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		<title>Stay well satiated and warm</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>I hope all is well&#8230; …I know I still can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s 2020 either or that we&#8217;re already at the end of January! We’ve had some beautiful cold evenings recently...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope all is well&#8230;</p>
<p>…I know I still can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s 2020 either or that we&#8217;re already at the end of January!</p>
<p>We’ve had some beautiful cold evenings recently at home and I grabbed this pick of a starlit sky using a long exposure on my iPhone!</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/stars1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-91153 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/stars1.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/stars1.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/stars1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/stars1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/stars1-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>Needless to say my shaggy dogs have been enjoying the colder weather too and here I’m pictured with Ellie sharing a secret on a recent walk.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ellie-walk1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-91152 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ellie-walk1.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ellie-walk1.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ellie-walk1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ellie-walk1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ellie-walk1-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>I was due to be presenting the first Andi Peters&#8217; Food Fest show of the year on Monday but as I&#8217;m sure many of you may have heard Piers Morgan say on Good Morning Britain, Andi managed to get shingles and had to cancel a few TV appearances, including his two hour Monday show with myself. I have spoken a couple of times with Andi and I&#8217;m pleased to say he&#8217;s making a good recovery from what I understand is a very painful experience and we all wish him well in his recovery.</p>
<p>Andi and his team are hopeful of a swift return to our screens and who knows, he may even be able to join me this Thursday as we have a wonderful Today&#8217;s Special Value (TSV) from The Real Pie Company!</p>
<p>Co-founder Brett Hornby and his team have come up with three mouth-watering choices for us in the form of a 10 piece Steak, Chicken or Vegetarian selection!</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/809454e.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-91151 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/809454e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/809454e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/809454e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/809454e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/809454e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>The Real Pie Company prides itself on their pies being &#8220;crammed to the crust&#8221; and the Sussex-based company have won many awards for their pies and pasties.</p>
<p>I have listed the pies below and regular Real Pie Co. customers will notice that there are some new flavours that Brett, in conjunction with our buyers, has developed. I was sent a selection of Chicken and Steak pies and immediately sampled three of them (see short video). You&#8217;ll receive 10 pies in your chosen selection.</p>
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<p>As always the pies didn&#8217;t disappoint and were delicious &#8211; there&#8217;s no doubt that a pie is a hearty meal at any time of year but particularly so in these colder months!</p>
<p><strong>Steak option: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2 x Peppered Steak</li>
<li>2 x Steak &amp; Horseradish (NEW)</li>
<li>2 x Steak &amp; Stout</li>
<li>2 x Beef Bourguignon (NEW)</li>
<li>2 x Minced Steak &amp; Onion (NEW RECIPE)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Chicken option:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2 x Chicken Bacon &amp; Parsley (NEW)</li>
<li>2 x Hunter&#8217;s Chicken (NEW)</li>
<li>2 x Balti Chicken (NEW)</li>
<li>2 x Chicken &amp; Leek</li>
<li>2 x Chicken &amp; Mushroom</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Veg option:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>4 x Leek, Potato &amp; Cheddar Cheese (NEW)</li>
<li>4 x Chestnut Mushroom, Leek, &amp; Stilton</li>
<li>2 x Mediterranean Vegetable (NEW)</li>
</ul>
<p>The pies arrive at your door chilled having been baked to order and can be eaten immediately, refrigerated or frozen for future enjoyment.</p>
<p>I’ll be with Brett on Thursday at 4pm and then I return (hopefully with Andi <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> ) at 6pm for a two hour show featuring many of our fine food brands, including a final look at our Real Pie Company TSV!</p>
<p>On another note &#8211; have you managed to catch any of our <a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/presenter/qgossip/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inside QVC Podcasts</a>?</p>
<p>These are a series of podcasts presented by Will Gowing as he chats with many of our wonderful guests. This week jewellery lovers can tune in to an interview with one of our jewellery experts, Laurie Wickwire, and then next week Will chats with our cheeky technology expert Lee Hohbein. The podcasts are accessible in the usual ways and on our Q Community page &#8211; <a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/inside-qvc-episode-18-laurie-wickwire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here&#8217;s a link</a> to this week&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget we still have many new items coming into stock all the time and there are also many <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/clearance/all-new-clearance.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">clearance bargains</a> to be had online too.</p>
<p>Until next time&#8230; stay well satiated and warm!</p>
<p>Dale x</p>
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		<title>A new year and a great offer for wildlife</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>I hope you enjoyed the New Year celebrations&#8230; I enjoyed a relatively quiet but very pleasant Christmas and a special birthday at home with my family, returning to The Q...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope you enjoyed the New Year celebrations&#8230;</p>
<p>I enjoyed a relatively quiet but very pleasant Christmas and a special birthday at home with my family, returning to The Q on the 30th to see in the new year and indeed decade!</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/iPiccy-collage.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-90883 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/iPiccy-collage.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/iPiccy-collage.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/iPiccy-collage-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/iPiccy-collage-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/iPiccy-collage-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>I managed three days back before succumbing to winter lurgy and a loss of voice! Hooray! I hear you cheer <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p>Oh well… once again there was no white Christmas for us at home (other than the West End musical version we went to see &#8211; excellent cast! We also went to a panto for the first time in years to see Aladdin at Woking). But once we&#8217;d tidied away the decorations for another year, we turned our attentions to what 2020 would bring us.</p>
<p>For our wildlife though, their thoughts are focused on surviving the colder months and staying fit enough to start another family in the spring. We of course can help them out here &#8211; as well as receiving a huge amount of enjoyment in return by welcoming them into our gardens and onto our balconies.</p>
