We’ve not idled time away during the latest lock out from the Sheds. Graham & Rob have been learning culinary skills. Brian is already more accomplished than the other two. Brian’s daughter asked why he was cooking from scratch like this. Why not buy a jar of curry sauce? Brian’s…
‘Reboot’ is the name of a project being considered for adoption in North Yorkshire to take redundant laptops and tablets and give them extended life for children and older people who want to be affordably digitally connected. Take a look through this .pdf on the subject. If Reboot goes live,…
Have you ever taken a screenshot at the wrong time? We had a Zoom cookery session. Rachel Meadows, new Volunteer and Community Development Manager for UK Men’s Sheds, joined to see with disbelief what we were up to. Look at Rachel’s eyes, she can barely watch the scene. Rob had…
More than a year ago, pre first Covid-19 lockdown, we had begun equipping our Sheds with broadband in one form or another, TV monitor, web camera and Amazon Firestick. We pioneered online communication at Staithes and followed through at the Sleights Shed. We were about to install in Whitby and…
For She Shedders to watch . . . . but there are men in these two programmes https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rxn0/craftivism-making-a-difference BBC iPlayer – MAKE! Craft Britain From Shedder Elaine something to smile about No Sheds but we can be crafty A quartet of Shedders have had a couple of Thursday mornings engaged…
. . . . and maybe educate Shedders (like me) into what a wonderful, amazing world we live on and that we need to care about and for. Posters courtesy of BBC and Open University. Enjoy. Shedders and grandchildren. Why not browse some museum items and activities…
Rotary Young Writer competition New edition of In Touch magazine from Revival North Yorkshire It is a very entertaining read. Take a look inside at page 3 to see Littlebeck resident and Zoom colleague Phillip Barlow featured. To enlarge the pages, use the…
There is a Scottish recipe for hotch potch, btw, but here we mean a confused mixture of odds and ends (the recipe seems to be that too!) First, here is a link from Shedder Malcolm of Staithes Shed (would be!). https://fb.watch/3gT3hTvi3R/ Malcolm is a regular contributor of thinks useful and…
About several things, starting with Cock-a-Leekie soup (See end for Thursday 28th January Cookery) In the Soup Challenge, one of the three contenders, Shedder Brian Bayliss fell before the starting line. He had to pull out from being on screen because of water ingress to his garage. He found it…
Back in our Sheds that is . . Meanwhile, some are at least gathering on Zoom for twice weekly Talking Sheds at the Kitchen Table. On Saturday we welcomed Phill from Skelton to the electronic sheep-fold. Nobody seems to smile much – it’s more like an identity parade line up.…
