Neely

This is really just to respond to a couple of issues brought up by the first post not really to continue the theme. I want to counter probably three of the main myths against eating good food, which are: time, money and inexperience (or lack of confidence in the kitchen). I also think that bad habits or just getting stuck in a rut has a role to play as well. The purpose of this post therefore; is to quickly address these myths. I certainly at no time intend to tell other people how to eat or to ...

The devastating effect that supermarkets have had (and are having) on this country (and no doubt others) is plain to see. Take a little walk around pretty much any residential area and the only shops you are likely to find are fast food places, off-licenses and ones that are all bordered-up and covered in graffiti. This is not new news of course, it has been happening for ages, yet this to me is still awful. It is always painful for me to walk around my local area and to see it every day, what’s ...

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Being an ardent follower of the top fellow Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, I have already and immediately, signed up to his Fish Fight Campaign and Neely is hoping you'll do the same.

So what is the Fish Fight?

No, it is not a reference to the old Monty Python sketch, where two silly chaps whack each other with large fish until one falls into a canal! What it is is a protest against the EU quota ...

I’ve been meaning to do one of these blog things for a while but can never seem to find a fit subject. Yesterday however, I was almost killed. This would have been a total disaster for me (and would have almost certainly spoiled my upcoming holiday), so I thought it would be the perfect medium to do my bit for cycle awareness, however small.

Really – I’m bitter about this - car drivers here (in the UK) just don’t give a thought about us poor road bikers and it is becoming really ...