On location - in South Carolina

It's time for a holiday and for me it's time to catch up with my friend in Lake Wiley, South Carolina. Just so you get your bearings Lake Wiley is in the north of South Carolina – yippee that means one flight to Charlotte!

My friend moved earlier this year so his home is completely new to me. I feel it only right that you should get a picture of where I am, so, here's the back view of the house :

Who let the dogs out - me – say hello to Choo Choo and her new best friend Hugo, aka Huggie, two wheaten terriers.

I should explain that this holiday will include some teaching but since my friend (and student) is more than interested we'll have the best time.

It's weekend and taking it easy is definitely the intention so we need to get the shopping out of the way so that we don't have to interrupt this fantastic weather - even by US standards it's warm – actually no it's hot – top 70ies.

On tonight's menu, smoked chicken fillet in Alfredo sauce with roast potatoes, roasted carrots in lemon and butter.

A little revision for me – back to old style Imperial temperatures and getting to grips with a new oven.

It's a tough life!