I started a post last night, then suddenly remembered I was supposed to be baking something for today's Sports Day. It was 10pm. I went to the fridge, took out a solid block of butter and realised it just wasn't going to happen. And so it was I started my day with a sprint of my own, round the local Co-op stopping only to pick up two packets of chocolate chip cookies before racing back to school in time for the first starting gun. I'd talked to the children about it being the taking part rather than the winning that counts. But I remember bouncing last over the finishing line on an orange space hopper in the obstacle race aged about six only too well. Some might say it was character building. Let's just say I've struggled to see the fun in space hopping ever since. What was fun was sharing a stage with Anjum Anand on Saturday at BritMums Live, a big blogging conference in London. Anjum takes a fresher, lighter approach to cooking Indian food and having bought her latest book, I'm planning on making her Goan Coconut Chicken Curry one night this week. I might just start a little earlier this time.Labels: 2010, 2012, Bergerac, California, France, Napa, red wine, rose wine, The Wine Treasury, Waitrose, zinfandel