Misty Hollows

Driving to work through the misty Warwickshire countryside this morning. I was admiring the pools of mist and watching the Sun as it rose up through the fug...
The radio was banging on about bankers and the Credit crunch, blah blah blah...As if I give a hoot...
The next interview was with David Attenborough..About the Frogs and Amphibians being wiped out, by a fungus which attacks their respiratory system through their permeable skin...
So not only should we worry about the Bees we should start to panic about the poor old frogs...
So much to worry about as well as our own poor immortal souls...

Being freindly

On Saturday afternoon we had long game of tennis. My partner Foxy and I were walking up to the car park when we paused to speak to the owner of an old Rolls Royce..He was chauffeuring at a wedding...He was an interesting man and it was nice to stop and natter on such a sunny day..
As we talked a trout fisherman walked passed and joined in our conversation..He was an interesting fruitcake too, and I think all four of us enjoyed our spontaneous discourse together...
On Sunday we played doubles with my sons...Some Chavs had set up a barbecue and were playing a sweary game of football on the bowling green..I had an anxious moment when an old lady tried to tell them off, they had set fire to a fence a bit..What might I have to do? Have a fight beat up a fifteen year old..Get stabbed...

Soggy Little island

The Summer is heading toward a squelchy Autumn, and this weekend is going to be one of steady drizzle...So we are going to hunker down and watch some telly.Read some books...And cook some nice food...
Today was a good start..We had fish cakes with Amaranth and watercress leaves..The dressing though was "Unglaublurlich."..Beetroot n Tahini,,Vibrant beetroot and horseradish cream sweetened with pomegranate molasses...
And tonight Mathew I will be creating a pear, dark chocolate n raspberry frangipane..
Maybe try n squeeze a game of tennis or a bike ride in between downpours...
Is all about low level Ecstasy...

Weasely weckognisable/Stoataly different

So last weekend, straight after work I picked up my family, and we drove up too Robin Hoods bay. It is quite a trek... The campsite was busy, people making the most out of the last weekend of the Summer holidays.Lots of Yorkshire folk and their children who sound so serious as they talk.The accent gives them a sense of gravity...
We cycled to Whitby along a track, it didn't take so long and when we got there we had some chips on the pier. I observed the profusion of crude tattoos on fleshy arms and muffin tops and tried not to think cynical thoughts...
We played scrabble in the evenings and drank wine or smoothies. There was a star party on Saturday evening, unfortunately the clouds closed in..The Astronomer in charge had to point with a laser pen to where Uranus and Neptune should have been naked...eye objects.
Next day we where off over the North York moors which were ablaze with heather... We observed a hen harrier and two weasels .One of which paused for a photograph outside his Gaff...

Perigrines in the City

Yesterday we popped down to London for the day.
We met Youngest daughter and then we parked up near St Paul's and wandered over the Millennium bridge towards Tate modern...Just outside the gallery, the RSPB were set up with their telescopes focused on some Falcons.
The peregrines sat hunkered into the wind high up on the huge chimney stack...(Incidentally Peregrine is the word origin for Pilgrim meaning something like wanderer...)
So that was very interesting, but then we had lunch inside which was very tasty and pleasant...
We walked up to the steps of St Paul's and there was a dance group performing a modern movement in celebration of the Olympic handover, very cultural..
We went inside and although we were unable to get under the dome and into the inner sanctum the filigree and artwork up inside the Cupolas really impressed us all...
Back in the car for a quick razz along the embankment and into Trafalgar square stopped at some traffic lights and observed a drunk pissing in a phone box..We were very close to it...
Parked up and wandered along brick lane market...Felt like somewhere in the world, not at all England...A quick drink in Daughters pub, cool and relaxed...The red arrows whooshed overhead everyone glanced at each other a bit scared.
Then whipped up the M forty and home

Fruity Frangipane

We decided to not go camping this weekend because of bank holiday..So instead we went cycling and looking for Blackberries.We found most of them in a hedgerow just out of town ,down a little lane that reminds me a bit of Cornwall.
We had enough for some pie and cycled home, I called in to town for ingredients..
I have been buying Frangipane recently, pre made from Waitrose. So I knew how nice it could be but even though I am sounding a little vainglorious. My atempt was pretty special...
Quartered Conference pears glazed with a little butter and some Caster sugar. Some very dark French Chocolate crumbled benevolently amidst some hand picked lane ripened Warwickshire Blackberries...
A dollop of Creme fresh, everybodys happy

Happy Factory Fodder

Work is going well at the mo...We have our jolly moments and sometimes we even have raucous laughter. We get on with our jobs though and all in all things are enjoyable as well as productive..
Today I was fantasising about training as a Sushi chef and then opening up a lunch spot near the factory. There is little alternative to a rather bland canteen in the whole area...Sushi/ salad bar bit of a funky atmos, charging six quid a shout...Make a fortune I reckon...