The wife has left for the Big Smoke and I am now in charge for three days. I may avoid the 9 items checkout at Safeways/Morrisons as the wife has left me goodies-wholesome soups and processed garden fruits and the tomatoes are still pouring of the vine. Its quite a relief not to have to go to the supermarket. Mr M has made a bit of a mess of it. "23452 items reduced "screams the banner 'in store' Great. But what if you don't want any of them. Waste of effort really. And all that foreign fruit and veg individually wrapped in cling film to preserve its high colour until you scrape off the plastic and it ages before your very eyes. What's wrong with local produce? No evidence that we are in rural parts.
And where is the organic stuff? Tucked away in obscure corners so as nor to offend the gaze of the core customers hot and streaming in from the caravans which besiege Berwick more effectively than Braveheart and the Scottish Legions ever did.
So I don't need to leave home. I'll work my way through the fridge and the greenhouse. And for a special treat it is off to the Garden Centre for a few bags of the politically correct crisps and jars of Mr Robson's pure honey. All local produce including from that cattle farmer who advertises himself as 'Well Hung and Tender" And the meat is good too.
