Tea & Vistaaaagh!

Two things come to mind today-
Rooibos tea, otherwise known as redbush tea (although that's a tradename of Redbush teas) is something you either take to or you don't. I have. It's quite a pleasant alternative to proper tea and it comes in a number of flavours - one of my favorite varieties is the Dragonfly Cape Malay Rooibos Chai from Dragonfly Teas, which has a very comforting aroma. Although their evening blend is also very peasant, and closer to the standard Rooibos teas - such as Tick Tock (also from Dragonfly as well as Tesco). Lidl sell a very peasant Vanilla Rooibos.
Redbush offer advice on making Rooibis tea on their website, but my advice is to let the teabag stew in the cup for slightly longer than you would with a 'normal' teabag, and then add a very small amount of skimmed milk - maybe a small amount of sugar as well if you are used to sweet things.
Rooibos teas don't stain cups like normal tea, and they don't contain any caffeine. The only cafe or teashop I've found offering Rooibos was in Madiera - in Funchal!

A note on Microsoft Vista - for some reason (I think it was an exhortation by a newly installed program) I turned the User Access Control (UAC) back on - BIG MISTAKE! I couldn't access functions in the control panel, some of my programs wouldn't start, and nothing would delete! And, I couldn't get into the UAC control in the Control Panel to turn UAC off, or to get to a restore point! In the end I had to restart windows in safe mode, turn UAC off, and then all was well. I've seen so many complaints about UAC in various places, it makes me wonder if it really is worth all the extra security it's meant to provide!