I decided that the Kumsquats had had long enough languishing in the gin so strained that off and set aside the macerated fruit to make something with them. I have yet to try the gin!
We sat down and penciled in a bit of an itinerary. Michelle is going to have Kenny at her disposal to go and visit her friends on a day without us, we are not sure whether that will be Sunday or Monday. Her visit will be brief as she does not arrive until tomorrow evening and returns on Thursday but I know there is, along with Graham's birthday celebration on Wednesday, a couple of places she would like to visit. We are going to do Argaka and Pomos and have a meal at Fitos one of the days which is going to have to be Tuesday.
It is quite rare that we have guests stay with us nowadays. The weather has been quite changeable so I don't know whether it will feel warm or not. I have opted for layers on the bed so she can at least throw stuff off and then grab it back as the temperature dips overnight!
The biggest battle is to keep the cats from investigating the spare bedroom. Sneaky buggers will wait until my back is turned and then find a way in.
So I made some oat biscuits with the macerated Kumsquats - this is before they went into the oven. I wasn't sure about them as it was a Turkish recipe without any dairy but it was easy enough to make and actually it cooked up well and they tasted lovely. So much so that I am going to have to put a lock and key on the biscuit barrel if there is to be any left for our guest as John keeps 'sampling them for quality control purposes only'.
We had to take a trip down to Paphos to get John's bike and to call into the bank and, as we were parked in Sklavenitis, to do a bit of shopping. John was ecstatic to find one his favourite wines Castile Maison was on offer so we cleared the shelves because we were having a takeaway from the Farmyard this evening - Gail and Pete were buying it as a thank you but we were having it at ours because they are in the midst of building works again. We then called down to say our goodbyes to Karen who is leaving on Sunday a little earlier than she had planned. Dip will go back shortly afterwards.
We took the road less traveled on our way home - we found another way to get to Kathikas via Akoursos that we had not used previously. The countryside was stunning but it wasn't quick - a very long and winding road as The Beatles would sing! Still we haven't gone off-piste for ages and whilst we still have Kenny it is good to do so although maybe not with both John and Pete's bikes on the back!!!
Our takeaway was amazing - not having had one for a while it tasted doubly fantastic and we had a great night with Pete and Gail. The on-offer wine went down a treat but I will probably pay for that tomorrow!
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