Phew!

For those of us living in East Anglia, this has been an unusual week. Typically we have a cooling breeze which is often commented on by visitors to our seaside town. But not this week. I’ve watched our cats move from sunny patches of garden into the shade under one of the trees and then out again. Watering the thirsty plants is becoming a challenge as the levels in our rain-water barrels rapidly reduce with no rain falling for several weeks. Will we get a storm today? In some ways I really hope so, if only to reduce the temperature in the house – I’m thinking twice about meals and avoiding using the oven for too long. Cake Friday almost became a casualty this week, when I mulled over the idea of just buying ice creams for all the regular recipients. In the end I felt it wasn’t appropriate, so made them a peanut loaf…. I’m not sure they really liked it as it doesn’t have a very pronounced flavour, but also I was very concerned about it being shared with anyone allergic to nuts. This is not a recipe I’ll share as it’s not great. Maybe they’d have preferred a choc ice?