Recipes

Banana Cake

By Trev December 5, 2019 14 Comments 1 min read

Banana Cake A delicious cake and a great way to use any ripe bananas that might otherwise be wasted. Banana is ...

By Trev December 20, 2018 16 Comments 1 min read

What could be better on a cold winters night than a bowl of home made vegetable stew or soup? This ...

By Trev September 17, 2018December 12, 2019 14 Comments 3 min read

Apple & Blackberry Pie We are fortunate to have an abundance of wild fruit growing where we live. One of the ...

By Trev August 13, 2018August 17, 2020 9 Comments 1 min read

Banoffee Pie Another naughty but nice desert. Home made Banoffee pie that we all enjoy especially at family gatherings. There must ...

By Trev July 31, 2018August 17, 2020 9 Comments 1 min read

Recipes I hope you look out for my recipes and they prove useful to you. I’m not an expert, in fact ...

Another Time Another Bench
Benchman went to see Another Time which is one of the pieces by sculpture artist Anthony Gormley. There are a few of these statues situated at various locations across the U.K. This particular statue is on the beach at the seaside town of Margate in Kent. The complete set of works are titled ‘Another Place’ […]
A Room Full Of Books
Being in a room full of books is like being in a room with all of your friends. Each one is a conversation, full of memories or imaginations, telling stories to keep us enthralled. Other books are full of knowledge, how to bake a cake or make a cupboard. Some are colourful with pictures and […]
Spending The Day With An Old Friend
There’s nothing wrong with spending the day at the graveside of an old friend or loved one. If we’re lucky they may even turn up in the flesh, so to speak. I chat with a lot of people who are no longer with us. Old friends, family and neighbours. You don’t have to visit their […]

Desperate Measures March 21, 2020
Desperate Measures It’s not the great beer that draws us all here, It’s not classy wine that tastes so damn... The post Desperate Measures first appeared on Gloria Smud.
The Best Apple December 17, 2019
The Best Apple An apple hung upon a tree, It stood out from the rest. Ruby red, sun ripened skin... The post The Best Apple first appeared on Gloria Smud.
It’s Only A Song October 3, 2019
It’s Only A Song “It’s only a song….” Only a song? Goodness me, no! You’ve got it all wrong! It’s... The post It’s Only A Song first appeared on Gloria Smud.