It's been another day of showers and with the temperature at about 15c it's been more like Spring than Summer. Mum and I went to Kent today to see Nan and had a slow journey down. I think the world and his wife were off on their hols and we saw lots of cars loaded up to the gunnels as well as quite a few caravans.
We took Nan out for lunch to a pub next to Hall Place which is a lovely old house and gardens. As we went in the sun was shining and I was going to suggest a walk afterwards but when we came out it was pouring! We had a very good lunch of Chicken Caesar salad and then we took Nan to get some new cushions for her sofa.
The journey home was the best we have had in a very long time, despite the numerous roadworks. We were home by 6.30pm and I was welcomed by the smell of Keith's boozy beef casserole. The French wine I opened the other night was really not very good - it was from a town in the middle of France called St Pourcain and my parents and me used to stop at a nearby small auberge about 25 years ago, so it had sentimental connotations. The grape was Gamay which produces a very light wine (think of Beaujolais) and it was just a bit too thin for me. At the moment we're trying not to throw so much food away so we kept it in the fridge (it can be drunk chilled) and Keith marinated the beef in the wine overnight for dinner this evening. It was delicious!
We had a wonderful storm through dinner and some of the heaviest rain and hail I've ever seen. The thunder rumbled on for about an hour and we all had a great time watching it out of the window. The television is still not back to normal, though!
2 comments:
Definitely Spring like with all these showers.
Does that mean we'll have an Indian Summer in September? ;)
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