Roast Potatoes with Rosemary

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Roast Potatoes with Rosemary

Serves 4

Ingredients: 4 Large Baking Potatoes, peeled and quartered
4 teasp Dried Rosemary, crushed
4 tbsp Olive Oil
3 Garlic Cloves, crushed (optional)

Instructions

1. Place the potatoes in a large saucepan. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Cook for 10 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven to 200C, 400F, Gas mark 6

3. Drain the potato well, return to the pan and add the olive oil, rosemary and crushed garlic (if used). Toss well to coat the potatoes thoroughly.

4. Place the potatoes on a baking tray and roast in for about 40 minutes, turning a couple of times during the cooking period, until golden brown and crispy on the outside.

A little more special to accompany a roast, especially at Christmas or Easter.


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rosemary is lovely when add to your roast potatoes in the last 15 minutes of cooking time.

Roast carrots with thyme

wrap the carrots in tin foil, add butter and loads of thyme and let the flavour infuse

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I roast chanterey carrots in tin foil with butter, a sprinkling of sugar & a dash of white wine vinegar for about 1 and a half hours. I can assure you, theyre beaut!

Cherry crumble cheesecake

via http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/baking/story/0,,2213424,00.html

" For the sponge cake base

1 large egg, warm or at room temperature

2 level tbsp caster sugar

1 tbsp golden or corn syrup

Zest of ½ lemon

4 level tbsp plain flour

For the cherry base

250g good cherry jam

One tin of black cherries, drained

For the crumble topping

100g plain flour

100g light soft brown sugar

½ level tsp cinnamon

50g unsalted butter

1 tsp milk

For the filling

800g full-fat cream cheese

200g icing sugar, sifted

25g cornflour, sifted

3 tsp vanilla extract

2 large eggs

125ml double cream

Make the sponge cake base first. Line the inside of a 25cm round spring-form tin with a single sheet of buttered foil. Beat the egg and sugar with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Add the syrup and lemon zest and beat until very thick. Sift the flour, then fold this through the whipped egg until evenly combined. Spoon into the tin, spreading it evenly and carefully to cover the base thinly, then bake in a preheated 180C (160C fan-assisted) oven for 10-12 minutes until golden and firm.

Cut the tinned cherries in half, removing any stones, press dry on paper towels and stir with the jam. Spread this mixture evenly over the sponge and set aside while you get the crumble topping ready. Put the dry ingredients into a bowl and rub the butter and the tablespoon of milk through until the mixture resembles dry pastry crumbs. Leave at room temperature while you make the filling.

Beat the cream cheese with the icing sugar, cornflour and vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat the eggs together in another bowl, then slowly beat the eggs into the cream cheese mixture. You don't want to aerate the mixture any more, so stop as soon as the eggs are barely combined. Stir in the cream until it disappears. Spoon the cream cheese mixture into the tin and bake for 20 minutes at 180C (160C fan-assisted).

At this point, open the oven door, pull the cheesecake out a little bit and sprinkle the crumbs over the top, then shut the door and bake for a further 30-40 minutes. At this stage only the very centre should slightly wobble. Remove the cheesecake from the oven, cool at room temperature, then refrigerate for 3-4 hours until firm and chilled. Flip the cheesecake on to a plate, peel off the foil, then upturn the cake on to a clean plate and serve.

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Butterscotch banana cake

via http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/baking/story/0,,2213421,00.html

"My mate Jason Warwick, a talented baker in Sydney, taught me his way to boost the flavour and colour of banana cake, by simmering all that soft banana flesh in a frying pan bubbling with rich caramel, perfect for this sweet loaf. The cake takes on a sunburnt bronze hue and has a strong banana toffee flavour. Don't limit this to a loaf tin: it works as well as a slab, especially if a few handfuls of chopped blond walnuts are tossed in and stirred through at the end. Don't be stingy with the baking powder; bananas are very alkaline when they are ripe and this is often the cause of a heavy, dense cake.

250g caster sugar

250g banana flesh, chopped into 2cm pieces

1 tbsp unsalted butter

2 tsp vanilla extract

175ml sunflower oil

2 large eggs

150g plain flour

75g spelt, rye or wholemeal flour

2 level tsp mixed spice

2 level tsp baking powder

½ level tsp bicarbonate of soda

50ml plain yoghurt

Butter a 20cm square tin and line the base with non-stick baking paper. Tip 150g of the caster sugar into a frying pan with 25ml water, bring to the boil, then cook over a high heat until the sugar turns to a dark reddish caramel. Add the banana pieces, butter and vanilla, and simmer until the bananas break up in the caramel and the mixture is thick.

