Ironically, given the travel we have done, one of our favourites locally is the Morrison’s supermarket, but not just for the shopping, but for their cafeteria. Having put up with a continental breakfast for a couple of weeks, it was time for a real cooked breakfast - £4.45 (about $9.00 NZ) with egg, bacon, sausage, tomatoes, beans and hash browns. Delicious! People still deride the English for their food, but when it comes to breakfast, they take some beating.
My hit list for this trip local food-wise is:
1) Genuine local pork pies
2) Fresh battered fish and mushy peas
3) Cider
4) Dandelion and burdock (soft drink)
5) Red cherry yoghurt
6) Eccles cakes
7) Curry
8) Clotted cream
By the time we’d left the supermarket, I was already clutching a pack of mini pork pies, so 1 down, 7 to go.
We had accepted an invitation to babysit Noah for the afternoon, so day one (Friday) was a family day and the temperature was decidedly cool at about 6 degrees but it was bright and sunny. Noah was as good as gold and had no problem adapting to his ‘new’ babysitters. We went on to Dave and Sue’s and Noah was happy enough with great uncle Dave feeding him. As a real Green, Noah is happy enough as long as someone feeds him - and feeds him plenty.
We had accepted an invitation to babysit Noah for the afternoon, so day one (Friday) was a family day and the temperature was decidedly cool at about 6 degrees but it was bright and sunny. Noah was as good as gold and had no problem adapting to his ‘new’ babysitters. We went on to Dave and Sue’s and Noah was happy enough with great uncle Dave feeding him. As a real Green, Noah is happy enough as long as someone feeds him - and feeds him plenty.
For some strange reason, the second night was one that the family won’t let me forget in a hurry, as I woke the household screaming during a nasty nightmare!!!
Night 3 was much better – much to the relief of the rest of the household, but still coughing.
Dave and Sue had booked us into a 3 course Sunday lunch carvery at 2:15pm and I over ate! To be fair, I was doing OK, but the caramel apple pie came with about a quarter pint of cream – and I couldn’t leave it now, could I?
We called round on Manu & Stewart as it was Manu’s birthday the day before. Noah was full on as he had his mate Rico to play with.
Monday and another coughing disturbed night and a lazy day, but tomorrow, we head off for a couple of days to visit friends and do a bit of touring.
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