Autumn's Final Fling

There's a nice walk I sometimes take up through the Scheveningse Bosjes, and round by Westbroek Park. Well, it's more like a theme and variations, because there are a myriad of routes to take around this part of the city that will give you a goodly supply of woodland eye-candy.  

Today's foray took me through the middle of the bosjes, around the park, and back past the lake (of which I can't find the name.) This whole area was part of the coastal defences called the Atlantikwall, created by the Germans when they occupied the Netherlands (and much of the European coast) during the Second World War; the woods were raised to the ground (as well as much housing), and the lake became part of an anti-tank ditch. It shows the massive fortitude of the Dutch that the many woods and parks of the city have been re-planted, and allowed to heal some of the scars left by the Nazis.

A Little Of What You Fancy Does You Good

"This beauteous marvel of confectionery is a Salted Caramel Brownie Slice from M&S. But, dear reader, it's more than *just* a Salted Caramel Brownie Slice from M&S... It's a promise made to the author many months ago, an enticement to divest herself of unnecessary poundage, a reward for perseverance (and, perhaps, for reading too many novels by Jane Austen).

Today there is 90 pounds (or 40.82kgs) less of our heroine. Huzzah!

And soon, very soon, there will be considerably less Salted Caramel Brownie Slice from M&S... om nom nom!"