After nearly 5 months, 14 balls of wool, and quite a lot of swearing, I am delighted to say that my Persian Tiles - Eastern Jewels blanket is complete! #crochet 💕

Am away for a few days and I think it’s fair to say that Mr P and Frank are spending quality time together.

“Isn’t it funny,” I thought as I walked up the platform stairs at the station, “that they have to put signs up reminding you to hold the handrails?” I then tripped up the stairs, which I wouldn’t have done if I’d been holding the handrails.

Massive shout out to the Hippodrome audience who abided by the “don’t sing along” rule but very very very quietly sang along which only added to the ambience.

Five mins in and my colleague and I were gripping each other’s arms furiously whispering “WHAT IS HAPPENING WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHY?”

I’ve just been to see Bat out of Hell, the musical and I have genuinely no idea what just happened for the last two hours. I suspect it may have been a fever dream. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it, far from it, but it’s the maddest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve watched Xanadu.

New series of #GBBO reminded me of this. The standard this year is insane.

It’s almost like having the international test series running right up to the Hundred, then going into an ODI series isn’t great for giving players time to recover. Or we might just be shit.

I woke up this morning in a whole world of pain and for the first hour of the day convinced myself that there was something seriously wrong with me. Then I remembered I did weight training last night for the first time since I got norovirus and suddenly it all made sense.

How am I supposed to work under these conditions?

Her loaf game is on point

I’ve never been to a social event where the people whose day it was were so aware of the needs of their guests. It felt like the most inclusive and well thought out event I’ve ever been to.

Re: the wedding I went to yesterday. Despite being really outgoing, I struggle with small talk and I didn’t know anyone. I turned up at the reception the groom’s mum immediately put me in a group of relatives I’d like, and it was one of the kindest things anyone has ever done.

Just been to my old PhD student’s wedding and was sat on a table at dinner with another of my previous students and a guy whose viva I was examiner for, and neither of them threw anything at me so I think that means I’m not terrible at my job.

Update. I saw them cycling and when there’s forty naked people on bikes then you know that’s an organised event. But one of them had got detached from the main group and was stuck at traffic lights alone and that’s just a naked man getting rained on on a bike on college green.

On my way to a wedding and have accidentally happened across the pub that the participants in the World Naked Bike ride have decided to stop at for lunch and that was NOT what I was expecting to see on a blustery Saturday morning.

Absolutely outstanding and at £35 quid a head I think pretty good value. Can’t wait to go back and see what they serve up next!

Finally petit four - a pate de fruit made with pear and chamomile, and a white chocolate fudge with pumpkin seeds and mushroom powder.

For dessert we had basil ice cream, macerated strawberries and dark chocolate tuilles.

A palate cleanser next (and probably the stand out dish of the day) of herb sorbet with Italian meringue which had been toasted with charcoal.

For main course we had chicken thigh and breast, with chicken sausage, roast carrot, roast onion, girolles, and a chicken reduction.