Plum crumbles

What a difference the clocks changing makes, I’m sure we must say that every year. However, this could be the last clock change for France. The EU voted not to follow ‘daylight saving’ across Europe, but have left it to the individual countries to decide when, and if, they will change. The pandemic has prevented a lot of things happening this year, and I understand that France did not make the change allowing for the daylight saving to be cancelled, which needed to go before government in April, so it’s unclear yet as to what will happen in 2021.

Anyway, thanks to the clocks going back we were up bright and early, which meant Brian made some good progress with the adaptation of the mahogany cupboard for the kitchen before coffee. I had spent some time preparing what we would have for dinner, which included a couple of juicy plum crumbles for dessert. They were ‘obviously’ made with our plums from the garden picked earlier in the year. I sweetened them slightly with some maple syrup, and added an oat and almond topping, which crisped up nicely in the oven. (For those eagle eyed amongst you, I have put two in the freezer for another meal.)

By mid morning, when I went out to get Brian for coffee, he had already shaped the back of the cupboard for access to the plumbing for the stone sink, cut away the wood to accommodate the sink, levelled off the top, and removed the feet. Tomorrow I will give it a good clean and polish.