You can tell with the body language that Santa is bitterly disappointed he miscalculated this chute jump to land on the top of our Christmas tree.

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NEVER trust a recipe that tells you to use 2 cloves of garlic.
Unless it's a recipe for cooking 2 cloves of garlic, then I'd use 4 just to be on the safe side.

Sat in front of the stove, listening to Jazz FM, eating mince pies with a wee dram of Johnnie Walker gold reserve.
Tell me it's Christmas without saying it's Christmas.

I've drunk a significant amount of this this evening because it's so bloody moreish.
@acornbrewer.bsky.social

So I've done it. I have deleted the Facebook app. After scrolling through countless posts of clickbate, AI generated rubbish, people hiding behind nicknames and ads I'm not interested in, all to see the single post I might want to see, I've finally decided I'm done with that rubbish.

Amazing photo. I think the trout thinks otherwise.

My wife, genuinely, is allergic to chickpeas. So she won't be joining us. Me however, I'm all over it.

I'm shitting rainbows I'm that excited. Only four days to go. @clithbeerfestival.bsky.social

Today I'll be mostly dressed as a halbader, keeping historic traditions alive in my home town of Clitheroe.

Personally I prefer the cover on my signed hardback copy. But each to their own.

A collage picture of a Syrian street food takeaway. The bottom picture is of an array of colourful salads and sauces in a refrigerated display cabinet. The top right picture is of two rotisserie grills with meat on. The top left is a picture of a falafel salad next to the menu.

After @katiematherkm.bsky.social post about the Syrian street food place in Clitheroe, it would have been rude to get lunch from anywhere else. The falafel and hummus salad ended up winning.

The best thing about it after the absolutely amazing food, is the fact it opens at lunchtime.

A cryptic new tattoo, or a Sharpie and my left arm coming to the rescue in lieu of pen and paper.