Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Now, that was a good production!This post shares the title but there will be a marked difference in the quality of writing. We've just finished Sunday dinner, a delightful shoulder of lamb, sourced locally, with roast potatoes, spring cabbage and cauliflower in white sauce. The St Emilion made a perfect complement to this summer meal, enhancing the flavour of the roast and rising above the vegetables. To follow we had a pear and almond tart with home made custard - now we're stuffed! A warm and bright moment in what has otherwise been another dull and miserable weekend weather wise. Friday was very windy which played havoc with the newly planted tomatoes. Jen and Frank gave us a lift to the hospice where we spent an hour in conversation with Margaret-Mary discussing our needs arising from our current medical conditions. She was helpful and reassuring. Our transporters invited us to join them for lunch so they dropped us home so that we could collect our car (mobility scooter in boot) and meet them at Bluewater. Unfortunately we didn't discover that the battery was still in the cloakroom until we'd started unloading the scooter at Bluewater! Having returned home to collect it we finally sat down together in Loch Fyne where the deal of the day was fish & chips with a glass of wine for £9.95! It was a pleasant lunch. Afterwards Monica and I went to Shopmobility to get the problem with the scooter wheel dealt with, as the engineer had not contacted us as promised. The staff were welcoming, affable and operationally hopeless, saying that the engineer was out but would phone us on his return. Needless to say it did not happen. Saturday saw us at Bluewater again for the weekly food shop. But first, Shopmobility! I recounted the story of trying to get some action and suggested that they give me a replacement scooter until mine could be sorted. Amazingly they agreed and I rode off on a working scooter. We bought smoked haddock as we'd planned to make kedgeree for dinner, and a bottle of Ridgeview English sparkling wine from Sussex, to go with it. For dessert we chose fresh raspberries, meringue nests and whipped cream. The rose bubbly went well with that, too! The kedgeree was a taste triumph, not least because of the fresh coriander. I bought a stylus to use with the i-pad, and it is really useful. I've typed this post with it! So that's the weekend.