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<p class="has-drop-cap" style="font-size:16px">The weather has been so good over the past week that I've managed to get out and about several times. H came to stay and we went to Chapel St Leonards where we walked for two hours along the beach before eating a picnic on a bench next to the <a href="https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/things-to-do/north-sea-observatory/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">North Sea Observatory</a>.</p>
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<p>The drive home through the Wolds with the roof down was perfect.</p>
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<p class="has-drop-cap" style="font-size:16px">As part of Lincolnshire's heritage, I had to take H to Grimsby and visit the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.fishingheritage.com/" target="_blank">National Fishing Heritage Centre</a>. It demonstrates the hardships of fishermen from 1850 - 1970 when Grimsby had the largest fishing fleet in the world. At the time, trawling was the most dangerous occupation in the UK.</p>
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<p>Grimsby has seen better days but the civic community are trying to improve the look and feel. I</p>
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<p class="has-drop-cap">Cooking has become an important pastime and I've recently explored a couple of new recipes. The first was recommended by a friend - curried salmon on a bed of aloo saag. A delicious combination and one that I will definitely cook again. I also have explored pate for my lunchtime sandwich. A couple of weeks ago I made a crab pate using tinned crab which worked well so this week I made mackerel pate. Looks and tastes good very good.</p>
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<p class="has-drop-cap" style="font-size:16px">The warm weather has seen my bees coming and going with plenty of pollen. It was time to open the hive and find out what was going on. I was dismayed to find they had built a mass of honeycomb with eggs and larvae above the brood box. This isn't supposed to happen. </p>
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<p>The only solution was to remove the comb with part formed larvae and a few bees. Sadly it had to be done to make room for the Super box on top. This is where the bees should be storing their honey.</p>
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<p>Now the weather has become cooler I will have to wait a week or two to see how this has affected the colony. Hopefully no harm done.</p>
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