Sue's visit from the Auvergne coincided with a wedding in the village and the arrival of nice sunny weather (after a forecast of tres pluie)! Sue was also kind enough to bring lots of wine, which always goes down well.
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| Walking up the old 'Parsons Road' |
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| Lots of small beautiful tarns |
Today we headed to the Duddon Valley in the Lake District and had a very enjoyable promenade around the low fells. The weather was great, and views extensive.
On the way home we called in at the Boothes in Ulverston and I nearly ended up in a fight with 2 'older ladies' over a loaf of bread - I didn't realise the danger.
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| I spy..... |
I spied a 'loaf' of rustic olive bread that I thought would be just the thing to have with our Tuscan sausage casserole, I picked it up..... big mistake and then noticed lots of women surrounding the bread display waiting for all of the items to be reduced.
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| Herdwick's gathered for shearing |
Unbeknown to me if you touch or pick up an item then IT WILL NOT GET REDUCED - as a local informed me whilst scowling at me from across the iced buns! I waited for the melee to die down and put in my move, finally getting the olive loaf which to be honest I would happily have paid full price for!
And I always thought Booths was so genteel (the Waitrose of the North as I like to think of it)!
ReplyDeleteIt normally is! Interestingly at the tills I saw the 2 forthright 'ladies' (term used loosely!) arguing over the price of their reduced petit baguettes - its the small things that amuse... Hope you are well Mark. Looking forward to you getting time to update your blog with lots of adventures I'm sure.
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