Karen Wright writes: I used to be working very near East Midlands Airport in a beautiful small city known as Melbourne the place I hosted a baking occasion in somebody’s dwelling as a part of a hen celebration celebration.
It was the primary time I had executed an ‘at dwelling’ and I used to be undecided of the protocol nevertheless it was a complete pleasure.
All of the hens, 12 of them and myself, had a great deal of enjoyable making millionaire’s shortbread.
Because the climate was so superb, the drive there and again was fabulous too.
The next day we went to The Carding Shed for lunch to have fun my mum’s birthday and we had been joined by our youngest daughter Vanessa and her associate Charles.
They drove up from their dwelling close to Oxford as Vanessa was attending her commencement ceremony on the College of Leeds on the Monday.
Vanessa has a BA Honours in French, a Masters from Oxford in Medieval Research and now a PhD from Leeds.
She gained her doctorate throughout the first lockdown however the precise ceremony was postponed till now.
As soon as once more, the solar had its hat on, as did Vanessa! Her’s was a floppy affair with gold tassels and her robe was inexperienced and orange.
She regarded triumphant and we had been extremely proud.
I additionally received my solar lounger out of hibernation! I actually liked being nonetheless for a short while.
Individuals usually comment that I’m very busy and at all times buzzing off right here and there. They’re right after all.
So, after I spot a patch in my diary with nothing a lot in it, I take advantage of the time to chill out. My physique at the least, my thoughts makes use of the time to plot and plan!
Lastly, the solar impressed me to cook dinner some sunshine meals – souvlaki.
It’s merely lamb steak reduce into chunks and marinaded in lemon juice and olive oil, then threaded onto skewers and cooked underneath a sizzling grill and even on the barbecue.
I served it with Greek lemon potatoes. These are simply bizarre roast potatoes with the juice and zest of a lemon added to the oil, plus oregano and garlic.
I roasted carrots and served them with crumbled feta after which made some tiny flatbreads.