<p>Choosing the right food for wildlife can be tricky for the average person, how many of us thought we were being kind leaving a saucer of milk out for the hedgehogs? And indeed, when did you last see one of those lovely little creatures? In my childhood they were a very common sight and I can honestly say that we haven&#8217;t had one in our garden for many a year now and we&#8217;ve left gaps under our garden fences large enough for them to get under. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f641.png" alt="🙁" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p>Despite their shocking decline there are some amazing hedgehog charities working hard to help these incredible creatures &#8211; so with our help such charities may turn their plight around, let&#8217;s hope so.</p>
<p>There are many things we can do to encourage wildlife into our gardens and one of the easiest and quickest ways is to feed our beautiful UK birds. For a few winters now I&#8217;ve been using <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/richard-jackson/garden-&amp;-leisure/_/N-1z141juZlfow/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard Jackson&#8217;s</a> <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/product.519555.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Premium High Energy Bird Food</a> &#8211; developed, of course by my pal and gardening expert, Richard Jackson.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/product.519555.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-90885 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519555e.png" alt="" width="360" height="360" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519555e.png 360w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519555e-150x150.png 150w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519555e-300x300.png 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519555e-81x81.png 81w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519555e-350x350.png 350w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></a></p>
<p>The good news is that’s it’s our Gardening Pick of The Month for January and this Premium High Energy Bird Food is packed with fantastic ingredients, including whole sunflower hearts, kibbled peanuts, oat hearts and oyster grit, plus new recipe suet pellets &#8211; a key high-energy ingredient much loved by birds throughout the year.</p>
<p>Richard told me he worked with leading bird food specialists to develop his premium feed. Other ingredients include red and white dari, kibbled peanuts, canary seed, hempseed, nyger seed and dried mealworms.</p>
<p>Although developed for all-year-round nutrition, the inclusion of suet pellets can help birds survive cold winters and whilst looking after their young during fledgling season in spring and summer.</p>
<p>Chosen with care, Richard’s bird food is free from wheat flakes, a cheap filler used in many bird foods, which offers no nutritional benefit. The kibbled peanuts attract robins, blackbirds and blue tits, naked oats attract song thrushes, sunflower hearts attract many birds including green finches and woodpeckers, and nyger seed attracts goldfinches &#8211; all stunning birds which I&#8217;m pleased to say returned to our garden last summer.</p>
<p>There is an Auto Delivery option available too, which allows you to receive Richard&#8217;s Premium Bird Food every 60 days for five additional deliveries, at the same great price and with nothing to pay on postage and packaging.</p>
<p>I set up my camera to record the activity around my feeders, having first thoroughly washed out our bird feeders and re-filled with Richard&#8217;s bird food. Immediately the bush telegraph did its job and the usual suspects started to enjoy the welcome goodness. As is often the case, other bird varieties made an appearance, which I missed on camera, including long tailed tits and a great spotted woodpecker early one morning. If you continue to feed through the spring and summer you&#8217;ll probably see many more varieties appearing on your feeders, hungry after a long flight from the sunnier climes.</p>
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<p>This Gardening Pick of The Month is delivered directly from Richard Jackson, so please allow seven to ten working days.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll also notice in the video a Nut Pecker wooden feeding station from Grumpy Gardener, which we are featuring this Thursday as a Today&#8217;s Special Value. It comes complete with four jars of differing flavoured peanut butter and there’s an Auto Delivery option on the jars!</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519515e.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-90884 aligncenter" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519515e.png" alt="" width="360" height="360" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519515e.png 360w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519515e-150x150.png 150w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519515e-300x300.png 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519515e-81x81.png 81w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/519515e-350x350.png 350w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></a></p>
<p>Until next time&#8230; enjoy our wild creatures and have a great 2020!</p>
<p>Dale x</p>
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		<title>Merry Christmas and a happy new year!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230;  I know I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Christmas already either but here we are racing into 2020! This is a short, festive blog to sign off 2019&#8230;...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230;  I know I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Christmas already either but here we are racing into 2020!</p>
<p>This is a short, festive blog to sign off 2019&#8230;</p>
<p>As it&#8217;s my birthday on Christmas day I always request that I take a short break over Christmas, which for the last 22 years has meant that I&#8217;m always on-air for the New Year. This suits me well and I look forward to meeting up with you all on the 30th of December for some sale bargains.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if you are the same, but I find that around this time of year I spend time reflecting on the past, present and future, taking stock of the &#8220;status quo&#8221;, reflecting on past years and trying to second guess what may lie ahead.</p>
<p>I genuinely hope that you&#8217;ve all had a wonderful 2019, but sadly I know that this will not be the case for us all, but that said, some of you may well have had the best year ever and should celebrate that with gusto! (I never use that word in speech but it seems right to do so here).</p>
<p>I thought I&#8217;d sign off this year with some festive photos of Toby and Ellie and a guest appearance from Buzz, a Cockapoo pup belonging to Daria a friend of my daughter Ali &#8211; just too cute to leave out!</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage-5.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-90587 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage-5.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage-5.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage-5-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a> <a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-90588 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage1.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage1.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/iPiccy-collage1-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></p>
<p>Plus, here is a recent QVC blooper (which gained over 22,000 views on Twitter!!), to hopefully bring some festive cheer.</p>
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<p>So however your year has played out &#8211; I sincerely hope that 2020 may bring happiness, joy and contentment to all.</p>
