Autumn Picnic

Not too cold

Not too hot

Autumn is juuuust right

for picnics.

Glorious colour and a nip on your cheeks.

Muffled footsteps on leafy carpets.

Smokey fires from BBQs

Earthy scent of damp humus rich soil

Holly branches laden with red berries

Stone walls cloaked in decades of moss

Shafts of sunlight penetrating glowing canopies

Contrasting trunks of strong dark verticals

Our spur of the moment picnic:

Chicken legs coated in soy and pomegranate molasses and baked till golden

Home made sausage rolls with garlic and lemon myrtle

Fresh figs, soft cheese and fresh bread rolls

Thermoses of hot coffee

and

Simple Date Slice

 Mix

1 cup of Self Raising flour

1 cup of desiccated coconut 

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup of roughly chopped dates

Melt 125g (1/4lb) of butter and add 2 tabs milk

Mix the wet into the dry and press into a shallow tin suitable for a slice

Bake at 180C for about 25 mins till lightly golden.