Making a serious wooden badminton racket. The Woodenwidget Plysonic
Why would anyone make a wooden badminton racket when from just 50€ you can buy any number of perfectly good and very useable modern rackets? Well it’s true that…
Not very Green pan
Looks perfect doesn’t it? And so it should we have taken great care of it and yet it is no longer non stick and it’s all my fault! Well…
Citroen GS
Sometimes I wonder about my sanity. My problem is that I can always justify my odd behaviour so it looks like I am not mad, merely eccentric. However I…
Bosch ‘Professional’ 12V tools review
There’s a lot to like about these tools. they are almost brilliant but let down by the smallest things. Let’s look at the good things first. I bought an…
How to get rid of voles and moles. No really
The Topcat vole trap. It works. Visit topcat.ch to learn more. For thirty years I lived on a boat. There are many things that can make your life difficult or…
BMW i3 detailed review
I have to say up front that I actually believe the i3 is worth every penny of it’s high asking price because it is a very well put together and…
The shameful disgrace of EV charging infrastructure in Europe
The BMW i3 Rex. Fortunately BMW understood the state of the charging infrastructure in Europe and offered a clever solution, a small built in petrol generator to maintain the charge…
Glerups. More than just great slippers
They were a gift. What’s not to like, natural rubber soft soles, strangely rounded in form and a pure wool upper. Nice choice of colours. It took a while to…
The toaster that doesn’t toast. The Dualit Lite
Yet another really disappointing product. It wasn’t cheap either. For what it cost it really isn’t up to much. Personally I’m not really bothered about how it looks but I…
The 5 minute loaf (no need to knead)
Making bread is extremely satisfying and there is nothing quite like warm fresh bread with butter and Marmite. It never gets old. Also there’s much less packaging and no plastic…