This is me ( a few years ago!) 'reading' one of my favourite books!

 

Many of you will have heard about the Struwwelpeter, or the shock-headed Peter, as he is also known - a very famous children's book written by German doctor Heinrich Hoffman in 1844. He was looking for a picture book Christmas present for his three-year-old son but couldn't find anything suitable.

So he wrote his own!

It has always been one of my favourite books, despite all those horrible endings. For example the boy who...

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When you're driving through Germany and you need to fill up with petrol, you may come across an aditional pump at the petrol station, as it is now possible to get a biofuel with 10 percent ethanol called Super E10. It is not available at every petrol station yet as it will take months to adjust pumps for it, but -

The question is, should you use it?

90% of cars can use it but there are cars which could get engine damage if you use E10. There is a list you can download here about the compatibili...

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