All baked out

The holistic view reminds us that the body and soul are inextricably linked, and that when one is under pressure the other reacts; so the fact that I felt like a zombie with a headache at six o'clock this evening should have come as no surprise. Waitrose was surreal and I probably should have resisted entreaties to go there, but I was weak, and emerged both poorer and even more nauseous than when I started.

Work has been unremitting the last week and whilst I have tried to retain my bonhomie, fact is my brain is overloaded. The psychological hard drive is full and in need of a good defrag.

I was bullied into buying a ticket for the office Great British Bake Off Sweepstake so I tuned in briefly tonight to see how Nadiya, whose name I had drawn, would fare; she started off with a good madeira cake but then had a disaster with her frosted walnut thingy; after that I lost interest. I never win things like this, although twelve to one is better than some odds.


I am planning a classic afternoon tea for my birthday next month so perhaps I should pay more attention. So here is a random collection of baking ingredients from my kitchen cupboard.