<p>I have a &#8220;special&#8221; birthday on the 25th and will raise a glass to you all and wish you a &#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221;, &#8220;Happy Holidays&#8221; and a &#8220;Wonderful New Year&#8221;!</p>
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<p>Dale x</p>
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		<title>A busy week at The Q and an offer that hits the spot!</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230;</p>
<p>My heart goes out to all those affected by the deluges of rain and resulting floods reported on the national news &#8211; I genuinely hope that they are able to get back to relative normality as soon as possible, after what must be an exhausting and huge clearing up operation.</p>
<p>As could clearly be seen on our tellies, the autumn season can often bring surprisingly treacherous weather but on the flip side, can also be one of the most spectacularly beautiful seasons as well. I always have my smart phone with me and have taken some gorgeous shots, which I wanted to share with you.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-89520 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/iPiccy-collage1-2.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/iPiccy-collage1-2.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/iPiccy-collage1-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/iPiccy-collage1-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/iPiccy-collage1-2-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-89517 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-89518" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/3e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/3e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/3e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/3e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/3e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" />I returned back to The Q last week and virtually straight into one of the busiest ever weeks in our history! Every day there are savings and great offers to be had, particularly our <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/Christmas/today-s-festive-find.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Festive Finds</a> which you can enjoy daily in the run up to Christmas.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s Special Value&#8217;s continue to &#8216;hit the spot&#8217; with our customers. Certainly tomorrow&#8217;s Hotel Chocolat TSV hits just the right spot, delivering quality chocolate, beautifully packaged to either gift immediately or decant into smaller gifts, ideal for teacher prezzies, stocking fillers or even secret Santa gifts! The TSV is available to order now by following this link &#8211; <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/Hotel-Chocolat-Set-of-2-Carry-Me-Home-Luxury-Chocolate-Selection.product.808679.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Set of Two Carry Me Home Luxury Chocolate Selection</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/Hotel-Chocolat-Set-of-2-Carry-Me-Home-Luxury-Chocolate-Selection.product.808679.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-89499 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/808679e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/808679e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/808679e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/808679e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/808679e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>If you would like to pop over to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DaleFranklinQVC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook page</a> cunningly named &#8216;DaleFranklinQVC&#8217;, I&#8217;ve posted a video of myself and Hotel Chocolat&#8217;s lovely chocolatier, Kiri Kalenko, creating a new flavour of truffle. A couple of months ago, myself, Katy and Will were tasked with coming up with our own ideas and I decided to reach back into my childhood and try and re-create a modern take on an old schoolboy favourite of mine &#8211; aniseed balls!</p>
<p>So we set about spicing up the aniseed with chilli to appeal to an adult palate and I must say both Kiri and I were shocked with how well it went. Kiri will present our creation to the selection committee at Hotel Chocolat and it will receive either a Red or the much sort after Green card from the team.</p>
<p>Also on the day there will be an amazing competition running on Twitter. Throughout the day a hashtag will be offered on-air which you have to tweet back to QVCUK &#8211; if you tweet back all four hashtags you&#8217;ll automatically be entered into the competition, the lucky winner of which will receive a Hotel Chocolat prize worth in excess of £650!!</p>
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<p>The fourth hashtag will be given out in the first hour of Andi Peters&#8217; Food Fest, which starts at 6pm, and Andi and I plan to announce the lucky winner in the second hour!! (Terms and conditions apply and can be found on our website <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/dam/qvc_uk/pdf/Hotel-Chocolat-Competition-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>).</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not on Twitter and don&#8217;t want to sign up to enter, why not get a friend to enter for you! <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p>Now after the excitement of a “Taste of Christmas”, I return on Friday with the launch of a new range from one of QVC’s most popular and sort-after jewellery brands &#8211; <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/catalog/search.html?keyword=Curio+Jewellery+by+Lola+Rose">Curio Jewellery by Lola Rose</a>!</p>
<p>Of course it features Lola’s coveted beads, including many of founder Nikki’s favourite stones, together with a selection of Sunburst, Coin and Kiss Charms crafted from noble sterling silver and plated in rhodium or yellow and rose gold vermeil. Join us at 6pm on Friday for this exciting show, perfectly timed for Christmas!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all from me for the time being &#8211; I&#8217;d love you to follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/dalefranklintv?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dalefranklintv/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> @dalefranklinTV or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DaleFranklinQVC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> DaleFranklinQVC.</p>
<p>Until next time&#8230; stay lucky and spicy!</p>
<p>Dale x</p>
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		<title>Feed the family with this festive hamper deal</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230; as always. I&#8217;ve been away from The Q this past week following a little visit to the doc &#8211; nothing serious to report and I was...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="">I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230; as always.</div>
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<p>I&#8217;ve been away from The Q this past week following a little visit to the doc &#8211; nothing serious to report and I was hoping to be back this week but best laid plans and all that mean I&#8217;ll be away for a few days longer.</p>
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<div class="">If you&#8217;re a &#8220;Facebooker&#8221; you might (or might not <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> ) be interested to know that QVC has started up a page for yours truly! &#8230;I know, I&#8217;m as shocked as you are. It&#8217;s all a bit new to me as I&#8217;ve not really used Facebook before so I hope you&#8217;ll forgive any schoolboy errors I might make, at least to start with.</div>
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<div class="">It would great if you followed <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DaleFranklinQVC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">my page</a> and please feel free to get in touch, but if you have an urgent product enquiry please contact QVC&#8217;s <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/contactUs.content.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">main page</a> as although my page is overseen by our customer services team, I would want you to get the speediest answer to your query.</div>
