Tescowatch (an occasional series)

astonishingly, the only mainland postcode in the UK which is not infested with Tesco is HG (Harrogate). And now Tesco want to build a store there, and many residents would rather they didn't. More from the Guardian here.

frozen duck?

I just nipped (or popped) to the farm shop at the end of the village (for celery, lemons, bacon, milk and mushrooms, should you care).

and the duck pond is virtually frozen over, and the poor chaps are skidding about all over the shop. It's not often *that* cold here in the balmy south west; I wonder if we shall get snow ...