I have been given several bottles of wine for helping out in wineries 
I’m storing it under my bed, for a little while at least!
I spent ten hours helping press Chardonnay for sparkling wine at the uni winery on Friday afternoon and evening. It was a fun, messy job! Very sticky. My new gum boots (people laugh when I call them wellies) have been well and truly christened.
Apart from that…I went to a farmers market in Lincoln this morning, and bought lots of mushrooms, which I straganoffed for dinner. It was yummy, I used some red wine vinegar and veggie stock in addition to lots of mushrooms, onions and garlic and paprika. I also bought strawberries and a pineapple, which are lovely, despite the absence of clotted cream.
This cooking is prevarication from essay writing, which is a slow and painful process. I’m very glad I had fun in the winery, because it renewed my sense of why I’m here, the academic part will hopefully slot into place, but at least I’m gaining a good understanding of the job I want to do!
