How to create your own good luck - by getting involved

There is a saying that variety is the spice of life. Well, sometimes my life is very spicy and last week was a prime example.
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Car presentation

I was asked by the Caravan and Motorhome Club to present a car to the lucky winner of a prize draw. I was delighted to be asked to do this, how amazing, handing over a set of keys, and what a car it was too, a whopping great big Ssangyong Korando, a great towing car (writes Karen Wright).

The competition had been open, so it was fabulous when we discovered the winner was a member of the club and regularly takes trips to club sites. His most recent visit was to Chatsworth House, just a short distance from where he lives in Rotherham.

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Chatsworth site is in the grounds of the house itself and is well worth a visit. All club sites have excellent Covid-19 safety measures in place, so are great places to relax on a ‘staycation’.

A chat to Neville, the winner, got me thinking about luck. Are we born lucky or do we create our own good fortune?

When I was young, I used to watch Blue Peter. There were opportunities to win a Blue Peter badge, but I never got around to buying a stamp to send off my competition entry so I never got a badge. These days most forms can be completed online from your armchair, so no excuses, remember, in it to win it!

I believe we make our own luck. I got my place on The Great British Bake Off because I filled in the application form. I worked hard, baking every day, trying out new things I had never tasted let alone made before. I created a huge portfolio of photographs to send in. Most importantly though, I pressed the send button. Just like Neville who won the car, I made my own luck by having a go.

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Speaking of going places, our trip to France has been postponed, so now we are having a ‘staycation’. I have booked three club sites. We are going to the Malvern Hills, the Isle of Wight and to Brighton. I am very excited. We don’t go yet so next week my article will be on my usual topic, lovely grub!

Have a great week everyone and be lucky! www.karenwrightbakes.co.uk