The rain let up today. I went for a walk along Byres Rd this morning ostensibly in search of a good coffee and a read of the paper. One of the best coffee’s I’ve found in the West End is at Cafe La Padella on Woodlands Road, but they don’t supply the dailies and I don’t want to have to buy the newspaper everyday… So today, I went off in search of somewhere new to try. Actually it was quite difficult, apart from all the chains like Starbucks, Beanscene, Nero etc, there wasn’t much choice in cafes if you wanted BOTH decent coffee and supplied newspapers. In the end, after spending hours stopping by all the charity stores and shopping for toys for Milenes kids, I gave up and headed to an old favourite on Dumbarton Rd, Tribeca. I pulled up a stool, ordered an espresso and chatted to my mate who just happened to be in there waiting for the Tattoo studio to open up across the road.

It’s amazing what a little bit of sunshine will do for your mood. 2 coffees, 1 sudoko and 3 papers later I headed home just in time to beat the rain…

Now all cuddled up, the house smells of hot plums and sugar… I just baked the most scrumptious looking, sweet smelling cake – hopefully it tastes as good as it looks!