Mr Heavenly was up nice and early to paint the hall ceiling, then take up the old carpet and re-paint the skirting and inner door step. He’s now doing the walls, frames and radiator again and it should then be ready for him to lay the flooring tomorrow. I’ve been for a walk and am having a lazy day reading.
Lunch will be fresh baguettes, cheese and salami. We need to be at church early this evening as Mr Heavenly is on set up duty.
Cloudy but mild in Arkland the Clement, with a gentle south-westerly breeze - much more tolerable as far as I'm concerned than the brassy Sun-Shine and easterly Mordor-blast! Having said that, it's now just begun to rain...
The Arkish saloon and galley are much less overheated today, as the Dragon has entered into his period of estivation. Later on in the summer, his Flue will be swept, but I may light a special Flue-cleaning Log in the meantime - it burns away a good deal of soot, and I daresay some has accumulated over the winter.
PORK PIE & ROAST SPUDS for lunch - the Spuds are presently cooking in the trusty Remoska, extracted from its winter lurking-place.
My Spy tells me that, despite Ban Collie Day, and people being at Away, Our Place had the now usual Sunday turn-out of 30+. Only a year or so ago, we were lucky to get 20+, so FatherInCharge is muchly encouraged.
Church was a bit of an epic due to one thing another, but at least I got home to lunch waiting for me. This afternoon we went out on a tour of garden centres in search of a few things. Not altogether successful , but we do now have grow bags for the tomatoes.
After warm. sunny weather the last few days it is wet and chilly here. As @Bishops Finger says I think its the Bank Holiday effect.
Those sound delicious! I had never tasted wild garlic until I stayed with my sister and someone brought her some. I wish I knew where to find it here!
Church has been gone to, and laundry is laundering; once I've put it in to dry I'll have some brunch.
Wild garlic is common in Scotland. Usually in deciduous woodland I think. I remember that during the Covid lockdowns I had one person asking me to find someone to post out the wild garlic she was gathering locally and selling on EBay….. However she was neither incapacitated nor over 70 so I had to advise her only to promise posting on the one day per week that the travelling post office visited her village hall!
This morning’s service was well attended, with good singing for the mostly long hymns.
Some rain today and overnight.
I have been clearing up whatever was in the fridge as I will be away from tomorrow in Shropshire on an ( old folks’) coach trip. Coincidentally, my son and his wife are also going away, a short break in Venice to celebrate his wife’s 50th, and my daughter and her husband are off to Spain for a few days. All back on Friday.
Most of the numerous patches of woodland in Cardiff are well supplied with wild garlic. Do be careful when foraging, though; if it looks like garlic but doesn’t smell of garlic when you pick it, it’s almost certainly something else and could be toxic (Lily of the valley for example).
St Pete's was quite well attended despite the bank holiday; there were a few people away, but they were offset by a fairly large turnout from the Sunday School.
Having put a steak in to marinate before going to Evensong, I had it for supper with spuds, mushrooms and veggies and a nice glass of Shiraz.
Another overcast and not very warm day, but at least its not raining. We headed to a large village to the north-east of here to visit their art trail. We parked in the car park of a new estate built by a very good local eco-building company. Not only do the houses have solar panels and heat pumps, there are lots of community spaces and an excellent cafe where we had coffee before heading off to visit the artists' exhibitions. I have a severe case of studio envy as some had very lovely spaces in very nice old cottages. I felt a bit like that Peter Cook sketch where E.L. Wisty claims he could have been a judge if he only had the Latin. I felt I could be a great painter if I only had a beautiful studio in a landscaped garden. Apart from buying some cards from one of our favourite local artists we resisted buying anything. We have quite a few pictures we haven't re-hung after we had the kitchen done last year, so buying more to add to the pile seemed a bit silly.
Own recipe: get a sheet of puff pastry, spread with a spoonful of yoghurt, top with cheese and chopped wild garlic. I then rolled from the short edge as I wanted chunky pastries. Put in fridge for half hour to firm up and then slice into rounds. Brush tops with egg. Put in an oven around 190 degrees for about half an hour. Give them room to spread on the tray.
I’ve also made them as thinner crispy pastries to take to a party, just use the cheese on the puff and roll these on the long edge firmly and cut to about half inch. Previously I have used other ingredients like tapenade on butter free puff for a party for a vegan relative.
Thank you; they sound lovely and also versatile. I'm definitely going to give them a try.
