Day 194
July 13, 2010A surprisingly bright and sunny afternoon at Flamborough Head
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A surprisingly bright and sunny afternoon at Flamborough Head
A great day walking the seafront at Bridlington. A huge amount of work has been done to the promenade and we walked some 9 miles. My knee is getting better!
A dramatic day today, with rain and sun alternating in minutes. Hornsea beach was fun, with Kairen collecting pretty stones.
A fish and chip lunch at Sullivan’s restaurent polished off the day. We slept most of the afternoon, full of fresh air and fish and chips!
Sullivans: (TripAdvisor Review)
“”People make pilgrimages to Sullivans. In fact, in the opinion of some, the only reason to come to Hornsea is to eat here!
You can get a choice of fish, such as Cod, Haddock, Halibut, Plaice and so on. The chips are lovely too. Its a big dining room, but at peak time you may have to wait. It serves all through the year irrespective of the british weather. Not a seasonal attraction.
If you want the authentic taste of seaside Fish and Chip take the time and trouble to visit Hornsea.”
The last picture in the Seaside theme with the funfair at Bridlington.
It’s Saturday so we start a new theme today. Water seems a good option for the next week.
The Peak District town of Bakewell entertained us for a couple of hours. The River Wye is the major river of the western part of the Peak, rising on Axe Edge above Buxton (as do the Rivers Dove and Manifold, all within the space of a few kilometres) and flowing eastwards through Buxton and Bakewell to join the Derwent at Rowsley.
Bakewell claims to be the home of the authentic Bakewell Pudding and many believe it to originally come from the Rushbottom Lane district.
It is claimed that the recipe was originally something of an accident, the result of a misunderstanding between Mrs Graves, Mistress of the Inn, and her cook. Visiting noblemen ordered strawberry tart, but the cook, instead of stirring the egg mixture into the pastry, spread it on top of the jam. However, this claim is almost certainly spurious, as the pudding was by then already well-known, and its antecedents can be traced back to medieval times
Continuing the story…. a Mrs Wilson, wife of a Tallow Chandler who lived in the cottage now known as the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop where candles were made, saw the possibility of making the puddings for sale and obtained the so-called recipe and commenced in a business of her own. Recipes still made there consists of a puff pastry shell with a layer of jam, covered with a filling of eggs, sugar, butter and almonds. ..
It is a contention of local history that the secret recipe for the Bakewell Pudding was left by Mrs. Greaves in her will to a Mr. Radford. In turn Mr. Radford passed the recipe on to Mr. Bloomer. There is still a Bloomers Shop in Bakewell that makes and sells Bakewell Puddings.
As with any traditional recipe, there are bound to be many different versions, especially if the original recipe is a well guarded secret
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Our friends Julie & Stuart have completed a huge amount of work on their beautiful property. It featured before on Day 122 Today we visited to admire their efforts. The lake is very low due to the dry weather of late. It certainly isn’t living up to it’s name of Wetlands !
Wow, what a difference a day makes….torrential rain that floods this normally little stream.
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