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Wednesday Wish: Baguette tray

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

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Perfobake baguette tray available from Lakeland
Perfobake baguette tray: £9.99, Lakeland

If you’ve been following our Cakes & Bakes posts recently you’ll know that I made a batch of baguettes a fortnight or so ago. I proved them in an accordion-pleated tea towel but a baguette tray would be so much better – much less fiddly.

We visit the Lake District a few times per year and a highlight of my car journey there is stopping off at Booths Supermarket in Windermere (Pathetic? Moi?). They stock lots of things from local producers and sell other items that aren’t available at our local Morrisons in Todmorden. A stones throw from Booths is Lakeland‘s flagship store which is the highlight of my return journey home. This baguette tray is already on my shopping list!

Wednesday Wish: Danish whisk

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

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Long beech wood handle Danish whisk available on eBay
Long beech wood handle Danish whisk: £20.95 + free p&p, eBay

If you read last week’s “Cakes & Bakes” post you may have looked at the YouTube clip of Eric Rusch making a spelt sourdough loaf. He was using a Danish whisk like this one to bind together the wet dough. I saw what a great job it was doing and immediately decided I wanted one!

Wednesday Wish: Natural bee keeping kit

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

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Natural Bee keeping kit available on Amazon from Wildlife World
Natural Bee keeping Kit by Wildlife World – Amazon, £395

If we had a bigger garden we’d like to keep a few chickens – if Fudge promised to be their friend that is! Another micro animal husbandry option open to us is bee keeping. This natural bee keeping kit encourages the bees to form natural combs from the specially designed top bars and includes hat, smock, gloves, hive tool and hand spray!

Wednesday Wish: Junction 18 umbrella

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

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chocolate brown Junction 18 umbrella available on eBay
Junction 18 brown Flounce umbrella: £19.50, eBay

The month of April is famous for showers – although this month has so far been about thawing snow on the hills! I rarely leave the house without rain protection of one kind or another, and this Junction 18 umbrella would be a cute & quirky accessory for “dress up” days!

Wednesday Wish: Espadrilles

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

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olive green espadrilles available from EspadrilleStore.eu
Olive green espadrilles sewn in white – €22.00, EspadrilleStore.eu

The clocks have gone forward, the sun’s been out – I’ve left the house without a coat twice this week – it’s officially spring!

Time for some new springtime footwear. Espadrilles are timeless, coming back into fashion almost every year. I already own pairs in bright Grecian blue, fuchsia pink and white which I team up with wide-legged, white linen trousers. This olive green pair would be perfect with khaki chinos or Bermuda shorts!