What a windy week!

This has been yet another windy week and it's getting worse.  Monday was glorious,  but since then although the sky is blue and the sun is warm,  we have had very big gusts coming - literally - out of the blue!  Despite the winds, it has been warm.  Around 17 or so most days.  But cooler weather is coming.....

This is today's forecast - just look at the wind speeds!  And tomorrow is the same...but it's not just here,  there are warnings for wind, rain and snow for almost every region of Spain.

So these photos are quite deceptive.  Tuesday afternoon we went up to the fuente,  round the deposito,  and back out through a fairly flat area that we call 'boulder park'.  The area is surrounded but high rocks and so is nearly always calm.  What you can't see are the high speed clouds hurtling past!





Clouds, what clouds?  I said they were moving fast!



What we didn't know till too late was that Tuesday was pancake day,  Shrove Tuesday to be exact,  so we had pancake Thursday instead.  I don't know where I found this recipe, I tend to google and make notes and then it's sometimes trial and error.  This must be a made up recipe by me as the weights are a mixture of grams and ounces.

5 fluid ounces of milk, whisked together with 1 medium egg till frothy.
Add this to 120 grams self raising flour, 30 grams of sugar and a pinch of salt.
Whisk thoroughly and put tablespoonfuls of the mixture onto a hot oiled (I butter it) griddle or heavy based frying pan.  The top of the pancake bubbles quickly,  flip over and cook the other side.

The number of pancakes seems to vary!  This week the egg was a large one, the mixture runnier than normal,  and it made 27 small pancakes which we ate over 3 days, buttered and with home made grape jelly.



Enjoy!   Happy weekend.  And happy Valentines Day too.

Not surprisingly with this wind around we are going to stay in and watch the rugby later on.