Getting prepared for the cake marathon!

I went to the shop to get some final ingredients this morning and over the road to get numerous eggs. Still forgot a couple of things so Darren went and got them for me. Then I spent most of the morning lining eight cake tins.

I had weights in the as the base sheets tend to curl!

When I was feeding the birds the baby gull came down, only the second time. Our pair of seagulls on the roof have managed to raise their chick every year, despite crow wars and the like. I have been watching her take flight and landing back on the roof. Don’t really know what sex it is but 

Tina and I have both called it a girl!

At lunch time I went into Hull with Tina, she had banking to do and a meeting to attend. I only really wanted to get rid of the tablet blister packs and the only place that recycles them is Superdrug in Beverley. A local estate gent used to collect them but that stopped some months ago. We called at the lodge ot collect the keys on the way home. Darren and Tina are staying there now, and then I will join Tina for a few days next week. It is lovely, you can see the lake fron the sitting room and it has a hot tub in a little shelter. 

This evening I have weighed out the fruit, peel etc for the five cakes I h ope to get cooked tomorrow. Going to really try and have all eleven made while 

Darren and Tina are away. They are soaking now and I will get on with getting them made when I get up.

Not getting the mixed fruit packs with the mixed peel included means that it take quite a while to measure everything out separately. Sure it will be worth it though.

I will leave the only bird pic from the Buddy as it was taken. I do like the squirrels but life is a constant battle with them. The buddy had been turned over and not only that the squirrel and eaten into the plastic of the fat ball holder. I had bird seed all over the floor in the greenhouse too. So this little sparrow was taken while the buddy was on its side!