Lockdown Diary: Week 5 Day 29: Tuesday 21st April – Have decided to start playing both the Euromillions and Set For Life lotteries in addition to the standard Lotto. Now I can look forward to not having won anything in the previous nights’ draw six days out of seven. Day 30: Wednesday 22nd April –…
Scones in Lockdown: London Week 4 – Nutty Cherry Chocolate Brownies – Recipe & Lockdown Diary
Lockdown Diary: Week 4 Day 22: Tuesday 14th April – Thought I’d watch ‘The Great British Bake Off’ for the first time ever as I hear it’s a happy show and I wanted some inspiration for my own attempt at brownies. I’ve leant nothing, unless putting broken Oreo’s on top of chocolate and making a…
Scones in Lockdown: London Week 3 –“Citrus Celebration” Cupcakes – Recipe & Lockdown Diary
Lockdown Diary: Week 3 Day 15: Tuesday 7th April – There are a lot of birds and owls chirping and hooting outside. It was nice for the first 14 days but now I’m thinking of making a homemade slingshot and taking them out hitman style. I’ll save the squirrels though. For now, at least. You…
Scones in Lockdown: London Week 2 – “Simply the Zest” Lemon & Coconut Slices – Recipe & Lockdown Diary
Lockdown Diary: Week 2 Day 8: Tuesday 31st March – Team meeting over Skype means I have to remove safety plaster from camera and show my bare, pale, surprisingly youthful face to the world. It amused me greatly to sit talking to my manager and colleagues bare from the waist down. That Surface Pro balanced…
Scones in Lockdown: London Week 1 – Orange Flutterby Fancies – Cupcake Recipe & Lockdown Diary
Lockdown Dairy: Week 1 Day 1: Tuesday 24th March – Working from home for… well, let’s be optimistic and say forever so anything less will be a nice surprise. I’ve already reported me to HR for bullying and sexual harassment. I will be having a one-to-one conversation with myself later today whilst draining the pasta and…
Scones in the (locked down) City: Exciting changes to the scheduled programming
Hello fan! It has been a while. I had a follow-up post for my Barcelona trip all revved up and raring to go but somehow life took over in the most unexpected way. You may have read about it. In short, it is extremely hard to write about all the pretty cakes and pastries and…