Evening Light . . .

 Just because it's a nice pic - and a lovely walk . . .

Beetroot Rolls

 So - mixing it up a bit - lets add beetroot to sourdough . . .

It all looked rather dramatic as a dough - quite a vivid pink - the baked rolls look far more 'normal' - and they tasted good too!

Long Way Home . . .

There are times when living on the opposite side of the country to family can be a bit wearing - today's journey 'home' to Wales coincided with major roadworks on the M6 - on top of a half hour hold-up on the A14.  Some of it was predictable mind you . . .

Baking Hot

The latter part of July has been baking in more ways than one.  

From glorious sunshine at the top of Consti . . .

to firing up the pizza oven . . .

. . .  to a bonfire - disposing of the the last batch of garden debris.

Still hot enough to allows us to bake potatoes in the ashes the following day!

Sourdough Focaccia

So, time to try something new in the continuing adventure that is sourdough - this time, focaccia.  

Very splodgy dough, but it actually turned out really well - will be making this one again!

Birthday Visit #2

End of a week off - lots of gardening, hedge cutting, etc. done. - and then it was off to visit family for this year's birthday weekend . . .

Celebrated with a barbecue in the back garden - and one very interested little dog, when she wasn't hanging out in the shade under the foliage:

Great to be able to meet up with everyone again - and that the sun shone for us - good food too!

Jab No. 2

Back to Thomas Parry Library for my second Covid jab this afternoon.  Took the opportunity for a wander round the old campus - some areas are looking a little neglected - and there is now a small forest where my old halls (long gone) were located!

The interior of the Library also feels both strangely familiar and very different - here I'm sitting in an area where I used to browse through library publications, while waiting out my 15 minutes post-jab . . .

Anyway, job done - fully vaccinated - here's hoping it all leads to some sort of  return to normality before too much longer!