Growing up, I learnt from Dad that a good soup never has a recipe, only a story describing its roots and evolution. At home, soup is usually born from a Sunday roast, and evolves through the week depending on the meals that grace the table. Here in Holland, my soups are usually a little more…
Category: life in general
Every year on Christmas Day Granny arrives for lunch armed with an orange flask full of mulled wine. This is her recipe: 1 bottle of red wine1/2 pint water1/3 rind tangerine6 tablespoons sugar6 cloves1 cup of brandy (optional). Warm the ingredients (except the brandy) gently until it steams but don’t let it boil. Remove the…
Cache Description We found this cache on an Easter Monday day out, before I flew back to The Netherlands in the evening. It was a blustery day, and we had a very enjoyable walk to get to the cache. Dad found the cache and, reading the log, I was amused to see that the first…
Cache Description This one was near home (UK home, that is) and where I took Mum and Dad on their first geocaching outing. Mum was very proud to find the cache, and to celebrate, took the Tarka the Otter DVD we found there, which we replaced by some pens. ( I watched the DVD some…
Cache Description Visiting Shetland, we went to find this cache on Jen’s birthday. A slightly drizzly day (what can you expect from Shetland in January), but fun nonetheless and we enjoyed the scramble. Rereading the log of my visit, I realise that we promised one of Jen’s poems… maybe we can revisit on my next…
Cache Description I came to Madrid in an attempt to escape the dreary January weather, only to find that it travelled with me. After the success of my first Geocache, I set out on a hunt for my second – a multi-cache, which took me on a small walk between a number of monuments –…
Cache Description It may only have been a coin, cunningly hidden in the base of a statue, but this was my first ever geocache!