Cucumber gin

Eldest son has a friend who runs a trendy bar in East London.  He also sends out cocktail pouches and a newsletter.  In his latest he talked about infusions - most of which I didn’t like the sound of (olive oil gin?) but this, which is sort of faux Hendricks (don’t sue) is easy and summery.  You put the peel of a cucumber in 500ml gin for 4 days, add 2ml rose water and a pinch of salt.  It comes up this lovely colour and you mix with tonic for a cucumber G&T. I used Waitrose basic gin - I supposed the main thing is that it’s not too flavoured. Comes out £20 a bottle cheaper than Hendricks!

Lovely day.  I watched Jack Thorne’s inspiring MacTaggart speech about disability inclusivity and hoped to be at the Edinburgh TV Festival for real next year.