The humble Nuttall's mintoes... I really haven't given these little suckers a thought for many years, but I was looking for some hard sweets to take on my recent holidays for the plane. Wandering around Wilkos I found their butter minutes, nice and hard, long-lasting and won't hurt my sore tongue as fruit ones would. … Continue reading How long can you make yours last for?
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The train rumbles through.
"Quick, quick, quick, we have to get to the train track in time, quick, quick, quick!!!" Those were the words spoken by our fab guides Jane and D, on our first full day in Hanoi. "Yeah, yeah, ok, what's the rush?" As a group we had no concept of what to expect, a small tractorized … Continue reading The train rumbles through.
Such a rewarding time.
There is something quite surreal about volunteering in a foreign country. Last week I went along with a group of 15 other people to help a very poor family in the Hue area of Vietnam. I was working with a company called "we are bamboo" http://www.wearebamboo.com They, in turn, were working with the charity " … Continue reading Such a rewarding time.
All I can say is “WOW!”
If ever you are in Vietnam you must spend a night on a cruise boat in Halong Bay. It is easy enough to get a bus from Hanoi to the port. After the initial chaos of getting from the land to your boat, everything takes a much slower pace if life. You sail between the … Continue reading All I can say is “WOW!”
Hectic Hanoi
So, my time in Hanoi is over and I am haring through the streets in a coach making my way towards Halong Bay. We had had a whirlwind couple of days, seeing the most amazing sites. The streets are a buzz of activities, no rules for driving, anything goes. Scooters are king and go literally … Continue reading Hectic Hanoi
Haslingden baths
Haslingden baths - the end of an era. Haslingden swimming baths opened in 1936 and sadly closed a few years ago in 2013 due to lack of funding and the building falling into disrepair. For many, many years the baths were a central hub of the community of Haslingden, thousands and thousands of children learnt … Continue reading Haslingden baths
Since when did pumpkins become so popular?
I remember as a child Halloween being a day when we bobbed for apples and wore a sheet pretending to be a ghost and ate the occasional toffee apple. Whatever happened? Halloween or All Hallow's Eve developed from a Gaelic pagan festival of Samhain, a pivotal time of year when the seasons change. There were … Continue reading Since when did pumpkins become so popular?
“Shall we do some baking Granny?”
This morning I had my granddaughter round to visit. She's 3 years old and loves life to the full. We decided to do some baking. We donned our pinnys and washed our hands. I've got tremendous happy memories of baking with both my mother and my grandmother and so decided that I would get my … Continue reading “Shall we do some baking Granny?”
Love where you live.
Today I took my son's dogs on one of the best local walks in the area, round Calf Hey Reservoir off the B6232, the Grane Road. I have lived in the Rossendale Valley for about 35 years and this area never fails to impress me. It is a 2 mile, flat, circular walk, apart from … Continue reading Love where you live.
Rambling With Ruthie 