Spoon on to a plate and leave to cool. Beat the remaining 100g sugar with the oil and eggs until thick and slightly aerated, then beat in the bananas and the yoghurt. Sift the flours, spice, baking powder and soda together two or three times (throwing the bran back in), then fold this through the banana mixture.

Spoon the mixture into the tin, heat the oven to 180C (160C fan-assisted) and bake for about 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Tried and tested

'Went down really well. Even better the day after baking'

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Three Ginger Parkin Slab

via http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/baking/story/0,,2213412,00.html

"To make fine oatmeal, I simply place 75g or so of rolled oats in the blender and whiz them together until fine, then repeat until I have enough for the recipe. Alternatively, you can buy fine oatmeal from a health-food store.

You might prefer to replace the plain flour with strong bread flour, as it makes the crumb a little sturdier, less likely to crumble and easier to butter.

Makes one large cake

100g unsalted butter

250g soft dark brown or muscovado sugar

125g golden syrup

125g treacle

150ml dark ale or porter

2cm piece of peeled fresh ginger, finely grated

150g fine oatmeal

2 large eggs

250g plain flour

3 level tsp ground ginger

3 level tsp baking powder

Butter a 20cm square baking tin and line the base with non-stick baking parchment. In a saucepan, heat the butter, sugar, syrup and treacle until the mixture is warm and the butter melted. Remove from the heat, add the ale, fresh ginger and oatmeal, whisk together and leave in the saucepan to cool for 5 minutes.

Next beat in the eggs, one at a time. Sift the flour, ground ginger and baking powder together, then add to the saucepan and stir to combine. Spoon into the tin and leave while you heat the oven to 180C (160C fan-assisted). Bake for 50 minutes to an hour, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool, then top with ginger water icing."

Tumbet recipe

via http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1813920,00.html

"Serve just as it is, or with grated cheese, or with some canned, drained chickpeas added just before it's done. Make sure the potato slices are considerably smaller than the other vegetables, so everything will be cooked at the same time. If there's any left over, it's excellent cold, perhaps with a handful of olives thrown in and accompanied by a leafy salad. Serves four.

2 large onions, peeled and cut into chunks

1 large aubergine, cut into chunks

2 large potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1cm cubes

2 red peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks

3 courgettes, cut into chunks

1 bunch parsley, leaves picked and chopped

3 large garlic cloves, chopped

6 tbsp olive oil

425g can chopped tomatoes

Salt and pepper

Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/gas mark 3. Put the raw vegetables, parsley and garlic into a large shallow casserole dish or roasting tin. Add the oil, tomatoes and seasoning. Stir well to combine, then spread the mixture out so it forms an even-ish layer. Bake, uncovered, for two hours, until the vegetables are tender. Give it a stir after an hour, and cover with foil if it's browning too quickly."

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cucumber-mint raita

via http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/109803

1 large unpeeled English hothouse cucumber, halved, seeded, coarsely grated
2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
1/4 cup (packed) chopped fresh mint
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon plus pinch of cayenne pepper

Wrap grated cucumber in kitchen towel and squeeze dry. Whisk yogurt, mint, cumin, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper in medium bowl to blend. Add cucumbers and toss to coat. Season raita to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.) Sprinkle raita with pinch of cayenne pepper and serve.

Perfect Greek Salad

http://dkn.vox.com/library/post/greek-salad-recipe---by-popular-demand.html

Tomatoes. I highly recommend using medium to large sized tomatoes - The juicier the better!

Bell Peppers

Cucumbers.

Red Onions

Feta Cheese.

Kalamata Olives

The dressing. A traditional Greek salad dressing contains FRESH lemon juice, olive oil, dried oregano flakes, salt and pepper. DO NOT use vinegar to sub for lemons. Greeks out here in the city do that at diners and stuff just because it's easier...I never use their dressing. It just sucks in comparison and you'll have to trust me on that. The best part about the dressing is that you don't have to make it separately. I'll get to that later.

Instructions

The key to the veggies in a Greek salad is CHUNKS. So when cutting, think chunks. You'll see what I mean.

In one big serving bowl:

1. Slice your tomatoes in half across the belly. Remove the seeds. (I just take my knife and loosen the membranes first then stick my fingers in the seed holes to get 'em out.) Once you have removed the seeds, rinse the tomato again and cut it into bite-sized chunks, anyway you like it.

