So, that Giant Muffin recipe, huh? Well it's very simple really: Saffie had wanted to make a cake for Jerry for his birthday and as I'd gone to all the trouble of sanitizing the flowerpot we agreed to make him a HUGE coconut and cherry muffin. It was exactly the same ingredients as for the Blueberry Muffins on Friday, 16th October (substituting half glace cherries and half flaked coconut for the fresh blueberries) and the whole batch was carefully poured into the greased and lined flowerpot and baked at 180C for an hour and a half!!! He's taken it to work with him today (having had a day off yesterday) to much over the week so no feedback yet!!
We did have a lovely day with breakfast and dinner out, a bit of kid-free shopping and a nice lazy afternoon in the park. Leo had insisted on choosing Jerry a shiny yellow boomerang, which we took to the park along with the foam rocket launcher. Jerry wanged the rang around a good few times (though it didn't quite come back) and then it landed in a tree and not only couldn't we get it down (I even threw my purse at it!) we couldn't really see it either - yellow boomerang, yellow leaves!! Jerry was sent home in disgrace to get an 11' pole - seriously!! We have two and they belong to our Saxon tent. Luckily he managed to get it out after a good few pokes and we got a few odd looks as we walked back through town with our strange collection of stuff!
The meal our last night was absolutely lovely - a gourmet seafood meal at a local and very good Chinese restaurant where they really cosseted us - but I'm definitely feeling a bit delicate today!! I think it might be a combination of the rich food and anxiety over Rowan's imminent return. He's due in a Heathrow at 7:50am tomorrow and I'll be there!! He wants fish and chips for tea and I guess he'll need a full English fry up and a shower too!! There's a lot of folks here who'll be very glad to see him again!
Early night tonight and an early start tomorrow. See you on Thursday!!
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