Cider Baked Pork Chops

A recipe for the best ever pork chops

Ingredients
4 oz mushroom sliced
2 cooking apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
1 onion sliced
Salt and Pepper
4 pork chops
1/2 Pint Cider
2 oz breadcrums (brown bread)
4 oz Cheddar Cheese (grated)

Preheat oven to 400' F
Grease a 3 pint shallow overn proof dish?
Place mushrooms, apples, onions in the dish. Season with salt and pepper
Lay the pork chops on top
Cover with apple cider
Sprinkle on top of chops with mixed breadcrumbs and cheddar
Cook for 1.5 hours

Best pork chops you ever had!

(sorry you will have to convert to metric)

Schools

On Thursday I managed to visit 2 primary schools. First I had a tour of Stone St Mary's Church of England Primary School in the morning. Then I went into a yr5/6 class at Cecil Road Primary School to watch a science lesson. Mr Chris Rutland had the students drawing mindmaps in the classroom, to gage students prior knowledge. He then took them outside to examine a variety of things under microscopes, to get them thinking about the world around them and to practice using the microsopes. It was really good to meet a teacher who enjoys teaching, is passionate about science and willing to take time out to talk to me. Got to talk about the teacher training process, science programs and resources, NIT and the inner workings of primary schools. Could have picked his brain a lot longer, but time was against me.

Dressing up

Kent seemed to like dressing up on Wednesday. Not only did he wear a drysuit at NRLI, but also took the opportunity to dress up when visiting a fort in the afternoon. Well it was halloween!

Getting into the suits

The suits were rather large and were quite an experience to wear. Not only did it take a while to get into them & do them up, but was also interesting getting the air out of them.

Oh what a ride

We were taken for a ride on a rescue boat that is operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. We were fully kitted up with a drysuit and helmet. We were grinning like school kids!!!

Charlene's injury tally!

Think I am doing remarkably well, haven't got any major injuries (other than the ones I came with). My body has been left fairly unscathed, well there was one time when I got hit with a branch in the face, but other that body has been safe.
However, the feet have taken a beating.
So far they have been:
hit with a shower head- still unsure how, but Alison says I make a fine alarm clock!
hit with a conditioner bottle
hit with a body wash bottle
(the shower is a dangerous place!)
attacked by mosquitoes

Also, I have:
trod on a bag of kangaroo pins
trod on a thumb tack
got a sewing needle stuck in toe

Overall, things are good!

Hosts in Eastbourne

This is Trevor, Ann and John, who I stayed with for 3 nights in Eastbourne and who I have just left. They were my 5th hosts, still have 3 more to go. While I was there they soon learned how accident prone I am. They are probably at home at the moment with their feet up, a glass of wine and sighing with relief that they never had to take me to the hospital!

I am proud to say that I am one of the few people who has witnessed John dancing, in fact couldn't get him off the dance floor Saturday night!