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<div class="">It&#8217;ll be interesting to see how it goes and I&#8217;ll definitely be posting some fun pictures and videos, particularly from behind the scenes.</div>
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<div class="">Talking of fun &#8230; I hope you can join Andi Peters tomorrow (the 10th) not once but twice! First at 1pm and then 6pm for two hours.</div>
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<div><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/programguide.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-66286 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Andi-Peters-Food-Fest.jpg" alt="" width="797" height="532" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Andi-Peters-Food-Fest.jpg 797w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Andi-Peters-Food-Fest-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Andi-Peters-Food-Fest-768x513.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Andi-Peters-Food-Fest-350x234.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px" /></a>Tomorrow also sees the much anticipated return of our <strong>Festive Christmas Meat Hamper</strong> from family-run butchers <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/althams/home-&amp;-kitchen/_/N-esads9Zlfnu/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Althams</a>. I know many of our customers have been asking about it already and I&#8217;m delighted to say we have an almost identical offering as last year but this year it&#8217;s a Today&#8217;s Special Value (TSV)!!</div>
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<div><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/808871e.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-88529 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/808871e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/808871e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/808871e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/808871e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/808871e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>It pre-launches 9pm tonight and will feature throughout the day tomorrow, including the three hours with Andi.</div>
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<div class="">The hamper includes all of the meat you probably need for your festive celebration, delivered to your door in time for Christmas. Enjoy joints of turkey, beef and gammon, as well as sausage meat stuffing, streaky bacon, and pork and cranberry sausages! Merry Christmas!! Quality meats to treat you and your family and friends at a great price.</div>
<div><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-88530 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage-1.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage-1.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage-1-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>Althams are based in the Lake District, Lancashire and Yorkshire, giving them access to the best of British meat. They are also one of the oldest and largest independent, family-owned and run butchers in the country &#8211; with James and Rick Altham still being involved in the farming and butchery.</div>
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<div class="">Your hamper will contain:</div>
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<li>2kg British Turkey Breast &#8211; approx&#8217; serves 6 &#8211; 8</li>
<li>1kg British Beef Topside Joint &#8211; approx&#8217; serves 4 &#8211; 6</li>
<li>1kg British Gammon Joint &#8211; approx&#8217; serves 4 &#8211; 6</li>
<li>454g British Pork, Sage &amp; Onion Sausage meat Stuffing</li>
<li>454g British Streaky Bacon Pack</li>
<li>454g British Pork &amp; Cranberry Sausages</li>
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<div><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-88531 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage1.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage1.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/iPiccy-collage1-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>The hamper is delivered frozen and beautifully packed in its own freezer box ready for putting straight into your own freezer or to be defrosted in your fridge, as desired. At this stage you&#8217;re just placing your advanced order, as the hampers will be making their way to you in December and you&#8217;ll not be charged until they&#8217;re on their way! With everything to consider coming up to Christmas it&#8217;s great to know your meat is sorted for the celebrations.</div>
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<p>If you love your food you may be interested to hear that we have a &#8220;QVC Kitchen&#8221; at the BBC Good Food Show that runs from the 28th of November until the 2nd December at The Birmingham NEC. We are able to offer our customers discounted tickets (I believe 25% <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> ) by quoting QVC at checkout! For further details visit the food show page <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfoodshow.com/qvc">here</a> (terms and conditions apply).</p>
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<div class="">On Saturday, we also have an amazing TSV deal from Amazon with a superb bundle comprising the fantastic Amazon Echo Show Smart Display (Generation 5), plus an Amazon Echo Dot (Generation 3) and an Amazon Smart Plug! I&#8217;m not at liberty to divulge the price yet but it&#8217;s going to be amazing compared to buying these three tech items individually!</div>
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<div><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548ee.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-88528 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548ee.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548ee.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548ee-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548ee-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548ee-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>The Amazon Echo Show with it&#8217;s new smart display once connected to the web, offers a huge array of infotainment all controlled by the fast, intelligent responsive Alexa, who not only listens to your commands but can also &#8220;show&#8221; them to you &#8211; literally playing videos or showing pictures, menus, etc.</div>
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<div class="">It&#8217;s little brother the Echo Dot Smart Speaker packs quite a punch when it comes to playing your favourite music or reading out news and search results, despite its diminutive neat mesh fabric covered size &#8211; the cherry on the top of this exciting &#8216;tech cake&#8217; is the inclusion of the Smart Plug that can take commands from Alexa, switching on or off connected appliances such as lamps and kettles.</div>
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<div><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548e.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-88527 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/519548e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a>The wirelessly connected smart home is not just the future, it&#8217;s the now and this fab TSV sets you up nicely as a starter or to add to your existing Alexa smart home ecosystem.</div>
