Living in the UK again

Despite the heatwaves, most things are still growing, I have removed some things that I have decided are not going to mature, like some of the cabbages that have had the hearts eaten away. I have removed another raised bed, TRHA had some tomato plants, I have put them in the ground and they are growing. The ones in the greenhouse at home, well you can hardly get into the greenhouse now. I am giving away produce that is surplus. It was time to practice my cakes for the Autumn show in two months time, the first a coffee cake, which I thought was quite good. Next time I will have enough buttercream to properly cover the sides of the cake. The other cake in the show is a lemon drizzle. Normally these are made in a loaf tin, I wanted to do a round one. It took longer to cook than the recipe suggested, next time I will cover the top to avoid it going brown as this one did. As a nod to a bit more indulgence I cut it in half and put in a layer of lemon curd between the two layer. This is going...

Just over two years after breaking my left leg, another visit to casualty, this time in the UK. I was working in the TRHA garden, I was nearly done and a pair of secateurs in my pocket fell out and the sharp point bit landed on my foot making a neat incision. I did not realise it at the time, but when I looked down and saw my foot awash in blood, I knew something was up. I sat down and tried to staunch the blood flow. It’s wasn’t gushing out but it was making a mess. I rang someone and he and his wife came over quickly. The question was, Henley  or Reading for a minor injuries visit? Of course it’s Regatta week, but the Henley traffic did not look too bad. After sorting me out and putting g a bag over my foot, so as not to make a mess in their car, off we went, with my dog sit with us. The traffic was quite bad, but we got there in decent time and I was seen quickly. I was lucky, as it had not severed a tendon, and after a bit of a clean up, local anaesthetic, stitches, I was good ...