Did you catch the blighters?

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Sofa so good

Haven't turned purple so far 😉

Spicy beef and vegetables, spicy couscous, and 15.5° wine 🔥😵‍💫💥

Isn't that your job?

Pathetic

Ay, there's the rub.

Yes me too.

Growing knowledge, growing yield: British wine-making comes of age Changing climate, new techniques and a homegrown study programme have all helped drive a UK viticulture boom

"The volume of wine produced in the UK is forecast to keep rising. The industry has previously said it expects annual production to reach 25m-29m bottles by 2032 and has forecast that the retail value of English and Welsh wines could reach £1bn by 2040.

No! 😆. They even gave the right ingredients for mint sauce. I suspect there is a jar of mint sauce somewhere with a pickle sticker on it....

I usually make my own pickles and chutneys, but can't quite get that same taste.

However it will definitely confuse (or disappoint) anyone who doesn't know it as the French language oversticker has it down as 'Sauce a la Menthe'.

Well yes, maybe 100 different varieties might be a bit much.

I know what you mean, but hell they are all owned by some undesirable corporation these days.

No definitely not there before

I have been here for 39 years and this is my first sighting in the wild.

I fully believe that when you move to another country you should adopt its culture and cuisine. But, believe me, I got VERY EXCITED yesterday when I found a shop selling Branston Pickle.

Raving

Oh yes those too...

They are soooo good

Is it possible to eat too many raspberries?

Practice makes perfect

Needed, but dead. That's me

Between that and the declining wine industry, wine translation is dead.

What? You can sleep?

Yes I never understood that

Vaison is beautiful but far too touristy for its own good

Don't know what the house owners thought about it, par contre.

View from a deckchair...palms ochre walls, roof tiles and blue sky

Afternoon in the back yard