Time flies!

How can we have been home for a week already? There’s always lots to catch up with, like laundry and weeds, but this week has flown by and here we are expecting our flock to descend on us for a family celebration. As usual there’s cake to consider and a special request has resulted in two batches of Brownie – that’s 48 pieces – as well as banana loaf and lemon drizzle which conveniently fed the beleagured shopkeepers too. We have a new artisan bakery in town and having introduced myself I apologised and said that I wouldn’t add him to the Cake Friday list, he has plenty already. His name is Ali and he makes incredible croissants, some almond ones as well as plain, which were better than several we had in France last week. He only opened his shop on Wednesday but hopefully customers will find him and support the business. Everything is made on the premises so I took a sneaky peek at the kitchen which is immaculate – early days yes, but baking from 3a.m. takes effort and it’s great to see a tidy/clean workplace. Give him a wave if you’re in town – better still, pop in for a coffee or buy a loaf 😉 x