Casting off

Thanks Lynn...yes I am a bit of an unhappy bunny at the moment, I'm sorry to say. I’ve nothing against autumn but the sense of summer coming to an end and all the things I haven’t been able to do, places I haven’t been able to get to and people I haven’t seen. Please don’t anyone say there’s always next year, OK?

It’s not all gloom and doom though is it? A new series of Coach Trip has just started...and a new one of QI to begin on Friday. I can’t pass judgement on the latter yet but Coach Trip is proving as hilarious as ever...much gratitude for that. The wetsuit and canoe thing on Friday’s episode...so funny!  It’s not just silly either  - without Coach Trip I’d never have learnt about indoor skydiving and seen how many different sorts of people thought it was the best thing they’d done. And if I hadn’t done that Bob wouldn’t have had such a great Christmas present!

I also give thanks for my cooking! It’s developed in isolation like some species on a distant isle, so probably would only please me...but please me it does. I’m very grateful I started making one of my favourites – a dhalish lentil stew with veg in yesterday so I can enjoy it tonight. I’m going to eat it now watching a programme which begins with Melvyn Bragg in Torquay...culture shock all round I should think! *

And I’m pleased to report I’ve finished knitting all the pieces for the big blanket.  Just got to finish putting them together now.

* actually poppadums proved much too noisy to eat while watching TV with blocked ear so the programme had to wait! Lab results have shown some sort of fungus apparently...charming, and I think a bit of a swizz to get a fungal ear infection when no longer allowed to swim!