We went to church yesterday in Fairly Nearby Town, where we've been once before and know a couple of people, and on our return we made some reasonable progress in my study, fixing some more bookshelves to the wall so that I could unpack more of my books. Although I am sorting as I go, with a boxful of books for the upcoming Village Fête/charity/local school, I still seem to have a huge number.
That joke about why the church is like a helicopter (because if you stand too close you get caught up in the rotas) is being played out here, in that I've been approached to take a turn reading at the monthly eucharist service. I am, in fact, very pleased about this as I love to read aloud and was never given the opportunity at Our Previous Place - despite me letting it be known to Those In Charge that I'd be delighted to do it.
Today the number of To Do Lists is Large, a bit overwhelmingly so, but the only way to whittle the jobs down is to peg away at them. I also need to get into a better habit of a walk every day. Because there's always so much to do here I get on with things and then realise at this point in the day that I haven't been further than the washing line. Speaking of which, Mr Nen assured me that it would Brighten Up this afternoon... and I've just had to rescue my washing from the rain... :rolleyes:
It's a lovely day here: the weather pixies mustn't have got the memo about it being a bank holiday. Apart from a nice little amble beside the loch, I've been a very lazy piglet, but isn't that what days off are for?
Cool and dull here. I have spent the day hiding in my garden office with Mochi to avoid the DIY in the house; I still daren't go in. However, the noise all afternoon hasn’t just been from his circular saw, it has been from next door who seem to have had a loud chain saw going constantly in the garden for a couple of hours.
Despite the noise I have had a productive day. My dissertation is finished a month before the submission date and I have done the first round of editing. I have compiled my bibliography but still need to format that properly.
So glad your new church has been so welcoming @Nenya. It really sounds as though the move was a Good Thing, even if the unpacking is taking a while. . Due to being very busy at the moment I've given up being on the regular reading rota to my church, but often get called on at short notice when someone hasn't turned up. It works well, except when its one of Paul's trickier passages that I haven't had time to get my head round.
I enjoy reading in church. My next turn is at Pentecost, so I hope it’s not the passage with all those names.
I’m currently in Shropshire, which is beautiful. So much greenery - and cowslips, which remind me of my childhood.
My great-grandfather and at least two previous generations before him lived in this are, but much has changed of course.
Unexpectedly we stopped at RAF Cosworth museum on the way here. Today it was the lovely Stokesay Castle and Ludlow. Tomorrow Shrewsbury with a river cruise. We had planned to visit the Coalbrookdale museums but they have recently moved into the care of the National Trust and are not yet re-opened. A ride on the Severn Valley railway is planned for Thursday, but I rather think it may be a DMU rather than steam.
On the coach I am sitting next to another lady on her own but who has several friends on this trip. She is kindly including me in her group, but I’m finding them - and her- a bit much at times so I excused myself as soon as the meal was over tonight for a bit of peace and quiet.
I had a rather inconvenient appointment in the middle of the day today (routine health screening for elderly ladies), a bus ride away from the office. Having no faith whatsoever in the punctuality of the bus service, I made sure I was at least ten minutes early; sadly the bus was at least ten minutes late, and by the time it arrived I was a very cold (and very cross) piglet. At least I only had to wait about ten minutes for the bus coming back.
It knocked my day out of kilter though, and I didn't get everything done.
Then home for a quick supper (tuna and sweetcorn salad because I couldn't be bothered to cook) and over the road for Night Church.
I headed up to cathedral city to the north of here yesterday to have lunch with a friend on her birthday. Unfortunately as mentioned on the prayer thread the train was involved in an incident when it hit a person on the line. I arrived two and half hours late but we managed to get to the restaurant for a rather later than intended lunch where we had a rather posh meal, but no wine as my friend can't drink at the moment. Falling off the curb and ricking my ankle and bashing my knee when we went for a mooch round the shops after wasn't quite so lovely, but it doesn't feel quite so bad today and I think I'll be able to hobble to the Town Hall for a meeting this lunch time.
I really liked the manager of the train that made an extra stop to pick us up after our original train was taken out of service at the next station. He kept on saying welcome to our train and make yourselves comfortable which very much made me feel like I'd been rescued.
Parenthetically, this Canadian just learned a new phrase, "mooch around". To mooch has a different meaning in Canada. My Australian staff member has returned to Australia for 2 months parental leave, so the Ship will be my main source of non-Canadian language phraseology until his return.
