Summer is definitely here, as there are more and more British cars on the roads. If you are coming over, and bringing a car, don't be fooled by the British press saying that main road speeds are back to 90kmph (56mph). In some places they are changing, in other places they aren't. Basically, keep your eyes on the road signs, and if in doubt, stick to 80kmph (50mph). And ignore what your satnav says too, as it won't be up to date. We believe it is a scam to earn more money in fines, and they will still fine you, even if it is a British registered car, and that fine will find you.
So what about the excess fruitfulness? Well that is down to our poor, long suffering pear tree. We have yet another year where it is loaded down with fruit and we hadn't realised how big some of that fruit was, nor how much there was. Sometime yesterday afternoon, a gust of wind hit it a bit too hard and wallop! Down came a big branch. A cat may or may not have been involved too - Zola is being a bit coy about that.
Now our usual way of dealing with excess fruit won't really work, as it relies on things being ripe and mushy and full of sugars and with a bit of natural yeast. While large, these pears aren't really ripe or even close to thinking about being ripe. Anyone with recipes for what to do with green, unripe pears, please let me know before the chickens peck them all to bits (and a vast hill of chicken food isn't actually what we need either).
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