Well looks like my order to the weatherman worked! After my breakfast I made some dough for bread later on, and then went out on a ten mile run. Sun cream-check! Sunglasses- check! Raincoat- I got it ready but decided to leave it behind. I was pretty pleased with my time of 105 minutes, but by the end I was really flagging; I had run out of water and I was so hot, and yet again I have had a headache all day. I think I am going to investigate proper hydration drinks instead of water as I think it may be due to dehydration. My run was lovely; I saw so many wild flowers growing (cornflowers, tulips, bluebells) and the weather held out the entire time.
Once home I had the other half of my banana and a Trek Cocoa Brownie Bar. One word; yum! It is similar to the Nak’d cocoa bars but I think it seems more dense. With 11g protein it seems a good choice for veggies, and the soya crispies give it a bit of a different texture. I have seen on other blogs people putting them in the microwave for a little to heat them up, so next time I might try that.
After a shower I finished making the bread. I used the recipe for foccacia bread from The Italian Diet
I spent the afternoon going round the garden centre and am very pleased with my purchases. I have a few plants for the garden (lavender, geranium, clematis) and then more food plants; pumpkin, butternut squash, yellow cherry tomatoes, sweet pepper, another strawberry plant (in my opinion you can never have too many strawberry plants!), and a thornless blackberry bush (for an extremely bargainous £2.99!!!). It is basically a twig with leaves on it at the moment, so not sure if I will get any fruit from it this year, but my blackcurrant bush started out as a twig (it actually arrived in the post in a jiffy bag- someone had sent off to Ribena for me and I nearly threw it away!!) and last year I got a little bit of fruit, and this year it has a lot of flowers on it. So I will be patient with my blackberries.
Tomorrow I was hoping for a day out as it’s my birthday, but as rain is forecast we may have to postpone. If not, I am planning on spending the day baking. I have carrot cake planned, and maybe some kind of flapjack (to take into work). So check back for recipe reviews tomorrow!