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I have been busy this week - it is TT, and as it is the centenary it is even busier than usual - there are about 50,000 extra people and about 20,000 extra motorbikes on our little island - a space about 32 miles by 11 miles.
Why does TT keep me busy? Because my church fronts onto the TT course and it is not unusual to have 100 or more people watching the motorbike racing from our car park and gardens - and we open up a 'snack counter' at church to cater for them, and make some money for church funds. Not only do I spend part of every race day (Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday) serving, but much of the intervening time baking as we sell an awful lot of home-made cakes!
My carrot cake sells in minutes usually, and my banana cake and strawberry cheesecake muffins go almost as quickly. I think I will have provided a total of about 70 individual cakes and squares of cake, all individually wrapped in cling-film for hygiene purposes. At 50p each this is £35 towards church funds. But in total we will probably make about £1,500. There are pictures of 'TT Teas' on our church website, which I maintain, and which there is a link to one sidebar of this journal.
So - under the cut is one picture of the crowd to give you an idea, and also some pics of my garden to show how things are growing - I have been out there with a cold drink when I've got home from 'Teaing' each evening!
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I am hoping to get half an hour tonight to discuss the next chapter of Access All Areas properly with my co-writer, when I can get him away from his own computer for a while.
Why does TT keep me busy? Because my church fronts onto the TT course and it is not unusual to have 100 or more people watching the motorbike racing from our car park and gardens - and we open up a 'snack counter' at church to cater for them, and make some money for church funds. Not only do I spend part of every race day (Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday) serving, but much of the intervening time baking as we sell an awful lot of home-made cakes!
My carrot cake sells in minutes usually, and my banana cake and strawberry cheesecake muffins go almost as quickly. I think I will have provided a total of about 70 individual cakes and squares of cake, all individually wrapped in cling-film for hygiene purposes. At 50p each this is £35 towards church funds. But in total we will probably make about £1,500. There are pictures of 'TT Teas' on our church website, which I maintain, and which there is a link to one sidebar of this journal.
So - under the cut is one picture of the crowd to give you an idea, and also some pics of my garden to show how things are growing - I have been out there with a cold drink when I've got home from 'Teaing' each evening!
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I am hoping to get half an hour tonight to discuss the next chapter of Access All Areas properly with my co-writer, when I can get him away from his own computer for a while.
