Boxing Day

After all the grey days and rainy weather it was a rare treat to wake up on Boxing Day with a cloudless sky. So after (a late) breakfast we pulled our wellies on and set off for a long walk through the orchards.  I know the Fens have not suffered as much as many areas of the U.K who are still really under pressure with the wet & wild weather, but for the driest part of England we've had a lot of rain.

It's like living back at the coast!

Canine apple bobbing

It was time Mortimer needed a bath

Harvest left overs

Waterlogged

The large trees should be the farside of the dyke

Happy to be in the sun

Enjoy your Boxing Day!

Of freezing fog & mulled wine

On Tuesday afternoon a freezing fog rolled in across the Fens and on Wednesday morning the world looked like this:

Cold and grey

It didn't get higher than minus three all day and the frost stayed put.

Frosted forgotten apple

Ingredients

So naturally my mind turned to all things wintery & warm and my favourite mulled wine recipe was retrieved.

1 bottle red wine

300ml strained orange juic

100ml port or brandy

2 clementines studded with cloves

2 sliced apples

2 cinnamon sticks

3 bay leaves

Nutmeg

25g muscovado sugar

Put everything in a large saucepan and heat gently.

In goes the wine

I'm feeling warmer already!

I think Mortimer was looking worried after we'd finished glass number two!

They will remember to feed me?