CHOCOLATE CHEESE !!

Not had cheese post for a while, so here goes from PA

CHOCOLATE CHEESE LAUNCH

A rich new cheese which combines white stilton with Belgian chocolate is launching in the UK.

Called a chocolate whirl, it looks like a Swiss roll and has a slightly sweet taste.
The calorific treat contains 59% white stilton, 11% full fat Belgian chocolate and 28% cream cheese. It is on sale now at selected Tesco deli counters priced £7.99 per kilo.

Its made by Long Clawson but can't find anything on their site about it yet.

Dad burned shed down dangers family = no jail

A father-of-ten who put his family's life at risk after starting a blaze in the garden shed has escaped a jail term.

He had been on a drink and lighter gas binge when his wife threw him out of the house in October last year.

The 44-year-old bedded down in the shed and started a small fire in a container to keep warm but the blaze got out of control.

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Spring has pring bonfire warning

This time of the year, we are getting out in the garden a lot more, but be aware that if you are having a bonfire to clear those excess garden waste, its better to compost, but like these sheddie look out as reported by the Burnam on sea wossname.

Two garden sheds were destroyed during a fire at Highbridge on Saturday afternoon (March 24th).

Two Burnham-On-Sea fire crews were called to Orchard Close at 4.30pm after a garden bonfire got out of control.

Burnham station officer Ian Hazelton told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "The fire destroyed 20 feet of fence and two sheds."

Neolithic axe (not guitar) found in garden shed

A NEOLITHIC flint axe estimated at being between 4,000 and 5,000 years old that has been sitting in a garden shed drawer for 40 years will be available for all to see at the Worcestershire City Museum, the Evesham journal reports

HP sauce, not a fan but sad news

I have always preferred red sauce with my bacon sandwich, but its sad that another British tradition gone to the wall, and as soon as they make it in Holland, the majority of it, will be sent back to the UK, Heinz globalism at its worst.

From the BBC

The last bottle of HP sauce has been produced in Birmingham, marking the end of more than 100 years of sauce making at the site.

Production is moving from the plant in the Aston area of the city to The Netherlands.

"KEEP THAT SHED COCK QUIET"

A man who was ordered to keep his cockerel quiet following complaints from his next door neighbour was today found guilty of breaching a noise abatement order for the second time.

Colin Hill, 37, of East Farndon, Northamptonshire, was told by a district judge to stop his prize bird Leo from crowing at the crack of dawn.

But a hearing at Market Harborough Magistrates Court was told Hill had failed to ensure Leo, who is kept in a shed in the garden of his semi-detached home, kept quiet at unreasonable hours.

Hill was found guilty of failing to comply with the order and fined £175. The unemployed former agricultural worker, who represented himself at the hearing, was also told to pay £75 towards prosecution costs.

Outside court Hill, who has since put another cockerel in his garden, vowed: "Leo is staying. I've got to accept it, but they can fine me £5,000 if they want to, Leo is staying and that's the end of it.

"I'm waiting to come back (to court) again. It's more the principle of the thing, if you can't keep a cockerel in a rural area then where can you? Leo isn't going anywhere."

If you are shed based company - we will review you

Hi if you are a shed based company with a website, or provide products for sheddies we will be happy to give a sheddi based review of your website, it wont be fawning, but will try to point out what our sheddies need to know but will get your website across in a funny and misspelled way.

Arsonists wreck allotment scheme shed

This seems to be a recurring event, with yobs burning sheds on allotments, this time its in Norwich.

according to the evening news.

A co-operative which helps people in the city to grow their own organic vegetables has had a shed burned down by arsonists.

The scheme at the Bluebell South allotments, on the corner of The Avenues and Colman Road, encourages people to learn about and grow their own vegetables.

A dearth of allotments and disappearing open spaces in cities means many children and adults feel they know less and less about growing food.

But the organisation's plans to throw the allotments open to the public in a bid to educate children about growing vegetables has suffered a setback following the arson.

The shed, containing about £300 worth of tools, seeds and other gardening items and shared by the growers, was destroyed in the blaze and the police and fire service believe the blaze was started deliberately.

More Rats and Mice Due to sheds in Wales?

According to New research there is an increase in complaints about rats and mice in Wales.

Complaints to local councils about rats in 2005/6 rose 14% on the previous year.

There was a 33% increase in the numbers of calls for mice

Rhian Davies, from Ewenny, near Bridgend, said she has problems with rats invading the garden shed where she keeps her hens.

BBC has more

Do you have any Rat issues with your shed or any ways of stopping them

sheddie DIY and the 50 grand hole

The sun reports that "DIY disaster Stephen Lynch dug 200 tons of earth out of his back garden to build a SHED — and now faces a £50,000 bill to put it all back."

Hapless Stephen, 41, said: “It just kept getting bigger. I decided I wanted two big outbuildings rather than a little shed, so I bought an £18,500 mini digger to make it easier.

“Then I thought I should get value for the money and go down even deeper to make basements for the buildings. I’ve been working 13-hour days for eight months. The earth was taken away in around 40 wagon loads.

Buy a amphibious tracked load carrier off the interweb or even RMAS Fiona

The MOD are now selling stuff off on the interweb thing, This boat RMAS Fiona is for sale, thankfully its still in stock for £ 70,000.00, see it here and more stuff.