I must have missed the Canadian meaning of "mooch" in my 16 years there; doesn't it mean to wander about rather aimlessly?
Still not exactly warm here: socks are definitely back on.
Supper was pasta with prawns, tomatoes and mushrooms.
@Sarasa - glad to hear you're a bit less ouchy today!
A surprisingly lovely day with lots of sunshine and much warmer than expected. Shropshire is a beautiful county, with so many trees. This morning we had a short river cruise in Salisbury and after free time we then went on to Ironbridge. The various museums are not currently open, but we enjoyed a very scenic drive.
Tomorrow we visit Bewdley, then drive to Kidderminster for the train to Bridgenorth. ( I think I’ve got that the right way round.)
It sounds like a very packed holiday @puzzler. I hope the lady you're with is slightly less chatty today.
My meeting at the Town Hall was very entertaining and useful. My knee is pretty much better, and though my ankle is still sore I seem to be able to walk OK. I cancelled going out tonight though as I want to be fit enough to go to city to the west tomorrow for lunch with my husband.
I've a feeling one of the Canadian uses of 'mooch' is to try and blag money off someone. I've heard my Toronto DIL use it - but equally she had no idea what to 'blag' meant.
Indeed @Bishops Finger , Shrewsbury it was. I failed to proof-read my post. Looking forward to the steam train ride today. Our schedule has been altered so it will indeed be the 2.15 steam, not the morning.
There have been quite a few changes from the original itinerary, but all for the better.
It is very well organised but at a relaxed pace. My travelling companion was less talkative yesterday, though sticks to me like glue. Tonight I shall make sure I am back in my room to watch Race Across the World at 8pm.
Today is the last of three days of High School Admission Appeals. There are about 30, we'll have decide which (if any) should be upheld. Why do I volunteer for this? I have a nice concert to look forward to tonight.
Piglet: Mooch-NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
informal
ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it:
"a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food""I'm mooching off you all the time"
"scrounge" would have an equivalent meaning in the UK - at least to my generation. Possibly something totally different to those in younger age brackets
That is a tough job to do @Baptist Trainfan, so but I'm glad you are prepared to do it . As someone whose son didn't get into the secondary school of choice first go, I know how awful it is when you don't get the desired place. For various reasons I was going to appeal all the way, but fortunately so many people who'd put the school down as first choice (it was one of the best state schools in the country) then chose to send their child to private school and our son got in without any need to go to appeal.
We went to cathedral city to the west to buy me a birthday present and to try and buy a shirt for my husband for various events next week. We were successful with the first, but not the second. We wanted to go to one of our favourite places for lunch but it was closed for a private event. We found a very genuine Italian cafe instead. The panini were good but the coffee was a bit weak. We 'll still consider visiting it next time we're there as the atmosphere was so good.
Piglet: Mooch-NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
informal
ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it:
"a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food""I'm mooching off you all the time"
Here in Somerset, England 'Mooch' means to wander around. " Today I'll be mooching around the shops."
I’m now picturing Sarasa mooching round the shops in a whole new light!
Yoga this morning then some household chores before a little work admin. I had intended to do some marking but I am feeling too tired to concentrate. So I wandered down to the village hall to vote instead.
Piglet: Mooch-NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
informal
ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it:
"a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food""I'm mooching off you all the time"
Here in Somerset, England 'Mooch' means to wander around. " Today I'll be mooching around the shops."
Same here in West Sussex. I often tell shop assistants that I'm just "having a mooch" 😆
Mooch
BRITISH ENGLISH
informal
(mooch about/around)
wander in a casual or listless manner:
"we went for a drive to Chatswood and mooched around the shopping centre there for a bit""he just mooched about at home"
Today I have mooched around Bewdley, Kidderminster and Bridgnorth. Well none of them really as there was an excellent museum and park to enjoy in Bewdley, no time at Kidderminster and at Bridgnorth we just needed a cup of tea.
The train ride was good but service in the tea room was so slow and so chaotic that we had no spare time before our train left. Everything was prepared from scratch. No sandwiches ready. The first people in the queue ordered chips but had to eat them on the platform as they took too long to arrive.
Today I have mooched around Bewdley, Kidderminster and Bridgnorth. Well none of them really as there was an excellent museum and park to enjoy in Bewdley, no time at Kidderminster and at Bridgnorth we just needed a cup of tea.
