Another week older...

...and not a whole lot to show for it.

Well, I did go manic last Sunday and made two batches of marmalade and one of rolls, this sudden burst of energy motivated by a day of brilliant sunshine. It was shocking, as always, to realise just how much sugar went into it - for about three and a half kilos of fruit, it needs over 5 kg of sugar. Don't think I've ever bought a 5kg bag of sugar before! Anyway, the result is so much better than shop-bought mass-produced marmalade.

I had a couple of rather short days at the Crown Court, where an appellant failed to show us that he'd more likely than not consumed most of the skinful reflected in a well-positive breath test after he'd last driven the car (the so-called 'hip-flask defence'). Well, that's all the real judicial work I've got scheduled for this month, but the Association is taking a lot of my time. We still managed to get out to the good old Red Lion for lunch on Wednesday, and I had a pretty good meal for the old geezer's rate of £8. Martyn's main course alone came to more than that, and it was the same as mine. The walk was pleasant too - I like to see what other people's gardens are doing, even if, like ours, it's not a whole lot. It'll be a nicer walk home, though, when the sun's a bit higher in the sky.

As usual, the mayor's quiz on Saturday night was a lot of fun. Four of us beaks and respective partners usually make up a table, One couple from last year's team couldn't make it this year, and the replacement couple were very good. We played our joker (which gives you double points) on geography this year, so I've been swotting up subjects like US state capitals and -stans for the last month. Neither came up, of course. Well, we came 15th equal out of (I think) 36 teams, so it wasn't exactly a rout. But next year, if there's a Books, Stories and Legends round, we'll move our joker there - we got 10 out of 10 in that round!