Gross Registered Tonnage: 80 Net Registered Tonnage: N/A Displacement: 144 tons Length O.A: 21.45 m Breadth: 6.4 m Draught: Frd 3 m Aft 3 m Hull Construction: Steel, Welded Hull Condition: Very Good Main Engine: Diesel Main Engine Manufacturer: Mirrlees Blackstone ESM8 Main Engine Rating: 615 hp Main Engine Condition: Very Good Propeller: 1 Voith-Schneider CP propeller.

If thats too much for you, you can also bid on some stacking chairs for the shed at £ 1.25, A great selection of Armoured Vehicles including some great Land rovers and even an Aquatruck, a fully amphibious tracked load carrier at £175,000

Man makes lifesize model of an African bull elephant in his garden

Mark Coreth, 49, of Hatch End, began his ambitious project after seeing the real thing in Kenya, reports the Daily Mail.

The sculptor realised the 15ft-tall art work would not fit inside his studio at the bottom of the garden.

So, he took his tools outside and began to create the 'skeleton' of the elephant out of chicken wire on the patio.

Using scaffolding to support the structure, he then filled in the body with polystyrene gave it a coat of plaster.

It took the father of four a mere seven weeks to complete the elephant, which has now become something of a tourist attraction.

It currently weighs three tons and will be given a bronze finish which will double its weight.

A collector in Australia has agreed to pay Mr Coreth around £300,000 for the finished work.

And an art-lover from Italy has also commissioned him to produce another elephant to the same scale.

Mr Coreth, a former Army officer who took up sculpture as a hobby while in service, is already planning his next trip - watching polar bears in the Arctic.

Hidden in Garden shed assault weapon and 20K in cash

A Salam man whose gun license was suspended last month after a domestic dispute with his wife was arrested early yesterday after a MAC-10 assault weapon and $20,000 in cash was found hidden in a garden shed at his former home, according to salemnews.

nb. watch out for the big elephant advert on the page.

Well I would like one for valentines day.

Lost of people love a bit of romance for Valentines day, but to be honest I would be happy with one of these as a gift.

Three in court over body in shed

The beeb is reproting that Three people have appeared in court charged with murdering a man who was allegedly kept prisoner in a garden shed for four months.

shocking.

Sweet-toothed sheep eat road!

Well the grit anyway, but According to PA,

Sweet-toothed sheep are scuppering attempts to defrost icy roads – by eating the sugar-based grit.

During cold weather flocks of sheep have been spotted licking the tasty treat off roads in Halkyn Mountain, North Wales.

The bizarre behaviour comes after council officials introduced a new type of grit made from sugar, starch and cereal.

Local resident Elfed Evans said he had spotted dozens of sheep licking the grit off the road.

He said: "As soon as the gritter goes past they converge on the road licking off the grit.
"The sheep seem to be addicted to the sweet salt and refuse to move when cars approach."

A spokesman for Flintshire County Council said they were aware of the situation.
He added: "The environmental advantages of using this product is that it is less corrosive to vehicles and the road infrastructure generally.

"The current operational procedures used in Flintshire have identified that the use of this product is cost-effective, particularly when used in conjunction with our storage and spreading facilities.

"We note the concerns in relation to the sheep on Halkyn Mountain and traffic, but it is known that they can also be attracted to the taste of the basic rock salt."

The gnomesville massacre

Vandals have attacked a village of gnomes in Western Australia.

Scores of gnomes had their heads knocked off at Gnomesville, a collection of more than a 1,000 colorful characters in a forest near Perth.

A reward has been offered.

Craptrumps

I always wanted to have a shedbased toptrumps, but alas never got round to doing it, any way
I Want One Of Those Ltd, have these great crapcars craptrumps, including great stats as Surface area rust and Cost to achieve MOT.

Renaissance council house

A painter and decorator has transformed his 1960s council house into a tribute to the masters of the Renaissance.

Mr Burns, a 59-year-old father-of-four, said "Decorating work can be a bit bland - one of my last jobs was painting the inside of a factory with 53 litres of magnolia.

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Prince turfs garage to protect biodiesel Range Rover

The Prince of Wales is lining a garage at his holiday residence with artificial turf to protect his Range Rover from freezing temperatures, Clarence House said today.

Charles has hired workmen to install the synthetic material at Birkhall on Royal Deeside.

It will safeguard his environmentally-friendly Range Rover which has been converted to run on biodiesel - green fuel made from plant materials.

When temperatures fall below -5C the fuel becomes thick and lumpy.

This can cause engineering problems and in some cases cars fail to start.

To combat this, the Prince has arranged for his garage on the Balmoral Estate to be insulated with the artificial grass, which is more commonly found on sports pitches and putting greens.

A Clarence House spokeswoman said: "The garage at Birkhall has been fitted with artificial turf and lined with panelling to maintain the temperature of the biodiesel.

"It is just for this one Range Rover at the moment but it is likely other vehicles will be converted in future.



Dr Clifford Jones, a reader in engineering at Aberdeen University, said: "Biodiesel has found wide use recently because it is carbon neutral.

"When the biodiesel becomes too cold it can fail to flow properly in the fuel system.
"Materials can become deposite from it which will cause clogging among fuel lines."

Dr Jones said that using artificial turf was a good idea as it is commonly made from recycled tyres.
He added that the tyres would otherwise have been incinerated or taken to a landfill site, causing the release of gases.

from PA