As previously mentioned Jill sent some lovely photos from her house-sitting holiday in the New Forest. The Kingston Lacy National Trust ones were fine but I thought that something with the personal touch would be better for this journal. So Picture 1 is of peaches freshly gathered by either her good self or Ro, I'm not sure.They look delicious and I bet a freshly picked peach has the magical taste that anything straight from the garden has. Even rhubarb !
Our 'Last of the Summer Wine' (Jill's attribution chaps - not mine!) crew set off promptly for our 'Walk on Wednesday' jaunt and we decided on the Middleton by Youlgreave area of Derbyshire so that Reg and Mike could do a serious 'boots' job from the top of the dale to the bottom where I could collect them, after 'messing about' taking flower pictures, babbling brooks, and pretty houses. There is a plethora of all of those in Derbyshire and this particular one is in Alport and in the link you will see reference to a 'packhorse bridge' and this is it.
My interest at the time though was the pretty house on the other side.We had our traditional 'chip cob' in a smashing pub in Winster, called the Miners Standard, please click here to visit. Mike and Reg knew the pub and the chip cob was first rate. For a change of scenery we returned via a scenic route including Cromford and Crich and funnily enough there was an item on Central News about a 69yr old stroke victim who tackled the 59 steps to the top of Crich Tower. The tower or 'stand' is a war memorial and visible on the sky-line from many miles around. We can see it (on a clear day) from Felley Access to the Motorway, just 3 miles up the road. Also in Crich is the famous tramway Museum but I won't make that a live-link too or you will all be suffering from link fatigue.
David rang, and they are safely back home. Their return journey was OK and they've had a super time. Serious sand-castles and sea-walls have been built, crabs have been caught and all things fun. Except that both Sky and Brooke had irritating coughs and colds. The 2 meet-ups with Steven and family were much enjoyed. And I have pictures to look forward to !
Y off to Burton Joyce for a grannying day; Me to Mansfield tomorrow for lunch with Bungus; and much 'messing about with photographs' - all being well.
A quick Woody Allen quote:
"I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland."
And off to bed. It is already 22.20pm and I'm running late; mainly due to watching the first of a new Rick Stein series, from 8pm-9pm, and this episode was about Mediterranean cooking, including Corsica and Sardinia. Nice prog ! 
2 comments:
Loved the Woody Allen quote - and the Rick Stein prohramme too. About 20 years back we did our first Saga holiday (we just qualified...) and spent a week in Corsica and a week in Sardinia, it was a smashing holiday.I remember having biscuit sort of things made out of chestnut flour. I've never made spaghetti carbonara the way he did - hope the eggs cooked - have you tried his way?
The peaches were indeed superb - from a greenhouse and combined with raspberries from the garden we had some good puds!
I quite enjoyed Rick Stein but you would think he would learn how to pronounce 'bruschetta' correctly, particularly as he pretends to be translating from the Italian,
Very irritating.
The Alzheimers programme was touching, revealing and harrowing. I think they should make smoking and consumption of animal fats compulsory.
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