The Fort 4/5

Just finished reading The Fort by Bernard Cornwell. It's a true-life page turner set during the American War of Independence and Cornwell (famous for the Sharpe stories) proves he can pretty much do what Anthony Beevor does, novelising historical events into a compelling and informative narrative. My mum bought it for me because she liked it, so it's not just for war nerds.

Independents Day +1

Yesterday was Independents Day when British consumers were encouraged to shop at their local independent retailers rather than putting their pennies the way of the big corporates. I failed. I took advantage of a £2.50 meal deal at Tesco.
Today, to show that local retailers are not just for Christmas (or Independents Day) I went to the excellent Food Hall in Northampton and bought myself a Mexican Chicken with Mayo roll (£2.35) and a packet of Burts hand fried potato chips - don't put your hand in the friers Burt - (0.72p). An additional 500ml Diet Coke from an independent newsagent cost £1.25, making the whole lot £4.32 - although to compare like with like I should have bought a can of diet coke which probably would have been more like 70p, so we are looking at something like the £3.80 mark.
It might not beat Tesco but it compares pretty favourably with a lot of lunch options. Hmmm, food for thought.

Just an ordinary pudding

In our house stuff like this can happen almost anytime...

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