road trip

 a very good day - we took part in a community event and walked around a wood owned by one our neighbours - really inspiring, planted twenty years ago, and looks wonderful. We would like to put some trees in for coppicing - we don’t have enough land to supply ourselves with firewood, but we could have some nice trees and make a contribution to our woodpile.

Then himself dug out more of the pit of hope, and I made a nice picnic.  We haven’t been on a road trip for a while and faced with one today, that would cover a meal time, I realised my heart was sinking at the thought of buying food on the way.  Not being fans of most of what is on offer at motorway service stations, the best prospect was a couple of paninis and coffee at costa-packet, and all for something like fifteen quid. As we were going to meet some people from the self sufficientish forums, it seemed only right to make something ourselves!. So I made some muffins, and some spinach and feta triangles, and a radish and sorrel salad, made up some elderflower cordial (the last of 2007 batch! - roll on elderflower season!) and took a bottle of mead for the party. We meant to picnic en route, but ended up running late (it was sunny.. the garden was calling..), so ate there, whilst chatting.  Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, nice bunch of like minded, friendly people.

Stiff from the car journey though.. funny how our bodies have got used to the digging and gardening, and work around here.. but sit still for a few hours in a car and we seize up…