The last two weeks of October in this part of Scotland are know as the Tattie Holidays. In years gone by, children had two weeks off to help their parents lift potatoes on the family farm. The name lingers on, but the tradition of working your children from dawn to dusk has sadly fallen by the wayside! Instead, it’s down to me to lift the potatoes, which meant four hours of solid digging today with more to come.
It’s not always wet, overcast, windy and cold on the croft. Today, it was dry, sunny, windy and cold which made for a very pleasant autumn day. A neighbouring farmer’s sheep are visiting for a couple of months and they seemed to enjoy the day as much as we did.
Yes, that’s why someone visited the blog yesterday - they googled “how do I fix my labido”.
In the past, I’ve used the blog to describe various Land Rover repairs, talk about getting an old Lister engine running and describe how to assemble a bike, but no one has wanted me to fix their libido before.
But after some thinking, I came up with the answer… Read the rest of this entry »
The UK Government is apparently planning to drop its renewable energy targets, while working more closely with governments sceptical about climate change to dilute European targets.
At the same time, the Government is planning what is described as “radical action” to reverse the epidemic of obesity and tackle similar ills caused by “excess consumption”.
One of the Government’s key advisers wants an approach termed “libertarian paternalism”, which would see policies framed in such a way that healthy options were automatic and people had to make a deliberate choice to depart from a healthy life. Read the rest of this entry »
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