The train ride was good but service in the tea room was so slow and so chaotic that we had no spare time before our train left. Everything was prepared from scratch. No sandwiches ready. The first people in the queue ordered chips but had to eat them on the platform as they took too long to arrive.
Pleased you liked the towns and the train ride but I can’t help thinking the railway tea room was taking authenticity just a little too far!
@Nenya I think the secret is to do your walk first every day. Pretend you've got a dog!
Today I didn't have to pretend - two friends of mine (plus the dog one of them owns) from where we used to live came for coffee and lunch and we then had a walk. We walked along the canal in a different direction to the way I've gone before; one friend is very into geocaching and was very excited about all the ones she was picking up. It was lovely to see them .
I made a Hearty Vegetable Soup in the slow cooker for lunch (no recipe, just fling a load of veggies in with some mixed herbs and stock and hope for the best) which went down well, and I'm doing my easy pasta, pesto and tuna dish for tea.
Tomorrow we expect delivery of a sofa for our kitchen/family room. I'm also making progress with unpacking the books and files in my new study. This evening I will be washing up using one of my newly purchased eco sponges. The levels of excitement at Casa Nen are almost at fever pitch.
Next door neighbour, (aged 100!), went into a care home just before Christmas. Her roses are poking their beautiful heads over our wall....so I have, I fear, become a thief 😬😆
Thanks for the definitions, @Caissa - I imagine that I'd have picked up the meaning from the context, and quite possibly did come across the Canadian meaning when I was there.
Civic duty done; I left the office in good time to get a bus along to the polling station, but as I was waiting, my colleague L drew up in her car and offered me a lift - she was going to pick up her son nearby, which was handy.
If I hadn't been an idiot and bought a heavy bag of groceries at lunchtime, I'd probably have walked home, but I had, so I got the bus.
Supper was spaghetti with lemon, rocket, pine nuts and Parmesan, and rather nice.
My mooching on Tuesday was very much of the English variety!
My meeting tonight to discuss our proposed Neighbourhood plan went well and we seem to be getting things in place. Four of us then had a very brief meeting in the market place over who was going to be on various committees next year. I think we've come to some cross-party agreement.
I made courgette & rice filo pie for dinner tonight It's a favourite dish, but one I haven't made for a while.
I knew that I was going to have too many sheets of filo pastry, so decided to make a spanakopita as well. I've not made that before, so picked an easy looking recipe, from the BBC Good Food website, which had the best part of a jar of sun-dried tomato in it along with the spinach & feta.
We will have that tomorrow, but I am a bit concerned because I ate a bit of sun-dried tomato while I was cleaning up, and it was very spicy!
I've used that brand of s-d tomato, from the same supermarket before, without it being hot, and there is no mention of chilli among the ingredients.
Yoghurt for pudding I think, in case our mouths need cooling down!
Having been denied a postal vote by the combined deficiencies of the Electoral and Post Offices, we were dependent on the Party for a lift to the polling station - which we got.
Scottish counting doesn't start until this morning, so we shall see what we shall see (about mid afternoon).
Excellent concert last night by a truly outstanding string quartet. Chamber music can be awful if it isn't played well - these fairly young players were not only superb technically but had an amazing awareness of each other. Terrific!
I’m back home now. Peace and quiet. No endless chatter about nothing, no shrieking laughter. I can think my own thoughts. My travelling companion was kind to include me, but thankfully I did manage to escape her clutches in Lichfield today.
Despite my moans it was a very pleasant break. Beautiful countryside, interesting visits and surprisingly good weather.
Back to the mundane - and the need to pop over to Aldi as my fridge is empty.
It's a public holiday here today (VE Day) and very pleasant and sunshiny it's been. We awoke late, then toddled around the market together. This afternoon we went to the gardening shop and bought a couple of plants. Captain P wanted a Venus flytrap
Tonight's dinner is mackerel with my very own gooseberries what I grew myself in my garden.
Fairly busy day here, and rather frustrating: one of my colleagues, while a lovely girl, is a bit dozy, and her voice files generally take several times longer per minute of dictation than the others', and knock my work-planning into a cocked hat.
Another colleague had her last day at work today: she's retiring after about 10 years with the firm.
If I ever mention offering to make tablet again, no matter how noble the cause, please tell me not to be so daft. I've made a tray of it to sell at St Pete's stall at the Street Fair tomorrow, but honestly, what a faff! Never again!
