The (Royal) Icing on the Cake!

IThis weekend, 10th, 11th, 12th June 2016 has been quite phenomenol. Her Majesty the Queen celebrated her (official) 90th Birthday. On Friday 10th she attended a thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Saturday 11th was the Trooping of the Colour on Horse Guards Parade plus the balcony appearance by the Royal Family with the RAF flypast. Today, Sunday 12th, she has hosted The Patron's Lunch which was a huge street party picnic along the Mall. Wow! I imagine by now she'll have her feet up in front of the telly. It's only when you stop to really think of her, with Prince Philip at her side, that you realise just how amazing she is.

On Friday I was invited to a Royal Bake-Off afternoon tea at a friend's house. The 20 or so guests were asked to bake something, wear patriotic colours and turn up at 2pm prompt! The house, as well as the guests, was dressed to impress in red, white and blue. After a glass of fizz and a rousing rendition of God Save The Queen, we strolled out into the garden to complete a Royal quiz whilst the host's mother judged the baking. Winners of both the quiz and the bake-off were declared and we could then dig into Pimms, cake and tea! How very civilised! We then bagged some goodies to take home whilst making a contribution to charity AHC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzMlEtKk2RE&feature=player_embedded

This was my cake:-

Saturday night we watched the Euros; England v Russia, with friends. A lovely evening 'tho' sometimes it's hard to feel patriotic when you read about the minority of "so called" fans behaving badly!

Today has been a day for celebration in England. Even more so in Yorkshire. Even more so in my home city of Leeds which was hosting the Triathlon World Series. GB's Vicky Holland got a Bronze in the women's triathlon. Even better, our local lads Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, secured Gold and Silver in style!

Perhaps it's time to bake some Brownies for the Brownlees!