Hello!

Any gifts are lovely! I put together these lists just to provide a few extra hints that I can't fit into Elfster and to hopefully make life a bit easier. But please don't stress, anything you get will be warmly appreciated and I'll use the heck out of it. In the past some people have told me:

they just want to be told what to buy or
they want to pick an item from a list or
they like looking for things in shops and they just want some ideas

This is why my list ends up being so confusing. Sorry about that. Please don't stress though - I'm genuinely grateful for any gifts and I'm sure anything you buy will be lovely.

My details

My address is:

Dan Beale-Cocks
C/O The Ruby Key
47 Winchcombe Street
CHELTENHAM
GL52 2NE

My phone number is 07729 255280

Some sellers offer something like a "click and collect" address. Please use the following address if it's offered. This address is easier for couriers to deliver to, and it's open almost every day. My address is sometimes closed for delivery.

Dan Beale-Cocks
C/O Winchcombe Food and Wine
46 Winchcombe Street
CHELTENHAM
GL52 2ND

If possible please buy from UK shops. Brexit is a nightmare and has made things really complicated.

Here's a non-demoninational festive tree to make this list a tiny bit more cheerful.

Clothing

I'd love either this really fancy t-shirt in size 9/EXL, and colour Ruby Red or Ink Blue please: Merz B Schwanen loopwheel t shirt or a few of these very nice but less ridiculous t-shirts please in size 2XL and in colour black please: Rapanui longline

Kitchen stuff

Tea towels would be handy because I have some linen tea towels and they're a bit annoying and also I use a lot of tea towels and never have enough. So, even though a big pack of budget tea towels is not a glamorous gift they would be handy! I do have most of the pans I need, but a little carbon steel (also called black iron, confusingly this is not cast iron) pan would be useful. I have a pepper mill but it's a cheap supermarket semi-disposable thing and it does not bring my joy. I've listed a very particular brand of colandar that has easy to clean holes.

This pan, here's an eBay link to the same pan
Or this pan - a black iron frying pan

I'd also like something to make coffee. I want to drink iced milky coffee, and I don't know what I need to make the coffee. I was thinking a small 2 cup moka pot, but maybe I need an aeropress instead? I'll let you chose. If you do get a moka pot please make sure it's INDUCTION COMPATIBLE because I won't be able to use it if it isn't. Thank you! Here's one example: Bialetti moka induction stove espresso maker, but any brand and any colour is fine.

Either of these exact CDs, or electronic versions of the contents of the discs

This CD Sampler has a version of Picforth's In Nomine a 5 that's very difficult to get from other sources. There are different versions of the piece, but this is the version I like. Assorted Images: Virgin Classics Compact Disc Sampler
Or you could buy the disc that the sampler is advertising, which is this one: Armada - Music from the Courts of PhilipII and ElizabethI

Screw drivers

I would like some pozidrive screwdrivers in size PZ0, PZ1, and then either PZ00 or PZ2, with 75mm long (or 100mm if you can't get 75mm). I would really like either FACOM or BAHCO ERGO. Here's a link to an ebay seller eBay listing for Facom screwdriver. If you can't get FACOM or BAHCO I'd also be happy with Felo, Wera, Wiha, or Hozan. Here are some more examples:

A set of Facom pozi screwdrivers an ebay seller selling a set
Facom PZ0 precision screwdriver Primetools
Bahco PZ0 precision screwdriver Heamar tools

An E-Reader

I got out of the habit of reading and I'd like to start reading a bit more. A cheap, second-hand, ereader would be handy. Kobo or Nook are preferred please. Nothing too fancy in case I stop reading again. It doesn't need to be new. Amazon Kindles would be tricky for me to use because I read pirate epubs.

Bits and bobs

Here's a list of bits and bobs if you wanted to buy a selection of smaller items if you wanted to. This section isn't in any order.

Fairtrade plain or milk chocolate is always lovely. I prefer unflavoured, or with nuts. Tony Chocoloney is nice.

I'd like some good quality, steel, metric only, rulers. Vogel make a really nice left handed ruler which would be amazing. Shinwa also make great rulers. I'm happy for a mix of brands. I'd like a metric only tape measure. In England it's easy to buy tape measures that are a mix of imperial and metric, and I don't need one of those.

Scroll down the page a bit. I'd like number 310300, which is 150 mm and reads from left to right Fine Tools - Shinwa, or this (Amazon link) right to left version.
Vogel do left-handed rulers, so scroll down the page. Either 304210 or 304211. Fine Tools - Vogel

I'm not joking about the Brexit nightmare for queues. Here's one image, but there are loads. Lorries queueing on a road on the way to Dover