Supper was, of course, f&c, because Friday.
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Church has been gone to, and laundry is laundering; once I've put it in to dry I'll have some brunch.
Lunch will be fresh baguettes, cheese and salami. We need to be at church early this evening as Mr Heavenly is on set up duty.
The Arkish saloon and galley are much less overheated today, as the Dragon has entered into his period of estivation. Later on in the summer, his Flue will be swept, but I may light a special Flue-cleaning Log in the meantime - it burns away a good deal of soot, and I daresay some has accumulated over the winter.
PORK PIE & ROAST SPUDS for lunch - the Spuds are presently cooking in the trusty Remoska, extracted from its winter lurking-place.
My Spy tells me that, despite Ban Collie Day, and people being at Away, Our Place had the now usual Sunday turn-out of 30+. Only a year or so ago, we were lucky to get 20+, so FatherInCharge is muchly encouraged.
After warm. sunny weather the last few days it is wet and chilly here. As @Bishops Finger says I think its the Bank Holiday effect.
Some rain today and overnight.
I have been clearing up whatever was in the fridge as I will be away from tomorrow in Shropshire on an ( old folks’) coach trip. Coincidentally, my son and his wife are also going away, a short break in Venice to celebrate his wife’s 50th, and my daughter and her husband are off to Spain for a few days. All back on Friday.
Having put a steak in to marinate before going to Evensong, I had it for supper with spuds, mushrooms and veggies and a nice glass of Shiraz.
Most woodlands have wild garlic. Generally quite abundant.
Thank you; they sound lovely and also versatile. I'm definitely going to give them a try.
We went to church yesterday in Fairly Nearby Town, where we've been once before and know a couple of people, and on our return we made some reasonable progress in my study, fixing some more bookshelves to the wall so that I could unpack more of my books. Although I am sorting as I go, with a boxful of books for the upcoming Village Fête/charity/local school, I still seem to have a huge number.
That joke about why the church is like a helicopter (because if you stand too close you get caught up in the rotas) is being played out here, in that I've been approached to take a turn reading at the monthly eucharist service. I am, in fact, very pleased about this as I love to read aloud and was never given the opportunity at Our Previous Place - despite me letting it be known to Those In Charge that I'd be delighted to do it.
Today the number of To Do Lists is Large, a bit overwhelmingly so, but the only way to whittle the jobs down is to peg away at them. I also need to get into a better habit of a walk every day. Because there's always so much to do here I get on with things and then realise at this point in the day that I haven't been further than the washing line. Speaking of which, Mr Nen assured me that it would Brighten Up this afternoon... and I've just had to rescue my washing from the rain... :rolleyes:
Fishcakes and veggies for supper.
Despite the noise I have had a productive day. My dissertation is finished a month before the submission date and I have done the first round of editing. I have compiled my bibliography but still need to format that properly.
I’m currently in Shropshire, which is beautiful. So much greenery - and cowslips, which remind me of my childhood.
My great-grandfather and at least two previous generations before him lived in this are, but much has changed of course.
Unexpectedly we stopped at RAF Cosworth museum on the way here. Today it was the lovely Stokesay Castle and Ludlow. Tomorrow Shrewsbury with a river cruise. We had planned to visit the Coalbrookdale museums but they have recently moved into the care of the National Trust and are not yet re-opened. A ride on the Severn Valley railway is planned for Thursday, but I rather think it may be a DMU rather than steam.
On the coach I am sitting next to another lady on her own but who has several friends on this trip. She is kindly including me in her group, but I’m finding them - and her- a bit much at times so I excused myself as soon as the meal was over tonight for a bit of peace and quiet.
It knocked my day out of kilter though, and I didn't get everything done.
Then home for a quick supper (tuna and sweetcorn salad because I couldn't be bothered to cook) and over the road for Night Church.
I'm ready for an early night!
I really liked the manager of the train that made an extra stop to pick us up after our original train was taken out of service at the next station. He kept on saying welcome to our train and make yourselves comfortable which very much made me feel like I'd been rescued.
Still not exactly warm here: socks are definitely back on.
Supper was pasta with prawns, tomatoes and mushrooms.
@Sarasa - glad to hear you're a bit less ouchy today!
Tomorrow we visit Bewdley, then drive to Kidderminster for the train to Bridgenorth. ( I think I’ve got that the right way round.)
