Disaster

Yesterday evening I did the seal test on the plums I had been bottling. This consists of leaving the jar with the plums in 24hours after processing, then you take the clip off and holding the jar by the lid lift it up to see if a vacuum has formed and if the lid stays firmly closed the bottles are ready. Unfortunatly two of the lids opened, and two stayed closed, so this morning the plums from the bottles that had opened were put in the freezer. Today I have tried again with instructions from a new preserve book that Graham bought, fingers crossed!
Leisurly morning, down to the store for messages then over to the beach, where on the way back we met Willy (84yrs) and Marjory (91yrs) who are in the Glen from Blackpool in their camper van what a story they had to tell see (blipfoto.com/A Dog's Dinner) as Graham spoke to them at length.
Ruaridh had a great time at the beach as per usual. Whilst Graham was chatting to the couple he found a burnt roast potato on what had been a fire, and run away and devoured the black object.
Back home had lunch, started the dead heading of the flowers in the garden, then the rain came. Made the dough for the pizzas.
Layla phoned she had a lovely time visiting Sue and the new baby, she said Bella appeared to like the baby.
Lovely pizzas for dinner with coleslaw, tasted great.
Took the bin up, garbage day tomorrow!
Managed to get more of my knitting done today. Bye.