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<div class="">You&#8217;ve probably noticed that we have lots of great flash offers at the moment &#8211; well the good news is that you can look forward to many more in the run up to Christmas &#8211; so watch out for our <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/Christmas/today-s-festive-find.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Festive Find</a> treats throughout the coming weeks. Plus, we are currently offering £1.95 P+P on <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/beauty/_/N-lfm0/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">beauty items</a> (a few items, such as tools are excluded) as well as on many <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/fashion/_/N-lfma/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fashion items</a> from your favourite brands.</div>
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<div class="">Did you know? Our popular evening Bargain Hunter has now changed times &#8211; you can now enjoy your evening offer just before 8pm! And any item ordered as a gift now benefits from our wonderful Christmas Money Back Guarantee &#8211; extended to the 25th of January 2020!!</div>
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<div class="">Just some of the many reasons to shop with us here at <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Q</a> this Christmas!</div>
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<div class="">Well that&#8217;s all from me&#8230; until next time stay well fed and organised,</div>
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		<title>Fantastic food shows and some top offers</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well. I&#8217;ve enjoyed a few days off and enjoyed this lovely late September weather. My Mum stayed with us for a couple of days, although living down on the West Sussex coast she didn&#8217;t come for the weather, as she&#8217;s enjoyed plenty of sunshine this summer.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m back into action on Tuesday for The Lunchtime Show and on Wednesday I&#8217;m back with Andi Peters for two hours from 5pm for a Food Fest with plenty of mouth-watering Festive Food ideas. On Thursday I&#8217;m recording a new promo with Andi for our forthcoming series of shows, which is bound to be a lot of fun. You&#8217;ll be seeing the fruits of our labour soon.</p>
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<p>Staying on a food note &#8211; I&#8217;ve been having fun developing a new flavour combination for Luxury UK chocolate experts <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/hotel-chocolat/home-&amp;-kitchen/_/N-1z13xd2Zlfnu/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hotel Chocolat</a>! Katy Pullinger, Will and myself were invited to come up with some suggestions and with the help of chocolatier Kiri Kalenko actually brought our creations to life! We now have to pitch our creations to the Hotel Chocolat hierarchy and I&#8217;ll report back in much greater detail in forthcoming blogs.</p>
<p>This weekend we have two great Today&#8217;s Special Values (TSVs) I&#8217;d like to mention. On Saturday 28th September we see Luxury French brand <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/l'occitane/beauty/_/N-1z141v0Zlfm0/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">L&#8217;Occitane en Provence</a> offer a choice of Men&#8217;s or Women&#8217;s four-piece Luxury Fragrance collections. We&#8217;ll see the launch of the new limited edition &#8216;Herbae&#8217; fragrance for Women and for the first time in a TSV the Men&#8217;s eau de toilette &#8216;Cedrat&#8217;.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cedrat-crop.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-87990" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cedrat-crop.png" alt="" width="370" height="370" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cedrat-crop.png 370w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cedrat-crop-150x150.png 150w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cedrat-crop-300x300.png 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cedrat-crop-81x81.png 81w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cedrat-crop-350x350.png 350w" sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" /></a> <a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herbae-crop.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-87991" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herbae-crop.png" alt="" width="370" height="370" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herbae-crop.png 370w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herbae-crop-150x150.png 150w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herbae-crop-300x300.png 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herbae-crop-81x81.png 81w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herbae-crop-350x350.png 350w" sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" /></a></p>
<p>For the girls you&#8217;ll receive:-<br />
Herbae Eau de toilette 50ml<br />
Herbae Body Milk 250ml<br />
Herbae Shower Gel 250ml<br />
Herbae Hand Creme 30ml &#8230; all in a gift box !</p>
<p>For the boys:-<br />
Cedrat Homme Cologne eau de toilette 75ml<br />
Homme Cologne After Shave 30ml<br />
Homme Cologne Cedrat Shower Gel 250ml<br />
Homme Cologne Cedrat Spray Deoderant 130ml &#8230; in a gift box</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve not tried it yet but I&#8217;m told that the new Herbae is a green, fresh, floral fragrance of wild grasses mingling with explosive notes of bramble, wild rose and white nettle! Ooh la la! The Cedrat which I am familiar with, is a masculine blend of aquatic and citrus notes supported by woody spices! C&#8217;est bon!</p>
<p>Looks like a luxury self-purchase for the girls and a treat for the (difficult to buy for) men in their lives &#8230; and as you&#8217;ve been so good reading this far, from today you can order your selection(s) <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/LOccitane-Fragrance-Bath-%26-Body-4-Piece-Collection.product.238789.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">by clicking this link</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Vous étes les bienvenus :))</p>
<p>On Sunday the innovative US cleaning giants <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/shark/home-&amp;-kitchen/_/N-1z141l5Zlfnu/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shark</a> return to our screens with the returning and brilliant Shark DuoClean Lift-Away True Pet cordless vacuum. I&#8217;ve had a sample at home and I must say I&#8217;m really impressed &#8211; I&#8217;ll be totally honest when I first saw it I thought it might be a little cumbersome as it isn&#8217;t just a brilliant upright it can literally &#8216;lift-away&#8217; to become a handheld unit for all sorts of cleaning tasks.</p>
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<p>But&#8230; it isn&#8217;t at all cumbersome &#8211; it truly glides over hard or carpeted floors and has a simple swivel handle action to effortlessly steer. I loved the simple fingertip electronic button on the handle that lets you select hard floor or carpet and switches the &#8216;Boost&#8217; on or off. It sticks to either task brilliantly staying in constant contact with either surface. It&#8217;s really quiet compared to other vacuums I&#8217;ve tried in the past and as well as being cordless it&#8217;s of course bagless. The powerful battery can be charged in three ways &#8211; I found removing it, by simply lifting it out by its built-in handle and placing it in its charging cradle (included) the best way for me.</p>
<p>As I always say on air &#8211; the best way to make a considered purchase is to try it at home with your own &#8216;dust/dirt/hair&#8217; etc. For me, it&#8217;s a mix of garden debris and pet hair but for you it might be city dust and cat hair? Regular expert guest Phil Parker will once again be putting it through its paces throughout the day &#8211; stock permitting!</p>
<p>Lastly, the <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/sapphire/jewellery/_/N-1y5wpxxZlfn0/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">birthstone for September</a> is Sapphire and whilst we usually think of Sapphires as Blue there are myriad colours to choose from and we have a wonderful selection currently in stock including shades of Blue, Pink, Green, Orange and more.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all from me &#8230; until next time stay Fragrant and Spotlessly clean!</p>