2. Slice your bell peppers across the belly to remove the seeds/stem. Cut the peppers into bite-sized chunks, as well, or you may simply slice them into strips as you may do for other salads.

3. Peel your cucumbers. (Or don't peel, it depends on the cuke but if the skin is rubbery definitely peel it) Slice the cuke in half, long ways. Take a small spoon and scrape out the seeds. Slice the cucumber into chunks that are about 1/2" to 3/4" thick.

4. Peel your onion and cut it anyway you like to make the layers into bite sized chunks.

5. Feta. Crumble enough feta on top of the salad to cover most of it in one layer. I found this is the best way to determine the right amount. If you've never worked with feta before, the best method for crumbling is to cut it into 3/4" slabs and go from there.

6. Loosely sprinkle olives over the salad - this all depends on how much salad you are making and how many olives you like to have in one serving.

Now it's time to dress the salad. This can be tricky depending on the size of your salad. I recommend doing a little at a time, tossing in between and tasting to see if you need a little more of this or that.

To taste:

• Drizzle olive oil
• Drizzle fresh squeezed lemon juice
• A pinch of salt
• A few dashes of pepper
• A few dashes of dried Oregano

Note: If you are bringing a large salad to a dinner party, picnic or potluck I do recommend making the dressing beforehand and putting it on at the last minute.

Baloney Detection Kit

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from the Operation Clambake anti Scientology website.

Homeopathy Criticism Silenced

"I am reproducing this article by Andy Lewis from the Quackometer as the Society of Homeopaths have asked his service provider to take it down on pretty flimsy grounds. To me it reeks of a pathetic attempt to silence valid criticism of dangerous and unethical practices. See here for the full story. Decide for yourself."

from Homeopathy

See also here for details on how attempts to be grown up about it were ignored by the Society of Homeopaths.

Growing tips for lavendar and roses

Roses

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_roses.shtml

"remove any dead or spindly growth, and cut back hard to within about 15cm of the ground in late winter/early spring to promote new growth from the bottom. This equally applies to climbers, and to a lesser extent ramblers; the former’s new growth should be trained out in a fan shape if possible (tied to rows of sturdy wall wires), promoting new growth and flowers from a low level, otherwise they’ll all be up in the air and you’ll never be able to smell them. When growing up trees and pillars, spiral the new growth up and around.

Subsequent late winter/early spring pruning: climbers and ramblers can be left alone, especially if they’re growing up trees, though they can be cut back after flowering if they are accessible and getting out of control. With bush roses, the rule is the harder you prune, the more new growth and the greater the number of flowers, though they will be smaller. A light prune means less new growth, but fewer, larger blooms. With shrub and species roses, make sure the centre doesn’t become congested with old, unproductive wood. Thin out as necessary."

Lavendar

http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/growcarelavend_trtg.htm

"Pruning your lavendar plant: As your lavendar plant matures, make sure that you prune it every spring. There are two reasons for this: lavendar can get too leggy with the prospect of taking over a small garden space. Also, as lavendar matures, it will develop bark by the original plant. This is a sign that your lavendar is due for a trim---possibly a severe pruning.

When you prune your older lavendar plant, cut back all of the overgrown stems and flowers back so that the original plant is exposed. Hopefully, you've pruned in time for new sprigs to start sprouting on your lavendar plant. Otherwise, if nothing comes back it means that your lavendar has lived its life---which is generally five years from young

seedling to full maturity.

Replanting your lavendar plant: If you simply want to move your plant into another area of your garden, or if you nursed you lavendar plant from seed to young plant, you can easily replant lavendar into your garden. For a move to another location of your garden, you have two choices. Either you can cut off a healthy section of your existing lavendar plant to replant or you can dig up the entire plant."

Morton's Demon

Article about noticing only data that supports what you already believe. It's an effect often noted in people with superstitious/religious/non-sciencey beliefs, but everybody does this to some extent.

http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/postmonth/feb02.html

"Morton's demon was a demon who sat at the gate of my sensory input apparatus and if and when he saw supportive evidence coming in, he opened the gate. But if he saw contradictory data coming in, he closed the gate. In this way, the demon allowed me to believe that I was right and to avoid any nasty contradictory data. Fortunately, I eventually realized that the demon was there and began to open the gate when he wasn't looking."

The search for no strings free or royalty-free website templates

Free, or royalty-free website template search

We're looking for a source of either no-strings, no attribution required, free website templates, or somewhere we can buy templates for a one-off charge which can then be reused/adapted for different clients (in the usual sense of 'royalty-free').

