SPICED VEGGIE COCONUT SOUP

Mark and I headed to Glasgow last weekend as, rather fortunately ( for me), he had some filming to do there for a documentary he’s making for Channel Five. Which – hooray – meant I could go with him and hang out with my mate and fellow Loose Woman presenter Kaye Adams.

And hang out we did! We talked, ate, cooked, talked, ate and cooked almost around the clock! Well, to be specific, I cooked, talked and ate and she just talked and ate because, as I’ve mentioned before in this column – as bright and beautiful (did you see what I did there, Kaye?) as she is – she is also a terrible cook.

But when it comes to plying me with alcohol she is far more talented.

Yes, Ole Tartan Knickers mixes a mean gin and tonic (with

So with the worst hangover ever. I had to crawl on my knees into Kaye’s kitchen

incredibly tasty Edinburgh Gin) which was great as I was drinking them – and making a complete plonker of myself in front of her poor unsuspecting children – but not so great the next morning, when I felt like I’d been run over by a train.

Wow what a hangover! It was one of those when you need to actually crawl under the train that rolled over you and hide away. And one of those when what you need more than anything else in the world is the friend that got you into that state in the first place to make you something delicious and nourishing to bring you back to life.

Unfortunately I didn’t have a friend like that last Sunday, did I Kaye?

So, with the worst hangover ever, I had to crawl on my knees into Kaye’s kitchen and make something myself, Didn’t I Kaye? Yes I did!

And, if I say so myself, it was fabulous and did, in fact, cure 70% of my symptoms... and yes, before you ask, I did let Kaye have some too.

That’s what friends are for...