<p>Dale x</p>
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		<title>Getting settled and well-nourished</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230; Well as we approach the last Ashes Test Match and the children have now settled back into school &#8211; it&#8217;s perhaps time to prepare for the...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="">I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230;</div>
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<div class="">Well as we approach the last Ashes Test Match and the children have now settled back into school &#8211; it&#8217;s perhaps time to prepare for the cooler months both from a clothing point of view and of course in our gardens.</div>
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<div class="">The pine trees in my garden are a constant source of beauty, but as I&#8217;ve written about before, also a constant source of mess! At this time of year it&#8217;s time for the old pine needles to shed, covering the garden and as we have &#8220;velcro&#8221; coated dogs, the house as well :). Plenty of action therefore for <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/The-Original-Garden-Broom.product.516579.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Original Garden Broom</a> I mentioned in my last blog.</div>
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<div><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/The-Original-Garden-Broom.product.516579.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-44738 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/506970-Original-garden-broom.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/506970-Original-garden-broom.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/506970-Original-garden-broom-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/506970-Original-garden-broom-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></div>
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<div>It&#8217;s also a good time to give the lawn a good feed before it prepares for the much colder weather ahead. <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/Richard-Jacksons-Lawn-Magic-5-Litre-Grass-Feed.product.502957.html?sc=SRCH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lawn Magic</a> from my old pal <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/richard-jackson/garden-&amp;-leisure/_/N-1z141juZlfow/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard Jackson</a> is my choice of lawn feed and it&#8217;s stood my lawn in very good stead over the years, helping it to recover from wear and tear through the summer from sporting activities and dogs alike.</div>
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<div class="">Last week saw the fifth anniversary of Ellie joining our family and having enjoyed five illness-free years, she&#8217;s picked up a strange illness that sees her now on her third course of antibiotics &#8211; let&#8217;s hope this one does the trick and she&#8217;s back to full good heath soon.</div>
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<div class="">As you may have guessed from watching myself and Andi Peters on QVC &#8211; I love my food! Recently though, I&#8217;ve been cutting down on my intake of red meat and processed meat &#8211; that&#8217;s not to say I&#8217;ve stopped eating either but when I do it&#8217;s more of a treat. As a result, I recently defrosted a <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/The-Real-Pie-Company-10-Piece-Award-Winning-Steak-Pies.product.808981.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peppered Steak Pie</a> from <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/the-real-pie-company/home-&amp;-kitchen/_/N-1z14135Zlfnu/c.html?sc=PSCH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Real Pie Company</a> and I couldn&#8217;t wait for it to reheat in the oven &#8211; I enjoyed every last morsel even more than usual! We always have a good selection of Pies in stock online and Andi Peters and myself are back on air for two hours from 5pm on the 25th of this month.</div>
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<div class="">I&#8217;m also trying to improve my intake of fruit and veg and I know that many enjoy making their own smoothie cocktail, perhaps to start the day? Tomorrow we have a great offer from Vitamix in the form of the <strong>Explorian E320 Blender</strong>. Of course, it will do much, much more than make a tasty smoothie, you can also prepare your own recipe soups and sauces or prepare a delicious dessert using frozen fruit, and lots more.</div>
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<div class="">The Explorian has a really powerful 2.2hp motor that powers through all types of foodstuff to help create some really creative dishes from starters to desserts. It has ten variable speeds and a &#8220;pulse&#8221; feature, and importantly from a daily use perspective is easy to clean. We have a choice of Black, Red or White, so I hope you can join myself and guest Gareth Evans for some great demonstrations on how to get the best from your Vitamix Explorian.</div>
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<div class="">Until next time&#8230; stay well-nourished and blended!</div>
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<div class="">Dale x</div>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Well it&#8217;s been a typical British Summer so far &#8211; high winds, storms and plenty of rain interspersed with some gloriously sunny days! It&#8217;s about this time of year that...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well it&#8217;s been a typical British Summer so far &#8211; high winds, storms and plenty of rain interspersed with some gloriously sunny days!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s about this time of year that children are in denial that their never-ending summer hols are approaching their final couple of weeks and Mum&#8217;s are fretting that their little darlings have already out-grown the school uniforms they bought last term!</p>
<p>Well those particular days have long since passed by for Tracey and I, but nevertheless around this time of year you do start to prepare for the colder days, particularly in the garden. At the same time we are in denial that the number of barbecues we can fit in this summer has greatly reduced! I love to cook on my gas barbecue and it&#8217;s a feature of our family summer diet.</p>
<p>I had a scare last week &#8211; in readiness to start cooking, I removed its rain cover, turned on the gas bottle and fired her up! Only to remember that I had left the cleaning scraper/brush under the lid&#8230; and as I opened it I saw the bulging terrified eyes of a wood mouse scurrying around under the burners!! I immediately shouted a profanity and turned off the gas. I was hesitant to lift the lid in case I was greeted with an unpleasant sight but you can imagine my relief when I saw it running away afterwards, it looked okay (possibly minus a hair or three) &#8211; I don&#8217;t suppose he or she will be back after that episode. A lesson learnt for us both!</p>
<p>We have a range of meat ideal for barbecues from the likes of Campbell&#8217;s of Scotland, <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/althams/home-&amp;-kitchen/_/N-esads9Zlfnu/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Althams</a> and tasty <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/Secret-Sausages-34-Piece-Vegetarian-Sausage-Variety-Selection.product.808485.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Veggie Sausages</a> from <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/secret-sausages/home-&amp;-kitchen/_/N-1pqo0xaZlfnu/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Secret Sausages</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/Secret-Sausages-34-Piece-Vegetarian-Sausage-Variety-Selection.product.808485.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-87099 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sausages.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sausages.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sausages-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sausages-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sausages-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></p>