1.
http://www.freewebsitetemplates.com/
Has around 70 templates of generally good quality, many quite specifically themed however.

Terms of use:
"Unlike most free template providers you can do a lot with our templates. Modify it and redistribute it as long as you state that you used a template originally made by Free Website Templates. We have worked hard to make the templates and ask that you respect our hard work so we can continue providing you with high quality templates.

You can remove any link to our websites from a template you're free to use the template without linking back to us. But don't forget to tell anyone that can use our service about it, that is if you like our website your friends will too."

Does that mean you don't need to mention the source site at all, as long as you tell people somehow about their site (eg. down the pub over a packet of crisps)???

2.
http://www.4templates.com/

"4Templates.com offers high quality, ready-to-use and royalty-free web site templates"

But in response to my enquiry over reuse for multiple clients, I was told it is one purchase per client. Not really royalty-free at all then!

3.
http://www.deonixdesign.com

A membership site offering "Unlimited access and downloads to all the templates including future updates until your subscription runs out."
Terms of use on the site aren't too clear.
I asked them about use for multiple clients, what happens to existing sites if subscription runs out, can we adapt the designs etc. Will post any reply here.

4.
http://www.boxedart.com/

Another membership site. Same questions asked, will post any reply.
Noted this in Terms of Use... "sharing an account is no different than distributing our materials to others. Individual accounts must be purchased by your friends and colleagues." ...so they may see each of our clients as a separate user requiring a subscription each.

5.
http://www.larrytemplates.com
A bit more expensive, but you're buying the design outright. That means you can do what you want with it afterwards then? Er, maybe not...

"Is the license a one-time fee payment?
Yes, the payment for your template is a one-time fee without any additional charges. After purchasing you may use the template as many times as you need for one website."
(my bold)

Not sure whether that's just badly written, so have asked. Will post reply here.

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Watch this space for more

Plantagenet Nobodycares

Plantagenet Nobodycares
a story told by miss Barwell at belle isle middle school. included a kazoo.

"when your lifes in disaray and looks like getting worse
i just hide myself away and sing this little verse"

Tomfoolery

http://www.toontracker.com/tomfoolery/tomfoolery.htm

"you don't say. you don't say. you don't say"

"who was that?"

"dunno, he didn't say"

Choosing the right bike frame size

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1614.asp

Take your inside leg measurement, then subtract around 9 inches off for a road bike (or a bike to be used as a road bike) or subtract 12 inches off your inside leg measurement for a mountain bike.

Inch to CM calculator here
http://www.manuelsweb.com/in_cm.htm

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Footballers cards 77/78
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spiked | ‘Evil’ Iran vs a British mum

spiked | ‘Evil’ Iran vs a British mum

"The press seems outraged that the Iranians have treated British soldiers like, well, soldiers. Turney is referred to everywhere as ‘a British mother’, as if she wandered into Iranian (or Iraqi) waters by mistake while shopping at a Middle Eastern branch of Iceland. ‘A British mother paraded on state TV’, says the Daily Mail; ‘Let mummy go’, said the Sun, imagining what Turney’s three-year-old daughter might be thinking. This ‘mummy’ has been in the Navy for nine years. Some claim the Iranians are behaving scandalously by pushing Turney to the front of their propaganda videos; it could be that they are exploiting the British media’s transformation of Turney over the past week into the nation’s Victim Mum."

confirmation bias & forer effect

confirmation bias
ie. people only pay attention to evidence that confirms their beliefs

&

The Forer Effect
ie. reading general statements as highly specific to yourself

Freegan.info

Freegan.info

Don’t hire this man as your lawyer

Don’t hire this man as your lawyer

Your religion sucks.

Your religion sucks.

So the next time someone blows up a building, or shoots an abortion doctor, or prevents young girls from learning to read, in the name of God, I hope that you won't get too self-righteous about it. In fact, you and they are peas in a pod. You enable this person to do what they do. You promote in society a tolerance and understanding for this behavior. Your failure is their failure. Your willing ignorance is their excuse. Your desecration of society's respect for the truth, for our responsibility to be intellectually diligent, for judging what might be true against what we can discern with our senses to be true, your faith is the exact same thing that makes what they do OK. Your guilty pleasure, your insistence on ignoring what your senses and your intellect tell you removes you and helps remove society from any position in which it is sensible to pass moral judgment on anyone else for believing in the absence of evidence, and then acting on these beliefs, however loony, because you do precisely the same thing they do.

