First course; King's Pear; fresh mashed avocado on hot toast with butter; salad cream and salt and pepper - absolutely scruptious.

Second course; rack of lamb; pink; with mint sauce - served with macoroni cheese and a glass of cold white wine.

Comfort food for a cold night; watching Midwives and Fry at the BAFTAs. Hugo must win some; Artist; Meryl.

Hoping TTSS doesn't do as well as predicted; nowhere near as good as Guinness.

Venison sausage casserole with Gnocchi - odd but it works well. Strangely enough I bought the DVD of the BBC TTSS and started watching it last night. It's great - every legendary British character actor seems to pop up.