Yesterday I set off to visit Lakeland - the home of creative kitchenware™ as I was in need of an oven thermometer. I did have one before moving to this house but somewhere in the move it got mislaid. My husband ‘decided’ (was coerced if I was being honest!) to cook a roast chicken during the week and complained that the oven wasn’t hot enough and that the chicken and roast potatoes were not browning in the expected timescale. I decided I would get a new oven thermometer as it is always a good idea to have one in any case as many ovens do not run at the temperature you think you have set using the oven dials. 
I love any excuse to go to the Lakeland shop for a browse around even if I am not looking for anything in particular. It is my equivalent to my husband enjoying a wander around a Maplin store looking at unidentifiable (to me) bits of electronics and tools. The Lakeland catalogues are fine and even looking at their online store is a nice way to spend some time if feeling bored, but nothing beats actually being able to see and touch the real life items. I was not disappointed and spent best part of an hour browsing through the shop looking at all the new kitchenware and gadgets. Lakeland seem to have thought of everything, with some help from creative ideas from their customers, and sell “must-have” kitchen goods that you didn’t know you needed till you see them!
Yesterday I set off to visit Lakeland - the home of creative kitchenware™ as I was in need of an oven thermometer. I did have one before moving to this house but somewhere in the move it got mislaid. My husband ‘decided’ (was coerced if I was being honest!) to cook a roast chicken during the week and complained that the oven wasn’t hot enough and that the chicken and roast potatoes were not browning in the expected timescale. I decided I would get a new oven thermometer as it is always a good idea to have one in any case as many ovens do not run at the temperature you think you have set using the oven dials. 
