Consolidation Ellie's back cruising her way back to target

[CHRISR]

Hope the weather is as good in bonny Scotland as it is here in Lancashire

 

[ellie1969]

weather has been good since the show at the weekend... taking the chance to get in the jungle of a garden again while its good.... taking some doing as the grass was waist high with all the rain we had LOL finally starting to see the making of a border ...my backs killing me but ill keep going to get it doen while the weather lasts

food wise im having good days and bad... good days yesterday, hopefully same today... need to keep my head in check as leave for the olympics sunday and we are camping so will be at the mercy of the rugby club we are camping at for food as no BBQs allowed on site grrr ...should be a good laugh as my fellow wino (girl i shared 4 bottles with earlier in the year) is going along with the friend who has the tickets and a gay show producer ive never met before but heard a lot about .... think my sides will be aching lol. the young lad who house/horse/dog/cat sat for me will also be on site as hes a volunteer

 

[Joodle]

Oooh, Wotcha seeing at the Olympics Ellie? So exciting!

 

[sarafvrm]

Sounds fun! The torch comes past the end of our road tomorrow morning, we're going to an Olympics party on Friday night to watch the opening ceremony and I'm going to the tennis on Saturday! Bring it on, I say - so excited! xx

 

[trudyc]

Ohhh Ellie camping over the olympics sounds great fun, how long you down there for?! What do you have tickets for? Hope you have a great time.... with you on the good days and bad days - just trying to keep my head above water atm!!!! And to think I thought conso would be a total breeze!!! LOL - hows your stallion coming along!?

 

[ellie1969]

we have tickets for the cross country on monday..... driving down sunday, setting up camp... then greenwich park monday, drive back up the road tuesday.

stallions coming along fine... hes getting out for about 7 hours a day now so when he comes in at night hes absolutly shattered lol. he did however bit me hard on the back of the arm today... little sod ... he felt the wrath of ellie

foods been good again today... just had chocolate mug cake with oddles of cream ... in my mind it was but realityly it was quark lol

 

[trudyc]

Can I have the recipe for choc mug cake

 

[ellie1969]

Mug Cake no 1
1 tblspn cocoa powder
1 tblspn cornflour
1 egg
1.5 tablespoons fromage frais (I will use quark as all I got!)
1/8 tsp baking powder
sweetner to taste, prob 1.5/2 tablespoons

mix together put in micro for 100 secs (thats what recipe said!)

Mug cake no 2

2 tblspns Oat Bran

2 tblspns Skim Milk Powder

1/2 tspn low fat Cocoa powder
1/8 tsp baking powder
sweetner to taste

1 Egg

3 - 4 tablspoons skim milk

Beat Egg & 3 tsp of milk together, add oat bran, milk powder, sweetner,cocoa & baking powder.
Mix v well, it should be quite liquid, Add 1 tspn of milk if needed.
Microwave on high 850w 3 mins
they used a pyrex jug to make it.

i make the 2nd one as i usually still have my oatbran left lol

 

[alottolose]

Ooh mug cake sounds good , what's it taste like? x

 

[ellie1969]

tastes like chocolate cake ish LOL... its very filling with a big dollop of sweetend quark on top certainly curbs any cravings i get in the evenings .... i may try it with coffee for a coffee mug cake...yum yum

 

[CHRISR]

your weekend sounds fab ........... the team road race is saturday (1st gold medal for mark cav) would have loved to have been there for that and of course the pursuit race 3 days later both with Mr Wiggins in. Our village had 2 mins of fame when he was interviewed the other night. The only event down/up here is football, argggh - hate it.

I love the rest of the Olympics though, downloaded a bbc app for schedule times & results, Im not going to miss a thing

 

[ellie1969]

im going to miss the rest of the equestrian games due to travelling but OMG who would have thought id actually be going to cross country day

 

[sididd]

Ooo Chris I saw the interview it was a lovely village, and a nice looking local xxx

 

[CHRISR]

Ooo Chris I saw the interview it was a lovely village, and a nice looking local xxx

Thanks Sid, it is a lovely village. I don't want to live anywhere else really, its about a mile from my house to The Windmill (pub).

 

[Jojo25]

Just caught up with you Ellie, hope you have a fab time at the Olympics x

 

[CHRISR]

ENJOY today, I will keep an eye out for you on the BBC

 

[Joodle]

Oh Ellie, I hope you have a most fabulous time at the Olympics but my gosh, that rain yesterday! It was proper tropical monsoon rain. I am really, really hoping you didn't set up camp until it was over. Dread to think otherwise - I don't think I've ever seen such prolonged heavy downpours here in London.

At least today the sky is blue. Enjoy, enjoy! And report back! Jx

 

[passionflower]

Have a fab by time Ellie I am well jealous !!

 

[trudyc]

So how was the cross country!? Looked exciting on the telly!!! Hope u didn't get wet! Border union was nice, only rained at the end!!!! Xxxxx

 

[ellie1969]

hey everyone im back... cross country day at the olympics was amazing.... truly a wonderfull experiance and the crowd really cheered on the home team as well as the other teams ... fantastic day and the sun shone what more could you wish for