We awoke to very thick fog today, so thick we could barely make out the houses opposite!
Sophie and I went to Tesco later in the morning to get some bits and bobs that my parents needed, but she also wanted to get some cards for Valentine's Day. It was busier than we would have liked (well, it was Saturday!) and we had to queue to get in, but the wait wasn't long.
We bought the things as quickly as possible and headed to the Care Home where we dropped the bag off. I had bought some little treats for my parents to cheer them up a bit, and we waved to my Mum as she stood at the window. I am just hoping this isolation won't last much longer, as it's starting to affect her now. I am just glad she has my Dad for company because some of the residents are isolating completely on their own.
As a treat, we called into the new Costa by the A14 and enjoyed a Flat White each, sitting in the car. Today the weather has been beautiful with sun, blue skies and little fluffy white clouds. The temperature was about 6c, but tomorrow it's set to get much colder, and we're due a "Baltic blast!
Sophie wanted to buy Zain some sweets and goodies from Beckworth so we drove there and luckily, it was quiet. They had fenced off all but the food area, and they're working behind the scenes to make changes. Both of us are so looking forward to being able to go for lunch there again!
I bought some bread flour, yeast and cheesy nibbles for an accompaniment to drinks, and we headed home. Sophie put the leftover soup and pasta into the oven with some cheese to bake while she prepared the paste for tonight's Thai Green Curry, a la Hairy Bikers.
The soup tasted just as good as yesterday, and it had blended into a kind of pasta bake. We finished it off, did more preparations for tonight's dinner, and then went out for a walk. We walked into the village and along the single track road that heads out to Mawsley. It was blissfully quiet with only birdsong to be heard. We kept hearing a weird bird in the distance, and we had no idea what it was. It sounded like it was crying!
It was cold on the walk, and we could see ominous clouds on the horizon. We walked a short way along the road and then turned back as I had a feeling it was going to start raining. Back home, it was time for cocktails and Scrabble, and then a game of cards. Perfect!
Sophie and I cooked dinner, and after all the preparations we'd made it was simple. I cooked the onions, pepper and chicken, added the curry paste, and then a tin of coconut milk. Sophie made Jasmine rice and we popped a naan bread into the oven.
The meal was lovely, but Keith said he would have liked it hotter, but that's not really a Thai Green curry! Next time we promised we'd make him a Thai Red curry!
Our evening's viewing was the third Bourne film, The Bourne Ultimatum. Just before we headed to bed it started to snow heavily, big fat flakes that settled on the roads, paths and bushes. Will we awake to a covering in the morning I wonder?
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