getbracknell - Reading Evening Post

I finally got to the point where I couldn’t find any more excuses. There is no longer any snow for me to slip on and break my neck. The road isn’t flooded. And that isn't the fabled Wokingham wildcat out on the prowl. It’s a man walking his dog.

So, reluctantly, I pulled on my trainers and started running again. I managed two runs last week – a total of about seven miles.

I’ve been training for the marathon for about a month now.

It was all going fairly well up to last week, I was running about three times a week and even eating reasonably healthily.

First of all, I must apologise for how long it has been since I last blogged. My only excuse is that it has been a very dry couple of weeks in the office for biscuits.

Maybe it’s the credit crunch contributing to the lack of crunch in the office.

Anyway, in the absence of new, interesting biscuits to write about I have thought of something very important to discuss – dunking.

It’s been a good week for biscuits in the office.

I thought things were looking bright when a packet of chocolate Hob Nobs appeared on Wednesday but little did I know things were set to get even better…

“I’m still a cookie-holic, you can hide ‘em, I’m-a find ‘em, on the counter, in the closet, and I’ll say I ain’t do it with my face covered in chocolate.”

These words, from a soon-to-be-hit pop song, highlight the plight of a biscuit obsessed madman (no, not me). 

Biscuits – a sweet treat that gives you a little sugar boost to help you through the day. Right?

Not necessarily. Biscuits can be savoury too and last week I found that there is a huge and unexplored world of salty, cheesy and herby biscuits waiting to be discovered.

We all like biscuits - even the rich and the famous.

So while glossy magazines cover all other aspects of celebrity life, from their holidays with their ridiculously named spawn to their fluctuating waistlines, I want to concentrate on the only thing that really matters.

What are the stars’ favourite biscuits?

A cup of tea and a biscuit. Few things are more quintessentially English – or are they?

It seems in our modern, multi-cultural society even the biscuit is being brought into the 21st century by influences from abroad.

New biscuits are almost always rubbish.

There is a very good reason why almost all the best selling biscuits (Digestives, Hob Nobs, Jaffa Cakes (don’t start), Garibaldis, Bourbons etc) have been around for ages – it’s because all the best ideas have been taken.

That’s what I though until the other day when I was taken by surprise in the supermarket.