Birthday scone!

Friday 7th October 2016 - Mautby, near Caister -on -Sea

Happy Birthday Janice.  Janice didn't want me to come right out and tell you how old she is but I devised a little mathematical problem so those clever readers might be able to work it out!  Here goes.....

Think of a number between 1 and 20

Add 53

Double it

Divide it by two

Take away the number you originally thought of.

You will have Janice's age and if Janice asks, I didn't tell you did I.

What did she want to do on her birthday, yes, what any girl would want to do.....cycle 7 miles to a small village, then catch a bus into Norwich and have a cheesy scone at the Marks and Spencer cafe.  So that's what we did.

We had visited Norwich last year and liked it.  It has a big castle, a beautiful cathedral, open air market and a nice mixture of shops old and new.

We did have another treat and had eggs benedict for lunch at a nice cafe, including a bottle of rose wine.

We don't often indulge in alcohol during the day but it was a special day.

Whilst we sat we recalled an item on the radio we had heard about the recruitment of MI5 agents and what they did.  One apparently had to pretend to be homeless to keep an unsuspected and unobtrusive surveillance on a premises.  We speculated that Janice had the skills to be an MI5 undercover agent to infiltrate the terrorist group known as the 'Russian Afternoon Tea Syndicate' (RATS) who infiltrate the Great British Bake Off and by doing so undermine our way of life!  RATS have already have great success by supporting the programmes move to Channel 4.  It is strongly believed that Paul Hollywood is already in Putin's pocket (he is quite small when you see him in real life) and it is believed that Russian state hackers have released data about Mary Berry's blood sugar levels.  Janice thinks she has what it takes to fight back by eating cakes at strategically important locations like The Ritz, Fortnum and Masons and Claridges and she is willing to do this for the Nation.

This conversation was a prime example of why not to drink wine at lunchtime!!

In the afternoon we retraced our steps back to the site to eat our M&S meal for two and settle down to watch last week's Poldark on the iPlayer.  Now that's what I call a birthday treat.