Morning Forkers, hope you are all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Strange .....here in Cambridge we had no rain at all yesterday.....in fact in the afternoon it turned out to be quite sunny and nice.
I find BBC4 has interesting programmes to watch which I did last night. Fascinating one about saving tigers in India/Bhutan which was a cliff hanger so must remember to watch it again next week! Then 'Borgen' which I have decided I am going off. I know it is all about intrigues in the Danish government and very well acted but don't we have enough of our own government's etc intrigues?
Getting up soon to have the ritual cooked Sunday breakfast and then watch the Andrew Marr programme. Really must summon up some energy and plenty of clothes to do a bit of a tidy up in the garden as green bins on Tuesday!
Good morning - This is a rare two-day weekend for me, as my daughter and son in law are visiting my elderly parents today (they don't often get a day off together at the moment, so it's very good of them to use it for visiting) . I have plans to do a proper lamb Biriyani and some accompanying veg dishes for our meal this evening - this might take most of the day to prepare
Who's doing the Andrew Marr programme?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just after christmas I bought a big piece of fillet beef from Waitrose - they had way over ordered and were selling it at £9.99 a kilo I want to have a go at making a Beef Wellington - never made one before - any tips please? I do have mushrooms.
Today I am going to work out what seeds and plants I still need to order
I hope everyone is well and warm - have a lovely day
Morning forkers. We have a heavy frost here and the birds are out in force. Glad I've topped all their food up and bought some more mealworms. I WON'T be keeping them in the fridge.
Sasha - I have seen that programme I think, and also the one on the snow leopards.
Dove, That sounds very tasty and I have eaten Beef Wellington , Pam, but never attempted to make it. My friend puts pate around the beef before encasing it in pastry.
Still trying to track down the Tacca plant. Found one but I'm not paying £45 ! I'll just keep looking. Sure I can find one cheaper somewhere.
Dove - just spent a while trying to find out about who is replacing Andrew Marr and it will be James Langdale (? spelling)
Oh yummy - still tasting the delicious cooked breakfast I have just polished off. All part of the 'losing weight' malarky! At least as far as Slimming World is concerned.
Have set myself the target of losing 4lbs by Saturday when I am off to London for the day - any bets?
Grey and gloomy here but hopefully it will pick up.
Bye for now and happy gardening if that is what you are planning to do
Frosty last night. The bird water was frozen this morning, so had to take a kettle out. That will soon freeze too.
Watched 7 hours continuous telly last night and went to bed with square eyes. Began with 3 hours of Stargazing (repeat); then the tiger program (had seen that before, next week's is even better); then a program about the French Riviera; and finished with double Borgen.
Most interesting was the Riviera program. Before fast travel the French all holidayed in Normandy. The only people who visited the Riviera were Brits, escaping from the English Winter, and a few bohemian artists. The presenter spent some time talking about this painting titled "Luxe, calme et volupté". The title comes from a poem "An Invitation to the Voyage"...
One lady, at bottom left, has her clothes on. She's the tourist, who is being invited on the long voyage, to this paradise of hedonism.
Monet, who was a keen gardener, got his early gardening experience on the Riviera. We saw glimpses of a few lavish gardens that date from that time. All of the trees are evergreen, because they don't have a Winter. Plenty of material down there for Monty's forthcoming series.
We had a light covering of snow more to come by the looks of it, weather coming straight from Siberia with lots of grey cloud. Will have to fill bird bath with water, first time for weeks.
We started to watch World without End last night but gave up 10pm couldn't be bothered with it any longer, and watched the Italian programme recorded last week, with Georgio Locotelli and Andrew Graham-Dixon, more up my street. Beautiful scenery and what looked like lovely food
We went to Monet's garden a few years ago, the whole place has a wonderful feel about it, worth a visit.
I have never tried Beef Wellington, but would like to!!! my OH doesn't like rare beef and I think you are supposed to eat it like that, will be interested to know how it turns out hope you enjoy it, Pam. I keep my eggs in the garage, but I get them weekly direct from a smallholding and they are really fresh.
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Morning Forkers, hope you are all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Strange .....here in Cambridge we had no rain at all yesterday.....in fact in the afternoon it turned out to be quite sunny and nice.
I find BBC4 has interesting programmes to watch which I did last night. Fascinating one about saving tigers in India/Bhutan which was a cliff hanger so must remember to watch it again next week! Then 'Borgen' which I have decided I am going off. I know it is all about intrigues in the Danish government and very well acted but don't we have enough of our own government's etc intrigues?
