down to being shot on hotter than usual days last summer. The effect is equivalent to a week's hanging.
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Traffic chaos in the village.
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A Labour MP texts: “I cannot believe, or sadly I can, that the PM has said there should be a rape unit in every police force when he presided over the abolition of the Greater Manchester one when he was Mayor”.
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Independence now!
Not one of Wales's 32 constituencies collects more in income tax and National Insurance than it spends on welfare. Across Wales, welfare spending is nearly double what workers pay in, a gap of £3,062 per adult. That is worse than every English region except the North East. Explore more in the ASI's Welfare Sustainability Tracker. 👇
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What's happening in Poland could break the EU. One has to wonder if the EU will realise.
Sześć dni do rozpętania piekła w Polsce !!! W Polsce protesty antyrządowe przed Trybunałem Konstytucyjnym trwają kolejny dzień. Prezydent dał puczyście Tuskowi czas do 11 listopada na podanie się do dymisji. Policja zaczyna ścigać ludzi piszących o jej brutalności oraz o tym, że w stolicy pojawiły się patrole z bronią automatyczną a na drogach szybkiego ruchu coraz więcej obcych wojsk. Odbyły się protesty przeciw puczystom w Olsztynie, Poznaniu, Rzeszowie i Lublinie. Na spotkanie do prezydenta przylatuje szefowa Parlamentu EU a komisarz EU wczoraj odmówił wspólnej konferencji z polskim prezydentem pokazując poparcie dla puczu. Ambasador Niemiec mówi, że wojska niemieckie zostaną oficjalnie w Polsce do 22 listopada. Potem będzie zimno i uciekną jak spod Stalingradu. Jedna z partii koalicyjnej puczu w sondażu dostała 0% poparcia - tak zdrajcom bywa. To wszystko wydarzyło się od wczoraj. Sześć dni do dnia z ultimatum prezydenta, kiedy rozpęta się piekło. Pilnujcie razem z nami aby nie ukradli nam wolności. Wasze wsparcie jest dla nas ważne.
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BBC's Rise of the Rockstar Chef is quite superb - but the toll on the 3 of them is pretty graphic. 3 extraordinary individuals.
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Chinese roast pheasant, with peppers and a salty and spicy sauce.
Stay tuned... experimental Chinese pheasant dish incoming
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Stay tuned... experimental Chinese pheasant dish incoming
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This may have become my favourite Canada goose dish yet. A goose chilli. Absolutely knock-out. A few tricks in the recipe, but nothing scary. This is what Canada goose is all about.
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Giving countless millions to the Third World while boasting that you're knocking tuppence a jar off gherkins for Brits sounds a *bit* like a recipe for trouble
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Dog on left is sitting in England - the other in sitting in Wales. We're right on the border.
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Sunday lunch setting. Hencote vineyard, Shrewsbury.
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Gine full retro 1970s - steak and pepper sauce.
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Leaving this to breathe for later. Should be nice by the first fire of the autumn after a day in the field.
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Partridge, with a North African vibe.
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My Halloween pumpkin 🎃
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This bridge is the setting for the end of my favourite Dylan Thomas short story. Any ideas? (The story, not the bridge!)
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Dylan Thomas. (Though I do like the Twin Town variation of "pretty shitty city")
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Haven't been here in a very long time - about 38 years, I reckon.
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