Hoping that I can now upload some of my favourite pics from Week 1 of the UK trip! Week 1 was spent settling in and exploring the surrounds closest to my friend's place in the West Midlands (I think? anyhow she & her husband are in the middle of England). Here goes:
A 15th century Tudor in the middle of town
This castle dates back to the 11th century. The green grassy surroundings were lovely also.
This street is in the town centre. I love all of their quaint streets!
And I love their traditional telephone boxes, they are so cool!
We don't have beaches like this with mossy cliffs in Australia. It was a totally different experience. It all looks so dramatic!
I will post some of Week 2 on the weekend 
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FrugalTexan requested recipes for the dairy free egg free muffins I made on the weekend. I thought the blueberry muffins were ok but really loved the choc-apple muffins, the recipe is as below:
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups plain flour (I used wholemeal, it made no difference)
1/4 cup NESTLÉ BAKERS' CHOICE Cocoa
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 cup raw caster sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 teaspoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 medium granny smith apple, peeled, grated (see Notes)
1 tablespoon icing sugar mixture
Step 1
Preheat oven to 170C/150C fan-forced (the blueberry recipe had Fahrenheit temperatures, I think it was around 375 or 400 - just use the standard temperature for muffins). Line each hole of a 12-hole, 1/3-cup-capacity muffin pan with 2 paper cases.
Step 2
Sift flour, cocoa, bicarb, salt and 1 teaspoon cinnamon into a bowl. Stir in caster sugar. Whisk oil, vinegar, vanilla and 1 1/4 cups cold water in a large jug. Add 1/2 the oil mixture to flour mixture. Whisk until smooth and combined. Repeat with remaining oil mixture. Stir in apple. Divide mixture among prepared pan holes.
Step 3
Bake for 20 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly pressed. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Step 4
Combine icing sugar and remaining cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust muffins just before serving.
Hope you enjoy! Now I must be going off to bed, speak soon. (There was no time tonight for financial updates, I think I will have some tomorrow though)
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Thanks for the muffin recipe!
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