Getting up soon to have the ritual cooked Sunday breakfast and then watch the Andrew Marr programme. Really must summon up some energy and plenty of clothes to do a bit of a tidy up in the garden as green bins on Tuesday!
Take care one and all and KEEP WARM
Good morning -
This is a rare two-day weekend for me, as my daughter and son in law are visiting my elderly parents today (they don't often get a day off together at the moment, so it's very good of them to use it for visiting) . I have plans to do a proper lamb Biriyani and some accompanying veg dishes for our meal this evening - this might take most of the day to prepare 
Who's doing the Andrew Marr programme?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning everyone
We had a lovely evening with our Grandchildren
I keep eggs in the fridge
Also any opened jars.
Just after christmas I bought a big piece of fillet beef from Waitrose - they had way over ordered and were selling it at £9.99 a kilo
I want to have a go at making a Beef Wellington - never made one before - any tips please? I do have mushrooms.
Today I am going to work out what seeds and plants I still need to order
I hope everyone is well and warm - have a lovely day
Pam LL x
This http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2538/beef-wellington is as good a recipe as any online - the proscuitto is a good idea as it helps prevent a soggy bottom
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning forkers.
We have a heavy frost here and the birds are out in force. Glad I've topped all their food up and bought some more mealworms. 
I WON'T be keeping them in the fridge. 
Sasha - I have seen that programme I think, and also the one on the snow leopards.
Dove, That sounds very tasty and I have eaten Beef Wellington , Pam, but never attempted to make it. My friend puts pate around the beef before encasing it in pastry.
Still trying to track down the Tacca plant. Found one but I'm not paying £45 !
I'll just keep looking. Sure I can find one cheaper somewhere.
Dove - just spent a while trying to find out about who is replacing Andrew Marr and it will be James Langdale (? spelling)
Oh yummy - still tasting the delicious cooked breakfast I have just polished off. All part of the 'losing weight' malarky! At least as far as Slimming World is concerned.
Have set myself the target of losing 4lbs by Saturday when I am off to London for the day - any bets?
Grey and gloomy here but hopefully it will pick up.
Bye for now and happy gardening if that is what you are planning to do
Morning forkers,
Frosty last night. The bird water was frozen this morning, so had to take a kettle out. That will soon freeze too.
Watched 7 hours continuous telly last night and went to bed with square eyes. Began with 3 hours of Stargazing (repeat); then the tiger program (had seen that before, next week's is even better); then a program about the French Riviera; and finished with double Borgen.
Most interesting was the Riviera program. Before fast travel the French all holidayed in Normandy. The only people who visited the Riviera were Brits, escaping from the English Winter, and a few bohemian artists. The presenter spent some time talking about this painting titled "Luxe, calme et volupté". The title comes from a poem "An Invitation to the Voyage"...
One lady, at bottom left, has her clothes on. She's the tourist, who is being invited on the long voyage, to this paradise of hedonism.
Monet, who was a keen gardener, got his early gardening experience on the Riviera. We saw glimpses of a few lavish gardens that date from that time. All of the trees are evergreen, because they don't have a Winter. Plenty of material down there for Monty's forthcoming series.
Morning early forkers.
We had a light covering of snow
more to come by the looks of it, weather coming straight from Siberia with lots of grey cloud. Will have to fill bird bath with water, first time for weeks.
We started to watch World without End last night but gave up 10pm couldn't be bothered with it any longer, and watched the Italian programme recorded last week, with Georgio Locotelli and Andrew Graham-Dixon, more up my street. Beautiful scenery and what looked like lovely food
We went to Monet's garden a few years ago, the whole place has a wonderful feel about it, worth a visit.
I have never tried Beef Wellington, but would like to!!! my OH doesn't like rare beef and I think you are supposed to eat it like that, will be interested to know how it turns out
hope you enjoy it, Pam. I keep my eggs in the garage, but I get them weekly direct from a smallholding and they are really fresh.
Have a good day what ever your doing.
ChrisX
I am going to try and make individual beef wellingtons - so I can cook mine a bit longer - will let you know how I get on
Pam LL x
Morning lovelies!
It's crispy frosty white outside!
Therm showing -2! 
No major plans for today. haven't got to go out so will crack on sorting out bags and bags of years worth of paperwork! Must stop hoarding it!!