cake and chevaux

may sound a strange combination, but the riding stables have a canny and cunning plan in hand...every time a rider falls they bring in a cake the following week. So Gregoire being superchefdaddy made a light and fluffy chocolate sponge cake and freestyle drew a horse's head on top from marzipan and icing sugar. Oh what a popular girl Scarlet was - and for her - it makes the prospect of falling again less nerve wracking. News from Sophie and Tim in Kenya and they are ok - safely at home to Nairobi, up to Malu this weekend if possible. Fingers crossed things start to calm down for them and life returns to as normal as possible. The aforementioned alternative theatre evening was very avant-garde for round here - luckily it was also a huge success and everyone left very happy if slightly bewildered by some of the *physical theatre* rehearsal they had seen. "Comedie" round here means Moliere and vaudeville so a modern English language-take on classic French film noir complete with mime and movement was somewhat radical. Still, we are now well known for taking the locals slightly out of their comfort zone - and they are rarely unhappy about it, surprised sometimes, but in a good way.