Not just any Sunday roast

Not just any Sunday roast, mind you – this was actually the first time I’d cooked roast beef. Got the cut from an actual butcher this afternoon. Even made gravy the old-fashioned way.

Didn’t skimp on the veges either: onion, garlic, peas, carrot, swede, parsnip, potato, broccoli, cauliflower. I timed them reasonably well, and nothing was left hanging (though the potatoes could have been slightly crunchier).

I’ve cooked roasts before – but only vegetarian ones. This was, as far as I can recall, my first