Coffee and Eclairs

This morning was a slow start as it was a very wet drizzly day, so I made the most of it and sat reading a couple of favourite magazines I’d bought when I’d made my quick trip to the UK. I was planning a few different meals for us to try. There’s a very tasty looking peanut chicken curry by Tom Kerridge in the Good Food magazine which I’d like to give a go, so if I can get some peanut butter I will try that out.

Yesterday we drove into Troyes, well, to McArthur Glen in Troyes. Typically shops in France do not open on a Sunday, but McArthur Glen does, which is great for us, being used to enjoying the odd spot of retail therapy on a Sunday. However we were not there to visit Timberland, Napapijri, Calvin Klein or New Balance, we wanted to buy Brian a new saw. The ones he had we just didn’t think were up to the job for the projects he has ahead. When we first stumbled across McArthur Glen we visited the Black and Decker shop, which had some great deals on their branded tools. So we returned to check it out, and left the shop having purchased a jigsaw and a bench ‘chop’ saw. A very worthwhile visit.

My treat was to take a couple of eclairs home for afternoon tea. Mine was the salted caramel one – absolutely delicious.