Ducks On The Pond and Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Just a short post while my first attempt at a 'Pineapple upside down cake' is baking in the oven....

We have a swimming pool in our garden, which remains filled but not chlorinated through-out the winter months. So the water turns green and nasty and resembles a pond.

This spring we are unable to fill the pool with clean water because of the 'Hosepipe ban'. So the pool remains a pond for the time being.

And to that end, we have resident ducks! We do not know where they come from, although having thought about it, probably the 'Swiss Cottage', a local pub with ducks in their garden.

Our ducks visit almost daily, and we have one female and four males. The female always comes to visit, the males take it in turns. Sometimes we have two males, sometimes three or four.

The other day I took a video of our little friends, but for some reason I am unable to upload it here.


On the bright side, the pineapple upside down cake was a SUCCESS!

Stay Cool

Holly :)

The Latest Visits:

So Lucy and I can tick another two visits off our list:

Arundel Castle

and

Singleton: Weald and Downland Open Air Museum

First, Arundel Castle.

Having set off in my little car we breezed along the A27 with Erasure-A Little Respect blaring. That is until we reached Arundel, where there was roadworks. Big roadworks. So we sat there for about 3/4 hour then eventually got through the bottleneck into Arundel.

We had a quick shop around the town centre then paid a visit to the Moathouse Cafe for a cream tea! :)

Then onwards to the castle...

This is a lovely photo of Lucy B

Here are a few photos of the gardens and Lucy and I standing by the beautiful tulips and blossoms:

 

This is Lucy sitting in the resturant where we sat and had a coffee and chatted about university, and ambulances.

After we had visited the castle, we decided to wander down to the duck pond. Here are a couple of photos:

Two days later, we headed to Signleton Weald and Downland Open Air Museum.

Having got mildly lost on the way there, we were relieved to see the signs for the 'open air museum'.

Lucy and I wandered round reminiscing of times when both visited Singleton with our schools.

'Lucy the Giant'

That's all for now!

Holly :)