No cheesecake at Barn@the Biscuit. Boo hiss. But the rest of the meal was fantastic - I had rare tuna for the first time, on a bed of spicy noodles and realised how it really should taste.

The rest of the weekend was a trip into the world of roasting. Roasted vegetables with feta cheese and pasta on Saturday, after a long day of painting the skirting boards in the attic and tidying up the front garden. Roast lamb, courtesy of Mog and Pippa (with a fab Yorkshire pudding) in the middle of laying laminate in the attic on Sunday. Whatever you do, don't lay laminate after Sunday lunch. It's not good for the stomach muscles.