Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Monday, 29 September 2008
Billingsgate Fish Market
When Fran and Graham (our almost neighbours) invited us for dinner it ended up being almost a whole day affair as it started with a very early morning mission to the docklands for a shopping trip at Billingsgate Fish Market.
It was a v yummy dinner, although those of us who had an early start were certainly feeling by dessert!
Canary Wharf in the background
Mmm, bait fish
Fran and Graham trying to work out how many boxes they needed to buy
"If it swims we sell it"
An East end specialty, Jellied Eels.
Yum!
It was a v yummy dinner, although those of us who had an early start were certainly feeling by dessert!
Canary Wharf in the background
Mmm, bait fish
Fran and Graham trying to work out how many boxes they needed to buy
"If it swims we sell it"
An East end specialty, Jellied Eels.
Yum!
Harbury Beer Festival
When the Laundry King, came into our lives he had a very positive influence on the beer appreciation in the family.
It seemed logical then with Amy's sister Brenda and her husband (LK) visiting us in the UK for a few days before heading of to warmer climes to leave London for the small Warwickshire village of Harbury for their annual beer festival.
The theme was ale of many colours, and each of the 55 plus beers all somehow had a colour theme. Between us all we made a fantastic effort to get through the brilliantly named beers (Hung Drawn and Portered was one of the better names that comes to mind).
It was a great day out, and something to be done again no doubt (although perhaps not with the morris dancing).
Harbury Town Hall
Morris dancing
David, Brenda & Amy
Amy trying Morris Dancing
Brenda with a big stick
Mullets and beer guts
Paul & David picking the next drink
Towards the end of the day
It seemed logical then with Amy's sister Brenda and her husband (LK) visiting us in the UK for a few days before heading of to warmer climes to leave London for the small Warwickshire village of Harbury for their annual beer festival.
The theme was ale of many colours, and each of the 55 plus beers all somehow had a colour theme. Between us all we made a fantastic effort to get through the brilliantly named beers (Hung Drawn and Portered was one of the better names that comes to mind).
It was a great day out, and something to be done again no doubt (although perhaps not with the morris dancing).
Harbury Town Hall
Morris dancing
David, Brenda & Amy
Amy trying Morris Dancing
Brenda with a big stick
Mullets and beer guts
Paul & David picking the next drink
Towards the end of the day
The Yorkshire Dales
In keeping with our promise to spend "summer" in the UK, we took the train up to the Yorkshire Dales for the last bank holiday in August.
Paul had chosen a place in the middle of the famous Settle to Carlise tourist train route, so not only did we have the pleasure of being in the north where people actually speak to strangers on the trains (and to be fair we had a very strange one as we left Leeds), but we also had people selling tourist guides and telling us where to look out on the train journey!
We stayed a in tiny little hamlet called Cowgill. I think that the only feature on the OS map was in fact the pub that we stayed in. And it was lovely to be so isolated and to see so much green.
The reason that the Dales were so appealing was the chance to go out walking in the countryside so in spite of the threat of rain we had two lovely days walking, and two lovely evenings by the fire at the pub.
Dent was having their summer fair while we were in the neighbourhood so Amy took great pleasure in looking at the fare competition (although thought that the marmalade winning the jam completion was a bit scandalous).
Amy also took hundreds of photos of the wide open spaces, but here are just a few.
Dent Station
Trainline to Dent
The view heading west
Walking up the valley - We walked right through the garden of this farmhouse. Complete with farmbirds!
Mushroom in the forest
Another waterfall
The view of the train into Dent from above
View from the picnic spot. Mmm marmite sandwiches
Amy picking brambles
Dent Village Fair
Paul being a little confused about the signs
Amy walking through the world's smallest gate
The Sportsman's Inn
Paul had chosen a place in the middle of the famous Settle to Carlise tourist train route, so not only did we have the pleasure of being in the north where people actually speak to strangers on the trains (and to be fair we had a very strange one as we left Leeds), but we also had people selling tourist guides and telling us where to look out on the train journey!
We stayed a in tiny little hamlet called Cowgill. I think that the only feature on the OS map was in fact the pub that we stayed in. And it was lovely to be so isolated and to see so much green.
The reason that the Dales were so appealing was the chance to go out walking in the countryside so in spite of the threat of rain we had two lovely days walking, and two lovely evenings by the fire at the pub.
Dent was having their summer fair while we were in the neighbourhood so Amy took great pleasure in looking at the fare competition (although thought that the marmalade winning the jam completion was a bit scandalous).
Amy also took hundreds of photos of the wide open spaces, but here are just a few.
Dent Station
Trainline to Dent
The view heading west
Walking up the valley - We walked right through the garden of this farmhouse. Complete with farmbirds!
Mushroom in the forest
Another waterfall
The view of the train into Dent from above
View from the picnic spot. Mmm marmite sandwiches
Amy picking brambles
Dent Village Fair
Paul being a little confused about the signs
Amy walking through the world's smallest gate
The Sportsman's Inn
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