November 5th being special to us we had a gathering of friends various on Saturday, fed and watered about 16 people by my reckoning. As ever, too much food: massive lamb stew that everyone seemed to have two platefuls of, but still left enough for three ice-cream containers-full to be frozen. Good use for Turk's Turban squash to accompany it, loads of starch and wonderful orange flesh to brighten up the lamb hotpot. Fabulous fireworks, the rule being bring one large one per family.
The weekend was the rocket, Monday the stick - sadly the Information Britain site that has been my biggest source of income for last five years has been sliding down the rankings for no good reason in fact the opposite, it does what it suggests with vast amounts of easily navigable stuff about Britain. Sad, I have never enjoyed a job more, and never worked with anyone as easy to get along with as Nick Crawford-Barton, the owner. Anyone need a brilliant writer with a dozen ideas for books and about 3000 for articles? Food, wine, spirits, boats, all the good things in life.
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