Drove down on Friday afternoon and it was busy on the M4 and while the traffic might have been slow in a couple of places, at least it was moving and by coming on and leaving at the right junctions based on road reports managed to avoid major snarl ups. Arrived to find Hairy Nephew and Father Ted having just completed their task for the day – namely removing shrubbery beds and replacing with turf and removing moss infected grass to replace with seeds later.
Weather had been a steady drizzle for them all day which is perfect for laying down of turf, the sky cleared as the sun was going down so I was able to take the snap of the pretty colours. We had a fine meal and caught up on each others news since our last meeting - not much cider consumed on our side of the table but the red wine was flowing freely.
The wee man went to bed at the usual time and after only a couple of bouts of wailing dropped off for the night – was a bit noisy first thing but managed to get back to sleep pretty easily.
Eldest Niece and FT and Lewis had to leave at lunchtime which they did after we all sat out in bright sunshine at the local caff and ate a large breakfast and admired 3 owls which they had there. Followed by a visit to Thatchers for us furreners to resupply on good cider and then it was time to say goodbye.
As we had to visit Wells to pick up some Chorizo sausage for a soup (well more of a broth) for dinner on Saturday night I finally got to have a pint of draught Hoegaarden in The Wokey Hole Inn – closest I had ever reached before was turning up one Sunday afternoon when it was shut. Almost worth the wait – but the soup was stunning with a fresh crusty loaf when we had it later and if you get out your magnifying glass then you can recreate it for yourself.
2 comments:
That soup looks delicious! Glad you had safe travels.
That sunset is beautiful, too. :)
rt, Glad that you enjoyed the pics - I will try making the soup myself sometime soon.
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