You may travel behind steam on the SVT - 1015 and 1415 from Kidderminster (the other three return trips are diesel).
My meeting at the Town Hall was very entertaining and useful. My knee is pretty much better, and though my ankle is still sore I seem to be able to walk OK. I cancelled going out tonight though as I want to be fit enough to go to city to the west tomorrow for lunch with my husband.
There have been quite a few changes from the original itinerary, but all for the better.
It is very well organised but at a relaxed pace. My travelling companion was less talkative yesterday, though sticks to me like glue. Tonight I shall make sure I am back in my room to watch Race Across the World at 8pm.
We've had a lovely three days with visifrom the Northern Lands. We are a stopping off point on their way to Cornwall for a wedding.
informal
ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it:
"a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food""I'm mooching off you all the time"
Thank you for your confidence in me! We have now finished.
We went to cathedral city to the west to buy me a birthday present and to try and buy a shirt for my husband for various events next week. We were successful with the first, but not the second. We wanted to go to one of our favourite places for lunch but it was closed for a private event. We found a very genuine Italian cafe instead. The panini were good but the coffee was a bit weak. We 'll still consider visiting it next time we're there as the atmosphere was so good.
Here in Somerset, England 'Mooch' means to wander around. " Today I'll be mooching around the shops."
Yoga this morning then some household chores before a little work admin. I had intended to do some marking but I am feeling too tired to concentrate. So I wandered down to the village hall to vote instead.
Same here in West Sussex. I often tell shop assistants that I'm just "having a mooch" 😆
BRITISH ENGLISH
informal
(mooch about/around)
wander in a casual or listless manner:
"we went for a drive to Chatswood and mooched around the shopping centre there for a bit""he just mooched about at home"
The train ride was good but service in the tea room was so slow and so chaotic that we had no spare time before our train left. Everything was prepared from scratch. No sandwiches ready. The first people in the queue ordered chips but had to eat them on the platform as they took too long to arrive.
Pleased you liked the towns and the train ride but I can’t help thinking the railway tea room was taking authenticity just a little too far!
I made a Hearty Vegetable Soup in the slow cooker for lunch (no recipe, just fling a load of veggies in with some mixed herbs and stock and hope for the best) which went down well, and I'm doing my easy pasta, pesto and tuna dish for tea.
Tomorrow we expect delivery of a sofa for our kitchen/family room. I'm also making progress with unpacking the books and files in my new study. This evening I will be washing up using one of my newly purchased eco sponges. The levels of excitement at Casa Nen are almost at fever pitch.
Civic duty done; I left the office in good time to get a bus along to the polling station, but as I was waiting, my colleague L drew up in her car and offered me a lift - she was going to pick up her son nearby, which was handy.
If I hadn't been an idiot and bought a heavy bag of groceries at lunchtime, I'd probably have walked home, but I had, so I got the bus.
Supper was spaghetti with lemon, rocket, pine nuts and Parmesan, and rather nice.
My meeting tonight to discuss our proposed Neighbourhood plan went well and we seem to be getting things in place. Four of us then had a very brief meeting in the market place over who was going to be on various committees next year. I think we've come to some cross-party agreement.
I knew that I was going to have too many sheets of filo pastry, so decided to make a spanakopita as well. I've not made that before, so picked an easy looking recipe, from the BBC Good Food website, which had the best part of a jar of sun-dried tomato in it along with the spinach & feta.
We will have that tomorrow, but I am a bit concerned because I ate a bit of sun-dried tomato while I was cleaning up, and it was very spicy!
I've used that brand of s-d tomato, from the same supermarket before, without it being hot, and there is no mention of chilli among the ingredients.
Yoghurt for pudding I think, in case our mouths need cooling down!
Scottish counting doesn't start until this morning, so we shall see what we shall see (about mid afternoon).
Despite my moans it was a very pleasant break. Beautiful countryside, interesting visits and surprisingly good weather.
Back to the mundane - and the need to pop over to Aldi as my fridge is empty.
Tonight's dinner is mackerel with my very own gooseberries what I grew myself in my garden.
Another colleague had her last day at work today: she's retiring after about 10 years with the firm.
If I ever mention offering to make tablet again, no matter how noble the cause, please tell me not to be so daft. I've made a tray of it to sell at St Pete's stall at the Street Fair tomorrow, but honestly, what a faff! Never again!
Supper was, of course, f&c, because Friday.