We’ve just eaten the healthiest meal we have had for ages. Too much of the working week is spent grabbing whatever’s nearest, and in Chesterfield, that means pizza (the fantastic Lambarellis), Chinese (occasionally), KFC or chips. Or something instant from Lidl.

Tonight, we had pork steaks in cider, fried with onions, carrots, peppers, apples, garlic and mushrooms, with a spoon of wholegrain mustard and served with wholegrain pasta. Pudding was a blood orange and normal orange, and half a melon, all chopped up and doused liberally in sherry.

Yum! And all 5 portions in one meal.

Off to Scotland for a few days tomorrow. Only the second time I’ve ever been north of the border. Not that I’ll have much time to sightsee from Dunfermline!

I have been thinking, however, that next time I’m fortunate enough to get an extended break like I took driving round France last summer, I shall do the same in Scotland. I’ve a yen to visit some of the more remote islands as well as the mainland.