Your religion is everyone's religion, because you've rejected the validity of rationally judging ideas on the basis of our senses and minds. You do it. You OK it. You bring it on. Thanks a lot.

Sweet and sour roasted red onions

From here...

Sweet and sour roasted red onions

Caramelised on the outside and super-soft within, these are delicious alongside almost any meat or fish. Serves three to four as a side dish.

500g small red onions

2 tbsp olive oil

1 stick celery, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

1 tsp rosemary, picked and finely chopped

1 tbsp concentrated tomato purée

3 tbsp cider vinegar

3 tbsp light muscovado sugar

Salt and black pepper

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/gas mark 5. Peel the onions and cut them in half from root to tip. Put into a small oven dish, so they fit snugly in one layer.

Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat and add the celery and garlic. Fry gently for about 10 minutes, until soft. Remove from the heat, add the rosemary, tomato purée, vinegar and sugar, and stir so the sugar dissolves. Season generously, then pour over the onions and mix well. Roast for an hour, until soft and caramelised, stirring halfway through. Serve hot, warm or cold.

Store It At Rowlays - Self storage units in Lytham St Annes

Store It At Rowlays - Self storage units in Lytham St Annes

A Collection of Newspaper Masthead Clip Art - a photoset on Flickr

A Collection of Newspaper Masthead Clip Art - a photoset on Flickr

How to talk to gloabl warming skeptics

How to talk to global warming skeptics

Selling your home: 10 questions I asked when choosing an Agent >> Dumb Little Man

Selling your home: 10 questions I asked when choosing an Agent

Dubious nutrition science by Gillian McKeith

dubious nutrition science by Gillian McKeith

See also...
http://b3ta.com/challenge/gillian_mckeith/page10/
http://www.b3ta.cr3ation.co.uk/data/gif/mckeithclimbing.gif

Sex and Shanghai

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MUTANT SOUNDS

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Step Out... Chance Meeting With The NWW List

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Naming Ceremony Party Music

CD1

1. Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine (3:45)
2. Athlete - You Got The Style (3:25)
3. De La Soul - The Magic Number (3:16)
4. Kirsty macColl - Walking Down Madison (4:37)
5. - levellers - beautiful day (4:03)
6. - The Move - Blackberry Way (3:34)
7. king harvest - -Dancing In The Moonlight (2:49)
8. Calexico - Across the Wire (3:26)
9. Kinks - You Really Got Me (2:14)
10. - rem - imitation of life (3:56)
11. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (3:50)
12. Jack Scott - The Way I Walk (2:46)
13. - doors - la woman (7:53)
14. The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends (3:20)
15. - The Move - Flowers in the Rain (2:21)
16. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love- (2:43)
17. - rem - orange crush (3:51)
18. - oasis - shes electric (3:40)
19. - Thrills - Big Sur (3:07)
20. - rem - talk about the passion (3:21)

CD2

1. - mrmen (0:31)
2. Calexico - Sunken Waltz (2:27)
3. - bjork - venus as a boy (4:42)
4. Shadows Of Knight - Oh Yeah (2:49)
5. - Troggs - Wild Thing (2:41)
6. The Dandy Warhols - You Were The Last High (4:46)
7. - rem - get up (2:40)
8. The Kinks - All Day And All of The Night (2:23)
9. love - alone again or (3:17)
10. - embrace - ashes (4:19)
11. Gorillaz - 19 2000 (3:27)
12. - rem - star 69 (3:08)
13. - The Move - I can hear the grass grow (3:00)
14. De La Soul - Eye Know (4:13)
15. - chillis - californication (5:31)
16. - feeder - tumble and fall (4:19)
17. - Wild One [Jerry Lee Lewis].mp3 (1:52)
18. sfa - juxtaposed with u (3:08)
19. - killers - somebody told me (3:17)
20. Kirsty Maccoll - Days (3:00)
21. - manics - motorcycle (5:06)

FUNKY CD

1. chic - le freak (3:37)
2. curtis mayfield - move on up (3:40)
3. FUNK04 - Grandmaster Flash - White Lines Don't Do It (7:26)
4. - boogie nights (3:35)
5. Wild Cherry - Play that funky music (3:12)
6. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (3:45)
7. - boogie wonderland (4:49)
8. - u sexy thing (4:05)
9. Village People - YMCA (3:44)
10. Lipps inc - Funkytown (4:00)
11. Trammps - Disco Inferno (3:17)
12. - strut yr funky stuff (3:39)
13. Whispers - And The Beat Goes On (3:24)

