Ok. If you.................

It was a very quick trip. I decided I couldn't take the drownded rat look round House of Fraser or John Lewis.

Is there such a word as drownded?

I meant there.

Oh God, I'm having a thread on my own again. 4 posts already and only me.

I would have pressed on, jingle! House of Fraser or not! And even if there isn't such a word as 'drownded' it does make it sound even wetter..and messier....

imjingl You did the right thing. Our nearest M&S is a mere 100 miles...and I only have a second hand exercise bike that remains static no matter how hard I peddle

Did you say iced buns? Any spare? Are they the Chelsea bun variety?

Yes. and NO!!!

Evil

It does, doesn't it Green!

A nice lady sold me the bike for a £10 donation to a dogs home. It comes with all mod-cons The manual is rather intimidating - far too wordy for my liking. If I can tear myself away from this forum sometime, I may read the blurb, grasp the fundamentals, and build up some much needed muscle power.

...but not today

Can't bear to even stick my nose outside today - had to brave it though beacuse I needed some chives from the garden. 10C in the south of England and we're nearly into May. Doesn't seem to be any sign of it warming up.

It's actually not raining here today and I have got three loads of washing dry!

I would have continued too once your drownded you can't get any wetter.

jingl I bet your lunch was so much tastier for having put yourself through an obstacle race to get it.

Such a brave girl Jingle! I'm totally fed up with this cold wet weather. Huddled up in winter woollies, the wind blowing a hoolie(sp?) rain lashing against the window. Thank goodness for your antics, catching up and smiling at lots of lovely posts on GN.

[smug emoticon] we have had sunshine all day.......... hope you have dried out jingle

This week the weather here has been beautiful, not too hot and not at all cold, lots of sunshine, no clouds, beautiful blue sky, gorgeous autumn days. Today is expected to be sunny and around 18C by Tuesday back up to 23C and then on Wednesday 19C and rain. Winter is on its way. I will send you some sunshine while I can but it is sadly running out.

jingle I would brave the weather for some nice home made bread, home grown tomatoes, olives, avocado, some roasted vegetables and a freddo frog (did I say a freddo frog, I have given them up).

jingle you'd definitely get 'drownded' today.
It's blowing a gale and bucketing down.
So I would turn back and raid my store cupboard.
Here's a good stand-by recipe.-an old family favourite.

Tuna /sweetcorn/mushroom pie

Tin of (Tuna
(Sweetcorn
(Campbell's condensed Mushroom soup.
Pkt of frozen Short cut pastry

Roll pastry to 12" square
Mix 3 tinned contents and pile into centre of square.
Bring points to centre and pinch edges together.
Bake in fairly hot oven (210 deg Fan ).

Good hot or cold with salad

I think I might just make one today

harrigran, you're right. I felt as though I'd 'earned' it!

Maniac hmmmmm......

(Not that struck on Tuna. Made too many sandwiches from it for dd2 years back! )

Only like sweetcorn if I can chew it straight off of the cob with loads of butter.

Faye, Freddos for grandsons only in this house. liar liar, pants on fire

I love tuna, but why does sweetcorn seem to be an obligatory addition? Fine if you like it, but so many ready-bought tuna sandwiches (I know, should make my own!) and sandwich fillings contain it, and I'm not at all keen...

Unexplainable!! Since the 50's tuna has been thrown together with sweetcorn. Maybe it's something to do with them both being tinned and in the cupboard!