The last of the gooseberries picked this morning - this is the third lot we’ve picked, and they came to best part of 2kg in weight which we were delighted with! Cooked down this evening, we’ll divide into batches for freezing once cool and that will make the fruit component of several crumbles. We’ve already had some delicious compote, and several jars of jam from the earlier pickings too, so we’re calling this year a success on the gooseberry front!
A walk this afternoon as usual, although not quite so far as in previous weeks due to the uncertain weather. Getting a close up view of this beautiful Red Admiral on the path on the way out was a nice treat though - generally speaking they fly off before I can get close enough to get a photo with the iPhone!
We walked up over the common - breaking part way across to take shelter in the little thicket of trees you see in the picture below just in time before the heavens opened! Thank goodness for decent cover from broadleaved trees - we managed to stay almost entirely dry for the 20 minutes or so that it hammered down! The photo shows the clouds heading off away from us once it had stopped.
Just 5.5 miles today then - which was plenty as I was wearing my walking boots for the first time in a VERY long while, even that short distance and my feet are telling me now that they know about it!
And rounding today off - another dramatic sky, this time from the kitchen window while the gooseberries were cooking down...
Robyn.
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