I've always admired Prue Leith, her style of dress, bright colours, extraordinary large earrings and necklaces, as well as her culinary expertise and I love her hair!
So, I was disappointed to learn she was stepping down from her role in 'Bake Off.'
But totally understood her reasons; John Player her second husband is younger than her, and at 86 she said she wanted to spend more time with him, he's 71..
Death it seems is constantly on her mind and she's admitted she wonders if she'll see another summer.
Her brother died a very painful death suffering from bone cancer and consequentially she is an advocate of assisted dying, having witnessed her brother's death.
Thinking about how much time she has left prompted her to embrace life more fully, and she and John have had an amazing holiday in Uzbekistan, following the 'Silk Road. ' Speaking about it she described it as a holiday of a life time..
I don't want a holiday, but we are working hard to get my peach tree to fruit properly again and I would like to see it in full fruit again, hence the walking even if its only around a supermarket when its raining!
Chrisxx
9 comments:
Good luck with the trees. May peaches be in your future!
Having seen my mother's death recently I can say being assisted isn't necessary. My mother isn't alone in deciding in her late 90s she'd had enough, and subsequently refused food. She was made very comfortable in palliative care and didn't take long to go. This lady looks full of life and could very well reach 100
Cont'd The lady seems to have doom on her mind. "We'll all be doomed" said Hanrahan. Quote from famous Aus poem. She needs to thank God she's doing so well, her story is different to her unfortunate relative.
We had a peach tree in our garden when I was a child....I remember the first time it fruited, it had just 5 peaches on it. Which was lucky as there were 5 of us, 3 kids plus mum & dad!
More home grown fresh peaches would indeed be lovely. I walk every aisle of our small grocery in winter for the only exercise I get. Hoping for dry and warm here sooner than later. Total fog today.
I like her too and was sad that she was going off the show. She sure doesn't look her age!
I've never seen the show.
Good luck with the trees.
I do hope you manage to get your peach tree to produce fruit again. The smell of a fresh peach picked from the garden and warmed by the sun must be a real treat.
I wish Prue Leith and her husband all the best .
She will be missed on the baking show. I always enjoyed her comments. We are hoping to plant a peach tree in our garden this spring. I hope it produces lot of juicy fruit in time.
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