Thankfully the roads are dry here although the pavements are icy. Just -2 this evening so no problem for us motoring the 16 miles to Fiona's sis in Cambridge who hosted the Christmas lunch this year. Her mum was not feeling well, so decided not to travel. Hopefully she will be better tomorrow when we repeat the trip and pick her up on the way.

Sis in law splashed out on a top of the range, free range, organic, hand fed with caviare from birth turkey (it must have been, given the price tag). She did a fantastic meal with all the trimmings, beautifully laid table and plenty of bubbly and wine. Then a brisk walk with her dogs in the trampled snow of Histon Road Rec Ground before coming back home.

A lovely day.

Last night F boiled and glazed a delicious ham that we had for supper and for snacking on over the holidays. She cooked a starter of grilled scallops in their shells in a cream and lemon sauce with a breadcrumb topping. Yum.

Had a giggle this morning when exchanging stockings to find that the mice had devoured the bag of choc gold coins that I had stored away for her. Nothing left, barely some gold foil scraps