A lovely week end.
Some friends - from Goring on Thames, Reading - were here for the weekend and we have had a fun!
Saturday we went to Farndale to do the 'Daffodil Walk'. This is normally a pleasant three and a half mile stroll along the banks of the river Dove with only a couple of fairly steep bits - but - after all the recent rain - we were ankle deep in mud and had great difficulty staying upright in some places. Made it to the 'Daffy Cafe' - a tiny cottage cafe half way along the walk - serves the most delicious bacon sandwiches - just the thing to set you up for the second half of the walk. Enjoyed our tea and sandwiches in the garden, joined by a few cheeky chaffinches.
Sunday we went to Pickering as I had some books to sell. We had coffee and danish pastries in Coupland's and had a good look round before heading for the bookshop - made enough on my books to pay for our lunch! On to Helmsley - lunch in Scott's - best fish'n'chips in the county and then did a raid on the deli that Summer mentioned in another thread - Wensleydale cheese, Lincolnshire poacher cheese, and Jersey butter - yummy! On the way back to the car we stopped at a little bakery - just had to buy a treacle tart and some delicious wholemeal bread!