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Dr Dougie’s Guide to Duct Tape

Trish Burgess Posted on18/07/201107/04/2016 Duck tape 17 Comments

Many of you will know about my other half’s love of the silver grey sticky stuff. You may remember from a previous post of his expertise in fixing lethal barbecues, wobbly frying pans and burst rubber rings during our...

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Case History

Trish Burgess Posted on12/09/201004/04/2017 Duck tape 10 Comments

My husband has a thing about luggage. Women may have a fetish for handbags but Dougie can’t pass an Antler shop or the luggage department at John Lewis without touching up the cases. Usually...

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The Gallery – One Day In August- Plums and Duck Tape

Trish Burgess Posted on31/08/201007/04/2016 Duck tape, The gallery 21 Comments

You may remember my resourceful husband used his trusty roll of duck/duct tape on holiday to fix a myriad of things from splintered decking to repairing holes in the massive rubber rings for the...

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Mum’s Gone to the Dordogne – 101 uses for Duck Tape

Trish Burgess Posted on11/08/201007/04/2016 Dordogne, Duck tape, France 18 Comments

When my husband comes home from work of an evening his first thought isn’t to get the hoover out or dust the skirting boards. On holiday, however, he becomes a bit fanatical about cleanliness, probably...

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