Weekend habits

I wouldn’t like to speculate about how you spend your weekend, but if, by any small chance, you are planning a trip to B&Q this Saturday (worse things have happened) you’ll be in the right place to scoop some energy saving info.

The store has teamed up with The Energy Saving Trust and will be giving out information on energy efficient products as well as running special offers on them. Some stores will even receive a visit from an Energy Doctor who can diagnose your home’s ill health. Insulate, insulate, insulate, I imagine to be the advice. If you want to know how, this website Think Insulation is a good starting point.

Personally, I’m quite proud – and a little bit smug – about never having been to a B&Q. What do you reckon, am I missing out? It could be because I’m not much of a DIYer. I also worry that I would realize we possess inferior shelving units and gardening tools if I spent any time there. The same goes for Ikea. I hitched a lift there with a friend once, years ago, and brought back a couple of nice things, but that was the only time I've let myself loose among the swedish pine and floor cushions. The thing is, it’s not the easiest place to reach if you don’t have a car. When we bought our flat earlier this year, it was easier to keep an eye out in auction houses, such as Criterion and go fishing in skips, than plan a bus journey to the Croyden IKEA. Then again, I haven't told you about my John Lewis habit...

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Comments

[Brien Comerford]

I will attend these affairs my venerable Eco-Worrier. However, the few times I go I only imbibe in vegetarian food and booze.

[Archie Lukas]

Shocking

The smug rich middle classes boasting about how they do not need to indulge in the mass markets for products; but can instead afford to go to overpriced stores with sweat shop made products in expensive land rate stores and then have the audacity to pretend they are being eco-friendly as they take home said products in their oversized Chelsea tractor.

excuse me whilst i throw up in my specially designed elephant skin Knightsbridge bought bucket.

[Captain Bloggs]

it should be pointed out that diesel buses are the blight of pollution
one 50 seater travelling through croyden spewing oil based fuel fumes is worse than a dozen chelsea tractors

Pls note, there are NO catalytic converters on diesels; they just spew the fumes into the clean car intake behind them