Day: March 24, 2015

Up and out early in an even brighter day than yesterday.  J took us for a walk around the local area and then home to meet with H & N who were driving up from London.

We were hoping to go out to a local restaurant for lunch, but when we arrived there, we found it locked up.  We weren’t the only ones to be disappointed as there were cars leaving the place as we got there.  However, thinking on our feet again, or on S’s feet, it was decided we’d buy some stuff in and have lunch at home.  I think it was the better choice in the end.  After H & N headed home, we went for another walk through the fields and beside the river on a right-of-way.  We also visited Valioso the big white horse.  S and I were not too sure about being beside these big horses, but J & Sim assured us that all would be well, and it was.

Dinner tonight was part of meat feast bought yesterday and it was excellent.

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1. Apple blossom.
2. Jaggy things.
3. White horse – Not Valioso Sim, sorry.  It’s Blue.
4. Bramble leaf – NOTE! Bramble, not blackberry.  Seen on a walk around Astwick with my son and his wife.  Lovely sunshine after dull Saturday.  365/081

Ill divided house.  Two thirds black and only one third brick.  Very pretty.  Looked like a jigsaw puzzle box or a biscuit tin lid.

Still catching up after our visit ‘darn sarf’ as Ray would say.

The day started with brilliant sun shining in our window this morning.  Looking out over the livery area with three or four horses in the fields.  After breakfast, J & S took us to Chapham’s butchers in Baldock to do their meat shopping , Chapmans.  It really is a carnivore’s delight.  I decided on the spot that we would visit on Monday before the drive north.

Back to the house to deposit the meat in the freezer and then off to Grafham Reservoir for a walk.  The day hadn’t brightened very much, but we were off to Grafham  By the time we got to Grafham it was quite cool and windy.  Had a bracing walk half way round the lake and then back again.  Watched a couple of blokes fishing and catching some nice looking trout, but it would have been a cold day for them all.

At night we went to Korean restaurant, Gangnam Stevenage for dinner.  Very interesting and tasty dinner.  I had Korean Orange Juice as my drink, which tasted like er … diluting orange juice.  Possible safer though than Aloe Vera Juice.

Looks like an alien spaceship, but it’s the pumping station at Grafham reservoir.

365/080