As is customary last night was TV night. I thought Extra's went further down the road of cringe which may turn me off it in the end. While a lot of humour is derived from awkward situations half an hour of cringing is not the same as half an hour …

My turn again for the meal last night. I cooked a pie that had seen a previous outing at one of Ms Orange's parties. It's a great recipe as it's pretty easy to put together. However yet again I seem to be missing all my measuring jugs and pastry brushes …

It was nice that I was able to walk home from the centre of town this evening. I was treated to the sight of sheet lightning lighting up the clouds in the distance while the vista of the countryside starfield filled my view. It also helped work off the calories …

One thing I learnt this weekend is that it is possible to make a chocolate cake out of courgettes.

My Grandmothers 90th has been an entertaining affair. She had no idea we had assembled friends and relatives from 5 countries to celebrate her birthday. I got to meet my Welsh …

I've just burnt another 5 CD's from my newly re-organised and re-tagged collection. Hopefully I'll have a nice selection for all possible moods for my drive down to Cambridge for my Grandma's 90th :-)