<p>Winterising the barbie (is that how you spell it?) and the garden in general is always a bit of a chore and any tool that can help in that regard is always appreciated. I was presenting the <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/The-Original-Garden-Broom.product.516579.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Original Garden Broom</a> the other day with Gill Gauntlett and I managed to order one before it sold out, at the time of writing this there were a few of the Red option in stock and I can highly recommend this fabulous piece of &#8220;old school&#8221; design, made from recycled coconut fibres, for sweeping up leaves, pine needles etc. It was time for a replacement as I&#8217;ve had mine a few years now and it&#8217;s worn a little thin like many of my jokes!</p>
<p>For a more modern approach on Bank Holiday Monday (26th August) we have a <strong>Cordless Pressure Washer With Accessories</strong> from <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/yard-force/garden-&amp;-leisure/_/N-15swfg8Zlfow/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yard Force</a> as our Today&#8217;s Special Value. The fact that it&#8217;s cordless is huge as it means you could use it anywhere and not be tethered to a power point &#8211; whilst obviously not as powerful as some corded models it will surprise you just how competent it is for so many &#8220;real world&#8221; outdoor cleaning tasks.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/519029e.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-87100 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/519029e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/519029e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/519029e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/519029e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/519029e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></p>
<p>It has an adjustable handle and a 3-in-1 jet nozzle and its battery provides up to 30 minutes use after a speedy one hour charge. It can draw its own water supply too, so can therefore be used from a bucket &#8211; ideal for those cleaning cars or bikes in the street, in garage areas or on camping trips etc.</p>
<p>Remember that all of your purchases from <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">QVC</a> up to the 8th September will contribute to a potential Voucher of £10, £15 or £25 depending on your total spend (terms and conditions apply, details <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/promotion-details.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>).</p>
<p>I hope whether at home or away you enjoy the last Summer Bank Holiday and look forward to seeing you after!</p>
<p>Until next time&#8230; stay cool and garden fresh!</p>
<p>Dale x</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230; As previously mentioned I&#8217;ve been taking a week out here and there this summer and on the whole I&#8217;ve been lucky with the weather as I...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope all&#8217;s well&#8230;</p>
<p>As previously mentioned I&#8217;ve been taking a week out here and there this summer and on the whole I&#8217;ve been lucky with the weather as I caught up with some old friends, visited both my Mum and Father-in-law who live in West Sussex and Dorset respectively, and got a few of those never-ending DIY jobs done around the house <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> &#8211; but as they say a change is often as good as a rest.</p>
<p>So as we sail through the first few weeks&#8217; of the holiday month of August, it reminded me that the <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/jewellery/birthstones.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Birthstone of the Month</a> is the very summery green gemstone <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/peridot/jewellery/_/N-142s71tZlfn0/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">peridot</a>, which I&#8217;m reliably informed is also aligned with the zodiac sign of Leo.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/peridot/jewellery/_/N-142s71tZlfn0/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-86778 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DC-9172_Birthstone.png" alt="" width="360" height="360" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DC-9172_Birthstone.png 360w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DC-9172_Birthstone-150x150.png 150w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DC-9172_Birthstone-300x300.png 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DC-9172_Birthstone-81x81.png 81w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DC-9172_Birthstone-350x350.png 350w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></a></p>
<p>It’s believed that the Egyptians were the first people to mine this alluring golden-green gem on the volcanic Red Sea island of Topazios. The ancient Egyptians called peridot “the sun gem” believing it had fallen down from the skies and of course, anything associated with their Sun God Ra was very special to them.</p>
<p>Peridot is also frequently found in meteor craters, which might explain why you sometimes see it described as the extra-terrestrial gemstone. Generally it&#8217;s found in lava deposits, so it&#8217;s not surprising that it&#8217;s been written that Captain Cook reputedly spotted peridot glistening on the sea bed as he approached the shallow waters off the Volcanic Islands of Hawaii. Peridot is also found in other USA states, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Australia, China, Pakistan, Myanmar and even Norway.</p>
<p>Most peridot gemstones seen in jewellery pieces are a beautiful gold/yellow green, quite distinct from those shades seen in Emeralds, Tsavorite Garnet or Chrome Diopside, although the gem can appear in a range of shades, from grass green to dark olive green.</p>
<p>We have some beautiful peridot pieces in stock at the moment including this amazing set that caught my eye:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/240ct-Peridot-45cm-Necklace-%26-Earring-Set-Sterling-Silver.product.342843.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2.40ct Peridot Necklace &amp; Earring Set</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/240ct-Peridot-45cm-Necklace-%26-Earring-Set-Sterling-Silver.product.342843.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-86777 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage1.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage1.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage1-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></p>
<p>At a great price we have a beautiful pendant on a 45cm (17.7&#8243;) necklace plus a pair of oval peridot earrings, all set in yellow gold vermeil over a heart of sterling silver.</p>
<p>There are many more designs to browse online at <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">qvcuk.com</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be presenting a few <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/content/programguide.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gardening Shows</a> next weekend, which I love to do, and we&#8217;ll be focusing on getting ready for autumn. So with that most beautiful of seasons in mind, we have on Sunday (18th) a decorative <strong>Garden Lamp Post</strong> Today&#8217;s Special Value (TSV) from <strong>Luxform</strong>.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-86779 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage2.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage2.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/iPiccy-collage2-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></p>
