Bakewell tart

 Here is a photo of the Chicken Basque from the other night, it was quite spicy, but went down very well.

It’s been quite cold here and on one day barely getting above freezing during the day, so I had to have the heating on to keep warm. I got our Advent Calendar into use on the first of December, I will open the odd days, my lodger the evens. He went to the nearby town of Bracknell to buy his wife and daughter presents, he will use a courier to send the presents to Ukraine. The recently setup WhatsApp group for our road, paid dividends on Saturday. The road and surrounding area was subject to an unexpected water supply cut, and the group was able to inform every one, share resources and advise as the supply came back. My lodger and his friend opposite were able to go into the village and get emergency bottled water supplies provided by the Water Company  and distribute them to vulnerable people on our road.

The pyramid puzzle is finished, the pattern of the pieces looks pretty I think.

As today was mainly wet, I did some cooking, I made a potato and leek topping for the cottage pie mix that was in the freezer, I also made a Bakewell tart that has come out quite well.

Monday is not looking so good, so another day inside perhaps, making the Christmas cards and a few other things. We watched the final of the GGBO last night which was  fun. Several people on our road have put Christmas lights outside, including my neighbour opposite who has the Ukrainian family, he has some white reindeer and a tree in his front garden. I saw my neighbours, ( both sides) yesterday, I had a nice time speaking to them, had some interesting memories with the one, who I spent most time with. She was talking about her school time, and care of mothers to be before, during and after the birth of the baby. Things have changed a lot! It’s interesting to learn about how schools were then, what exams and subjects they did and also what the workplace was like then. 

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