Posted by Ben | Posted in Caravans, Summer | Posted on 18-02-2010
I’m still unsure of the protocol on who should buy houseware in a relationship, when they should buy it, and for what reason. When I say houseware, I’m encompassing all things ‘housey’ – cookware, kitchen accessories, that kind of thing. Things that, in my mind, make excellent presents for my wife.
Only I’m pretty sure she has different ideas about what constitutes a romantic present. Last week was her birthday, and she’s been complaining that the toaster we use in the caravan isn’t as good as the one we have at home.
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Posted by Ben | Posted in Summer | Posted on 19-08-2009
Today was supposed to be one of the hottest days of the year so far, with the Met Office predicting some 30 degrees of the celsius where BHP HQ is located. Well, I can safely say that it didn’t reach anywhere near that kind of temperature, I would hazard a guess at it faring little more than 25 degrees at a push.
Less of our moaning though, we decided instead to put our day to good use instead. With this in mind, we concocted a very technical BHP algorithm to rank the top 5 best places to be on a balmy mid August day in the British Isles, so sit back and enjoy:
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Posted by Ben | Posted in Summer | Posted on 30-07-2009
Apparently, the Met Office got it wrong. Call my cynical, but when have they ever got it right?
You may as well fire up eBay.com and flog that BBQ you just bought as you certainly ain’t gonna be using it this side of Christmas. The recent stint of bad weather has put the Met Office under pressure and they’ve offically changed their summer forecast from warm and dry to wet and unsettled.
Great.
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