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The Weekend !
Jul. 17th, 2012 03:29 pmI've just returned from one of my regular trips "Up-North" to visit my mother, we had a good time and I was (thankfully) able to drive a rental car as usual. I know I was a bit naughty, as the post-cataract info booklet says not to drive until given the all-clear at the hospital check-up two weeks after, but my eye seemed perfectly fine and I had no problem with vision. I did wear "shades" all the time so people probably thought I was either Italian, or a moron !! LOL Considering the awful weather we've been having, we were lucky and escaped any rain on Saturday and Sunday, and even saw the sun every so often. And mother was in good form.
My mother was concerned about me driving too far so we decided on a run of not too far to the visitor's centre at Fountains Abbey near Ripon. We've been a number of times before as it has plenty of disabled parking, loos, a large cafe and a gift shop - it's run by the National Trust, so we can kill a number of birds with one stone !! It was rather overcast, but the rain stayed away. The Abbey ruins are the largest monastic ruins in the country, and well worth a visit, it's set in wonderful valley with a river, meadows and wood, and is very atmospheric. From the visitors centre courtyard the top of a still-intact tower can be seen quite clearly as we are on raised ground.
On our way back home we spotted a little Tea Shop that we've passed before though we were always too late or had had tea elsewhere. Being earlier than usual we were able to get a table and have a pot of tea and a slice of strawberry and nectarine gateau each.... I had to take a photo to remind me to try and make something similar... it was lovely !
On Sunday my mother navigated another run out in the countryside which would lead us to a pub she had spotted for a traditional roast lunch. My sister had taken her on the route a couple of weeks ago, the road was unfamiliar, a lot of it being one-track, but the scenery was fantastic and really had the "Yorkshire Dales" look..... we both enjoyed it immensely. The only hiccup was that said pub was nowhere to be found where mother thought she'd seen it so we gave up the search and made for home...however, after a number of miles we found it.... my mother was rather pleased she had not "imagined" it ! We called in for lunch - it was excellent ! (and may well be on the list of places to go when Franco (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding...... at the Roe Buck
Mother's cat, Henry, was waiting for us when we got back, looking none too pleased to be kept waiting.........
On arrival back home in Victor Road I bumped into a neighbour who said our little front garden was looking "pretty as a picture", so as I had my camera with me I thought I'd take a snap ! The hydrangeas and lavender certainly like the wet weather ! .....and the sweet peas in bloom at the moment have an amazingly strong fragrance...these pearl-y-pink ones are so pretty.
My mother was concerned about me driving too far so we decided on a run of not too far to the visitor's centre at Fountains Abbey near Ripon. We've been a number of times before as it has plenty of disabled parking, loos, a large cafe and a gift shop - it's run by the National Trust, so we can kill a number of birds with one stone !! It was rather overcast, but the rain stayed away. The Abbey ruins are the largest monastic ruins in the country, and well worth a visit, it's set in wonderful valley with a river, meadows and wood, and is very atmospheric. From the visitors centre courtyard the top of a still-intact tower can be seen quite clearly as we are on raised ground.
On our way back home we spotted a little Tea Shop that we've passed before though we were always too late or had had tea elsewhere. Being earlier than usual we were able to get a table and have a pot of tea and a slice of strawberry and nectarine gateau each.... I had to take a photo to remind me to try and make something similar... it was lovely !
On Sunday my mother navigated another run out in the countryside which would lead us to a pub she had spotted for a traditional roast lunch. My sister had taken her on the route a couple of weeks ago, the road was unfamiliar, a lot of it being one-track, but the scenery was fantastic and really had the "Yorkshire Dales" look..... we both enjoyed it immensely. The only hiccup was that said pub was nowhere to be found where mother thought she'd seen it so we gave up the search and made for home...however, after a number of miles we found it.... my mother was rather pleased she had not "imagined" it ! We called in for lunch - it was excellent ! (and may well be on the list of places to go when Franco (
london1967 next makes it for the weekend)Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding...... at the Roe Buck
Mother's cat, Henry, was waiting for us when we got back, looking none too pleased to be kept waiting.........
On arrival back home in Victor Road I bumped into a neighbour who said our little front garden was looking "pretty as a picture", so as I had my camera with me I thought I'd take a snap ! The hydrangeas and lavender certainly like the wet weather ! .....and the sweet peas in bloom at the moment have an amazingly strong fragrance...these pearl-y-pink ones are so pretty.
