Have just collected Abbie from school camp .....................now I'm used to camping and mud...................but can quite honestly say I've never seen so much mud on one child and her bags, clothes, sleeping bag, walkingboots, trainers, clothes etc etc etc.......................even her feet are black

but apparently its brill being the only vegetarian on camp coz she got 3 veggie sausages when the meat eaters got one rasher of bacon and 2 sausage butties for brekkie when the rest only got one

way to go Abbie! I bet she had the time of her life anorl

Josh was a bit like a mud statue after his 12 mile school hike on Monday - but that was only 1 day's clothes to wash You'll get em line dried sometime next month, I'm sure...

I remember the youngest 2 last school camping trip We were told to collect as many old clothes as poss. No wonder, had to chuck most of them away afterwards
T'was in Wales btw....Bob

Cooeee... Me again! Afternoon all I'm only here cos... I'm looking for that pasta sauce recipe with courgettes ...
I'm sure it's there somewhere, wish me luck

Did you say "with courgettes"

Thanks Elizabeth
And I lost the will to live in that recipe thread There was a lot of talk about...knitting fruitcakes.... of all things I think
Back to the drawing board

I think that if you spot a useful recipe in that thread you immediately need to print it - you'll never find it again later

No, you're right, like most things
I did a lotty pasta recipe in the end - my very own - and everyone loved it Broad beans, courgettes in sticks and mangetout peas, with pasta and a cream sauce oh and shallots, of course Oh and bacon bits

Now I just need to find the grandchildren so I can put them to bed Wherever they are Dyer think I'm the grandma from hell?
I'm working on it

I suspect that if you're not sure where the grandchildren are, and they're not in bed at 9 o'clock that to them you is the bestest granmother ever Not sure whta their parents opinion might be tho'

Today we made pizzas ... They asked to see the lottie so off we went Within 5 minutes one had fallen in to the pond and spilt most of the nettle tea that was brewing in an old watering can ... on his brother



Hope your afternoon was more productive

was it straight home and in the bath for him then Dom?

We've been to see Mama Mia today.....................twas fandabbydoubledosey, I need an Abba night now, wheres Lord Steve when you need him

I've got six ABBA tapes out of mothballs and have been listening to them on and off all week. It would seem I know almost all the lyrics too Not seen the flim yet, but I think I might have to now...

Afternoon all ... if we don't have a thunder storm soon to clear the air I'll be peeved ... couldn't go out cos was just wet enough to be annoying ...

... had to clean the house instead

Not had any proper thunder here, just a few rumbles, but it started chucking it down at 4pm and has hardly stopped since.... so we've all been out on our bikes to get sopping wet and have a laugh - twas great fun and we didn't come back til 9pm - it's got ever so misty and foggy oooooooh, lightning and BIG rumble just now as I typed that

I love big big thunder storms - bit of a storm chaser!! Not of course when I am in the middle of a field though - prefer to be in a car - right in the middle!

we've had a couple of really heavy showers but each lasted less than two minutes

very strange

it's dashed my tomatoes, broken one so I'm going to try and rescue it with string or summink

Hey .... guess what .... ti's raining !!!!!!!!! .... and I've got curly hair now !!!!

Afternoom lovelies ... have just noticed we have jynormouse blackberrries in the heges now ... ooOoo ... Blackberry Vodka !!!

Art'noon gang

Been lottying for the first time in a week and though there were quite a lot of big weeds, the veggies are looking good too and have grown a mile since last weekend.

The boys and I brought home peas, spinach leaves, new potatoes and a courgette but we ate all the ripe blackberries (they were hoooooj as well Flo) and tomatoes, so they didn't make it back My swedes were useless in the garden last year but I planted the same ones at the lotty as an experiment and they're looking ace so I'm well chuffed. I had a cauli in the midst of them which has blown already It looks still edible though, so it'll be cooked in with some other veg tomorrow.

Going plotting today. Wahay

No rain yesterday despite the direst of warnings from that nit of a weather man. he said it would chuck it down last Saturday for our open day. He was wrong then Took me coat and brolly to the match and it stayed completely dry

Weather forecast sounds about right Wards We had rain forecast for Friday when I took my mum to Sissinghurst so we carried brollies round all day but only drove through half a dozen raindrops on the way home

Hope you've had fun at the plot today

Yeah I did and no rain

Look what I found waiting for me. Lucky me

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Right! Been proactive courgette wise and the operation to use em up has begun

I made a chocolate courgette cake earlier and it's now cooling off. I used yellow courgettes to avoid unnecessary alarm I think I'll dish it up with some ice cream (courgette flavour )

For lunch I invented a sunshine omelette. My lovely fresh eggs with yellow courgettes and red onions. Looked fab Didn't taste bad either. Two down, 38 more to go

Nah, I palmed Wardy off to work with a stack this morning. Bet they scatter when they see him coming

Sunshine omelette - that sounds gooooood I made chunky soup tonight with lotty veg, but minus the courgette The yellow courgettes look lovely - well done you

The chocolate courgette cake is gorgeous, very gooey and non-one would suss it I split the loaf and filled it with cocoa buttercream with fresh orange zest and a bit of juice. Sprinkle of icing sugar over the top and dished it up with a good vanilla ice cream. Flipping luvly and dead posh Like wot hi ham