Warm, grey and occasionally showery here chez Casa Reynard.
Slept well, but now I know why I felt so ghastly over the weekend - the tapdancing heffalumps have turned up early. Meh, didn't they read the timetable?
Aaaaanyways, I had a lovely walk this morning with a friend and her two dogs around the local nature reserve and community orchard. I also swapped a kilo and a half of tomatoes and a slice of cake for some fresh eggs from her chooks.
There were loads of apples in the orchard - all traditional local varieties. No one picks them because they're not as sweet as supermarket apples, so I also picked a basket of apples. Mainly Green Harvey (cookers) and Thoday's Quarrenden (early dessert), plus a few others. Ate two large apples while I was at it - really tasty. I see apple crumble in my future!
Wasn't hungry at lunch as a result, but had the last of the pork pie, a slice of toast with ham & chutney, plus finished off the red grapes and the raspberries.
Have had a quiet afternoon so far, but am about to cook the fruit for a batch of blackberry and apple jelly.