<p>The design is more like the beautiful lamps you see on London bridges and has a flame effect LED in each of the three lamps. The lamps are solar powered, something Dutch-based Luxform are famous for and they &#8220;burn&#8221; with a fiery flickering orange flame effect.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-86780 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lampFP.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lampFP.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lampFP-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lampFP-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lampFP-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></p>
<p>I took a short video to demonstrate this (see below). It really is very atmospheric, ideal for creating a warming ambiance on those approaching autumnal evenings. The lamp post stands over five feet high and the main post and supporting bar have been crafted in metal for added stability. It&#8217;s also supplied with fixings to secure the base of the lamp post to your patio/decking/path etc.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oYPrtpqfARc?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>[Having trouble viewing these videos? See <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/58129?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube’s Help page</a>]</p>
<p>Until next time stay&#8230; stay glamorous and glowing <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p>Dale</p>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>I hope all’s well&#8230; I also hope it’s warm enough for everyone! Last week I enjoyed a relaxing week away on Spain’s Costa Blanca with my family and we seem...</p>
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								<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope all’s well&#8230;</p>
<p>I also hope it’s warm enough for everyone! Last week I enjoyed a relaxing week away on Spain’s Costa Blanca with my family and we seem to have brought the baking hot weather back to the UK.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image1e.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-86263 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image1e.png" alt="" width="370" height="370" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image1e.png 370w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image1e-150x150.png 150w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image1e-300x300.png 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image1e-81x81.png 81w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image1e-350x350.png 350w" sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" /></a></p>
<p>It goes without saying that when in a hot climate we automatically put on plenty of sun protection and of course I never travel without my <a href="https://www.qvcuk.com/ultrasun/beauty/_/N-1z141v9Zlfm0/c.html?redirectTerm=ultrasun" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ultrasun</a>, but this last week has shown us that we also need to protect our skin when in the UK. We always have a good selection of Ultrasun at home in both the Sport and Family formulations.</p>
<p>One thing I also do when on holiday is rediscover my feet!</p>
<p>For the vast majority of the year I forget about them, hiding them under socks and shoes. As foot expert <strong>Margaret Dabbs</strong> will tell you, healthy feet are important to us throughout our lives and we really should take time out on a regular basis to look after and maintain them.</p>
<p>On Monday Margaret will be in the QVC studios presenting the return of an extremely popular Today&#8217;s Special Value (TSV) which features her bestselling Foot Lotion and bestselling Hygiene Cream, plus an amazing foot file.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/239506e.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-86261 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/239506e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/239506e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/239506e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/239506e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/239506e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></p>
<p>There is an Auto Delivery option available too, where you can receive the Foot Lotion and Hygiene Cream again &#8211; but we replace the foot file with replacement pads for the foot file <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p>Mrs F loves her foot file and foot lotion and having seen more of my feet recently I think I’ll start paying more attention to them!</p>
<p>I always take my tablet away with me as I can watch movies, catch up on TV, News and read books etc. So although I’m not working this Sunday I wanted to mention that we have another fabulous TSV offer, this time from <strong>Amazon</strong>. It&#8217;s actually a set of two Amazon Fire HD 8 tablets.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/iPiccy-collageam.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-86264 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/iPiccy-collageam.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/iPiccy-collageam.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/iPiccy-collageam-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/iPiccy-collageam-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/iPiccy-collageam-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></p>
<p>Each features a vibrant 8&#8243; high definition display, quad-core processor, 16GB of built-in storage and 1.5GB of RAM for a fast and responsive experience, plus they boast fantastic features including the Alexa voice-controlled personal assistant. Complete with two 32GB SD cards to boost your storage capacity, these sleek devices are perfect for reading, listening and playing wherever you are.</p>
<p>You can also enjoy Show Mode, a hands-free Alexa experience for the Fire HD 8 that provides full-screen landscape visuals that complement voice responses from Alexa. It lets you ask Alexa to see trending news, check the weather, view camera feeds, and more &#8211; all within easy glance whether you’re up close or on the other side of the room. Do note though &#8211; you may need to update the software on your tablet to version 6.3.0.1 for Show Mode to work correctly.</p>
<p>Perfect for holidays, use your Fire tablets hands-free to call and send messages to your Alexa contacts or make video calls to family and friends with a compatible Fire tablet, Echo Spot, Echo Show or the Alexa App too, and stay connected wherever you are!</p>
<p><a href="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/519383e.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-86262 size-full" src="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/519383e.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="530" srcset="https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/519383e.jpg 795w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/519383e-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/519383e-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blogs.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/519383e-350x233.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" /></a></p>
<p>The pair of tablets even comes in a choice of five colour bundles, with two different shades in each set, so you&#8217;ll never get yours mixed up. The colour combinations you get to choose from are Blue/Yellow, Black/Red, Black/Blue, Black/Yellow or Red/Yellow.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re also including an additional 32GB SD card for each tablet allowing you to expand your storage space and keep photos, favourite movies and compatible games and apps with you, plus, enjoy cloud storage for all your Amazon content and photos taken with your Fire tablet.</p>
<p>Of course, all the above is offered at a fantastic TSV price too.</p>
<p>That’s all from me today as I’ve just got my massaged feet back under the table.</p>
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<p>Until next time stay cool and entertained,</p>
<p>Dale x</p>
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