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The accumulation of laundry after two nights away never fails to amaze me. Surely it doubles in size while in the suitcase? Still, while the washing machine bubbled and whirred yesterday I set to washing, hulling and boiling batches of mulberries and strawberries. Thanks to Clare for the home grown mulberries and to the discovery of more 79 cent a punnet strawberries.

Ah, the satisfaction of empty laundry baskets and full jars of fresh jam.