Musical Awesomeness!
by andystew on May 25, 2011
I love finding amazingly talented musicians. Here’s the latest; in the words of Chris Kamara unbelievable Geoff!
Check out his YouTube channel for more videos and his website for more information.
Free Desktop Image – New York by Night
by andystew on May 22, 2011
A lot of people have been commenting on my desktop image. I took it while on holiday in New York from the very top of the Empire State building. If you’d like to use it, please feel free. Click on the image for a larger version if you’d like to resize it appropriately for your own screen.
When I get a spare minute or so I’ll make a full set available at various sizes, a bit more professional than in this post :-)
We Are the Champions!!!
by andystew on May 19, 2011
It turns out I was lying in my previous post. Ferryhill Post Boy FC were deducted twelve points having fielded ineligible players. New Brancepeth therefore finished top of the division, by one point!
Get in there!!!!!
Runners-up 2011
by andystew on May 8, 2011
Well, a long hard season drew to a close today. After joining the Durham District Sunday League this year New Brancepeth finished as runners-up. It was a good effort but one of our main problems was the ability to hold a consistent squad throughout the season a lot of which was down to injuries.
That said 104 goals scored and promotion in our first season can’t be bad. Well done lads! Just need to practice the cross bar challenge now ;-)
Come Dine With Us
by andystew on February 13, 2011
Ver and I spent the last three or so weeks cooking for each of our friends. We’re absolutely loving to cook at the moment and I have to admit, inspired by none other than Jamie Oliver. So what did we cook? [Where possible I've included the recipes]
First off we made a roast tomato and veg soup, then duck and chinese 5 spice with pomegranate salad and a chocolate brownie cake for desert. If you’ve never tried it before, pomegranate is absolutely gorgeous in a salad!
In the second week we went for an indian theme. For starters we went with saag paneer, then a rogan josh followed by cheese cake. The saag paneer was a lot of work for little taste in our opinion but the cheese cake was another amazing recipe worth trying! Although not quite in with the theme it was a lovely palate cleanser.
In the third week we stuck with a couple of our favourites. Goats cheese with caramelised onion was our starter. We’ve tried a number of different breads to melt the goats cheese and have found ciabatta to be the nicest. For our main meal we had Gordon Ramsay’s Fillet of Beef with tomato and tarragon sauce (plus new potatoes) which is amazing. Well worth spending a bit extra and getting a beautiful fillet. We kept the desert simple that night with lemon possets and mars bar cake :)
