Heath

Scotland? It could be, couldn't it, and yet it's 10 minutes from where I live, a short distance outside the M25. To come here after a hard day at work is to be transported to the kind of peace and quiet that doesn't seem possible in such an urban enclave as Woking. I had to pinch myself when looking through the viewfinder, yes, this is unspoilt Surrey heathland, unspoiled because it is managed for the military and today they'd taken the red flags down. I found some chanterelle mushrooms and, after checking all the gen on false chanterelles I'm 95 per cent confident they're the real thing. If not then it'll be a gripey tummy not a dialysis machine. Mushroom risotto is scheduled for Friday.