Berries and prickles.

Foodstuff with defence mechanism to keep away certain hungry predators. The thorns aren’t ideal for pruners either! Wet until dark.

Made lentil soup. And did couple of outstanding jobs indoors.

Family came for dinner. Good catch up. Chat included discussion on implications of Scottish Government fiscal statement today - fixed budget with rampant inflation, pay settlements recently and pending…. and energy. Scale of challenges is huge, unpalatable choices need to be made.