Thursday 25th of August

A quiet day after a day with riding, a day with running and a day walking up a mountain (well part of it).

In the morning I made it to the bike clothing outlet store before they closed for lunch.  There was quite a lot I liked there but I ended up with a softshell top and a new team kit.  Given the choices that they had (Sportful and Castelli manufacturers) there was only one real choice I could make...

Yes I know it's Skoda and not Ferrari...

 Later in the day I got involved a little in making the dinner.  Gnocchi was on the menu but it had to be made.  Who'd have thought mashed potato could turn into something tasting so nice!

First the potatoes were boiled 

And then they were fed through 'the machine' and a little egg was added for binding 

Once kneaded into a big ball it was cut off in pieces, rolled into a long piece and cut into smaller pieces

It was then officially my job to roll the pieces on the inside of a fork to give them more of a shell type shape and also to stop the neighbours kids from eating them before we had a chance to.

Turns out all you need for some piece and quiet is a wood board, some flour and mashed potato - kept them busy for 25 minutes

They tasted good once boiled for a few minutes but I was told that they weren't as good as normal because they were made with new potatoes fresh out of their field instead of older potatoes from later in the season.