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Holiday season

Well Summer holidays are nearly here. Soon many of us will be heading off to exotic destinations, or maybe just a few miles up the road for a well earned break. There are certain necessities for a truly pleasant holiday. A nice cup of tea and a sit down is certainly high up on our list. Edward Weedon recently emailed us to say "When packing for holiday jaunts, especially those to foreign parts, the most important item to pack after the diarrhoea tablets is the tin which contains the Rich Tea Biscuits. The benefits to be gained from the bland, yet tasty, biscuit, free as it is from all adulteration cannot be stressed too strongly. There have been many times that our happiness, even our sanity, have depended upon the availability of that king among biscuits. They are so important that for breaks lasting more than five days a second pack is a must. A particularly good holiday can be identified by the number of Rich Tea Biscuits we bring home - to run out means a disastrous time was had by us both!" Perhaps you have holiday tea and sit down essentials if so we would like to hear about them. Go on I've done a lovely bucket and spade icon to go with them.

Spooky welsh tea money

Recently Emily Cole mailed us to say 'While enjoying my sunday afternoon cuppa, i noticed that there were many little bubbles on the top of my tea. My gran once told me that this is called "money", and if there are many bubbles, then you are due for good fortune in the near future. Is this myth recognised throughout the tea-drinking world or is it confined to the pensioners in the South Wales' valleys?' Well we checked with some other Welsh people who although having not heard of such a saying, conceded that it was perfectly possible. Perhaps you know somebody who has a Welsh Granny, or maybe you know of some tea and biscuits superstitions of your own. If so we want to hear about them, fire up those email programs! Your tea money feedback

Bin there for tea

Big brother house mates Dean and Stuart came up with the Tea Bag Bin, a little bin thing that sits next to your kettle and collects up all your used tea bags. We've had one for a test drive for a little while now. To find out how we got on and for a gratuitous picture of our Courgette patch take a look at our Tea Bag Bin report.