Fish, Chicken, Lion, Snake

 We have had a lovely time with Julian - he arrived early Wednesday with his big Vax. While Bob was at The Shed, J&I cleaned the lounge rug and the carpet in the back bedroom [having first lifted out all the kitchen boxes temporarily. It takes as long to clean the machine after use as it does to scrub the carpets! But the difference is really noticeable.
Bob was back early, and we went off to Hunstanton - leaving in bright warm sunshine - arriving to a grey and cool resort [not to "Sunny Hunny" as the locals call it] But a fish and chip lunch was well received, and we had a stroll around town.
Thursday was spent taking the DIY Kitchen stuff to the local tip - it only cost £4 to dispose of the timber, dead cooker hood and two bags of rubble. Less than we'd feared! Homemade soup for lunch, then AirFryer Harissa Chicken in the evening.
Friday we went to Yarmouth, for another visit to the Time and Tide Museum [we went with J and Ro last year] They have a special summer touring exhibit of the Cabaret Mechanical Museum of automata. The CMM used to be in Covent Garden, and we all loved it, so it was good to see it again. Here is a man eating spaghetti in his bath, and another model called "Lion Tamer"

We went on from Yarmouth to Lowestoft [out of Norfolk, into Suffolk] We walked up the main street [pedestrianised] There were lots of shops selling mobility aids and rising armchairs. And we have never seen so many different types of mobility scooters in one street in the space of 45 minutes. I am not sure what this says about the demographic of Lowestoft. We'd had enough of walking, and found a pleasant teashop [tea and cakes for 3 of us were £8, which seemed very good value to me]

I was grateful for plenty of opportunities to sit down where needed, the swelling in my knee has greatly subsided, and I can get into my trousers again! And Julian is a great help, and an easy houseguest. 
The Harissa Chicken recipe was from my recent library book

Plus points - recipes well set out and illustrated. Negative - there are ONE hundred recipes, then a small 'tweak' with each one to make 200 [like "replace garlic with rosemary", or "use ham instead of smoked salmon"]

The chicken cooked well and we enjoyed it. I served it with couscous. This book has a good range of recipes, but I think it is a borrow-not-buy cookbook - I cannot see myself doing many of the recipes in it, but found the initial notes on airfrying very informative. It is beautifully compact! I'd rate this one 3* [maybe if I cook something else before it goes back to the library I might up that to 4*]

Julian will be back at the end of the month, once the kitchen is all done. Meanwhile, a picture of Grandson George on a School trip. I am not sure how happy he is to meet the snake.