Heather Honey
The day before we left to go on holiday, a day when I had a million other things to do, I decided to harvest one last batch of honey […]
Monthly Archives: September 2016
September Swimming
It was a long day of ducks and bees so at 4.30 I wanted to go for a swim. It was windy on the beach, but the banks of shingle […]
Roast Tomato Passata (and Moussaka)
When we have tomatoes I make roast tomato passata and then freeze it. It is so easy, it is almost criminal. Halve tomatoes and put in a roasting tin. You […]
Iggy, Ziggy and Zed
We have finally done it, we have goats and they are unfeasibly gorgeous. May I introduce our three Golden Guernsey goats: Iggy (the older goat on the left – Ziggy […]
Clever Kainaat
Last Sunday this dog qualified WD at an open Working Trial. He got full marks for his control round and worked hard all day. I can’t tell you how impressed […]
Crostata di Fichi (Fig tart)
I have spent the past month or so greedily eating a lot of figs. My lovely neighbours have a beautiful fig tree and they generously deliver little bags of fresh […]
Walking – Sizewell to Aldeburgh
I like walking, I especially like walking round here. However, I do tend to walk the same routes. So to encourage me to explore different paths I have created a […]
Tomato and Courgette Curry
This doesn’t sound very appetising, but in fact it is delicious. We have quite a few courgettes and tomatoes and this recipe (more or less) by Nigel Slater was in […]
Eating
Every day on holiday we walked. And every day half way through those walks there was a pub and food – what a joyous and surprising coincidence. Day 1 – […]
Swimming
I swam a lot while we were away. Always in the same sea, but every time it was different. My first swim was on the Monday in the brown water […]