80s CD

1. Adam and the Antz - Stand and Deliver (3:09)
2. beastie boys - fight 4 your right 2 party (3:30)
3. - China Girl (4:16)
4. - Close to me (3:41)
5. dexys - come on eileen (4:08)
6. dire straits - money for nothing (4:06)
7. - Rio (4:46)
8. - Im Still Standing (3:01)
9. - Relax (3:57)
10. - Julian Cope - World Shut Your (3:35)
11. madness - it must be love (3:29)
12. Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach (3:37)
13. police - dont stand so close to me (4:01)
14. queen - I want to break free (4:24)
15. Teardrop Explodes - reward (2:43)
16. Tenpole Tudor - The Swords Of A Thousand Men (2:50)
17. vapours - TURNING JAPANESE (3:43)
18. XTC - Senses Working Overtime (4:51)

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St Annes to Whitby

1. Just past Preston turn off hang right for M6 South - Junc 32 (7.2 miles)

2. Get in 1st or 2nd lane for M61 at Junction 30. Note: If in 2nd lane don't panic at the turn off, the turn off is staggered till after some hatching. (21.3 miles)

-- Now on M61. Just before Manchester we will be joining M62--

3. Leave the M61 at junction M60 J16 and straight ahead into M60 direction Leeds.
(my notes say "Hang right at Junction 2 for M62, then stay in left lane as it forks.") 3.8 miles

4. Continue on M62 toward Leeds/Huddersfield/Rochdale - go 37 miles

5. Leave the M62 at junction 29 and straight ahead into M1 direction The North, M1, Leeds. 12.2 miles

6. Continue on A1(M) - go 1.5 mi

7. Take the A64 exit to Leeds/York - go 19 mi

8. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A64 - go 11 mi

9. Continue on A64 inc Troutsdale Hill, Malton Road, Westgate, Scarborough Road, High Street - for 20 miles

10. Just after Staxton, at the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Spital Road - go 1.4 mi

11. At A64, take the 3rd exit onto A64 - go 1.4 mi

12. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A64 (straight through r/bout) - go 0.8 mi

13. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A64 - go 0.5 mi

14. Continue on Seamer Road - go 0.7 mi

15. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Seamer Road - go 1.0 mi

16. Turn left at Falsgrave Road - go 0.1 mi

17. Turn right at Scalby Road - go 0.2 mi

18. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Scalby Road - go 3.4 mi

19. ****FOLLOW WHITBY SIGNS*********
Continue on High Street - go 0.4 mi
Bear right at Mill Lane - go 0.5 mi
Continue on High Street - go 0.4 mi
Turn left at West Lane - go 0.1 mi
Bear right at White Way - go 0.3 mi
Continue on Holm Hill - go 0.4 mi
Continue on Ringing Keld Hill - go 1.2 mi
Continue on A171 - go 6.7 mi
Bear right at Robin Hood's Bay Road - go 0.7 mi
Continue on A171 - go 2.9 mi
Continue on Stainsacre Lane - go 1.1 mi
Continue on Helredale Road - go 0.4 mi
Bear left at A171 - go 0.5 mi
Continue on Prospect Hill - go 0.1 mi
Continue on Downdinner Hill - go 0.1 mi
Continue on Bagdale - go 0.2 mi
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Wind-up mobile phone charger

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St Annes Swimming Pool

http://www.fylde.gov.uk/Category.aspx?cat=1474

Black Pepper and Lime Oven Fries

recipe from WFMU

Black Pepper and Lime Oven Fries
1 1/2 pounds Small potatoes, cut into wedges
3 Tbl extra virgin olive oil
sea salt & freshly ground pepper
1 lime
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Preheat oven to 375 degrees, oven racks in the middle. In a medium bowl toss the potato wedges with olive oil, a few big pinches of sea salt,(or "punches" as i first read it...) and five or six cranks of the pepper grinder. Arrange the potatoes cut side down on a baking sheet. Place in the oven for 30-35 minutes, tossing the potatoes with a metal spatula half way through.

While the potatoes are cooking, zest the lime and cut it into a few wedges.

When the potatoes are cooked through, remove them from the oven, taste, and adjust the seasonings. Add more salt and pepper to taste (don't skimp on the pepper!). Arrange on a platter, drizzled with lime juice and dusted with the lime zest and Parmesan.