Cake

Two large chunks of chocolate orange fruit cake ready to be packed up and posted to Tom and Lucy. Hoping they survive the journey!

A depressing day as the full effects of Brexit start to come into effect. The government's 'Get Ready for Brexit' information seems to send me round in increasingly frustrating circles, and I had failed to appreciate that the new rules for companies importing to the UK will affect everyone, not just importers from the EU. To cut a long story short, this morning I spotted a very well-written piece (i.e. in plain English) on Facebook explaining exactly why many small companies, including those in the US, will be unwilling to export to the UK next year. Then, this afternoon, trying to put in a last-minute pre-end-of transition-period order for mandolin strings from our French supplier, discovered that they have already stopped shipping to the UK, and their UK contact telephone number is no longer in use. Excuse my language, but bugger - the strings are not sold anywhere in the UK, and we much prefer them over any others...
I've never considered becoming a smuggler before...