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| The Old Hall in Bellerby |
At five o'clock I reached my B&B in the hamlet of Girthon. It is run by an artist called Sheena. Her paintings filled the walls of the old Kirk House. That was my base. And on a bright and summe
ry Sunday, I continued my tootling around Galloway with various stops for photographs.
ry Sunday, I continued my tootling around Galloway with various stops for photographs.
Such a lovely corner of this great island. So green. So peaceful and with so many wonderful coastal vistas. I didn't return to the B&B till ten thirty. Sheena had left a little note on the door asking me to lock up. It had been a brilliant and memorable day.
Some future blogposts will report this weekend in closer detail. I snapped more than two hundred pictures but don't fret, you won't have to suffer all of them!
Today, after lunch in England's highest pub - "The Tan Hill Inn" I thought I would pay another well-known blogger a visit. I sped into the North Yorkshire village of Bellerby. That's where Pat, The Weaver of Grass currently resides. Unfortunately, she wasn't in but I peered through her windows and saw some of the boxes she has been filling ahead of her impending move to the nearby market town of Leyburn.
I left her a tin of salmon rather than flowers. If you read her blog you may have also deduced that Pat is seriously addicted to salmon. Lunching out regularly, she just can't get enough of this particular fish species. It would have been nice to spend an hour with her and I would also have got to meet her trusty hound - Tess.
Instead, I headed back down the A1 towards Sheffield.
Sounds like a good tour with lots to see and do. I look forward to the photos.
ReplyDeleteIn those three days I made lots of memories.
DeleteOh! I'll bet Pat will be sorry she missed you! How nice of you to leave her salmon!
ReplyDeleteI think she must have been out for lunch... eating salmon.
DeleteMy neighbours on the far side of this 3 acre property live on five or six acres...thereabouts...their home is not visible from my cabin. Originally from Scotland, the distaff member of the couple is named "Sheena".
ReplyDeleteIt would appear you had a very pleasant weekend spent in a lovely area.
I hope to show why in another couple of posts Lee.
DeleteIf you ever feel inspired to send me salmon, i won't complain!
ReplyDeleteSounds like an enjoyable trip, I look forward to the photos
So you are also a salmon addict! Do you inject or smoke it?
DeleteA tin of salmon! having just left Scotland what was wrong with a nice fresh salmon, apart from the fact that it might of gone off by the time Pat got home.
ReplyDeleteI bought the tin of salmon at the village shop in Reeth. Unfortunately, I didn't have my fishing rod with me Derek.
DeleteMaybe you can visit some other time when she knows you are going to Pop in.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I would not mind to look at over 200 photos of your recent trip!
"Pop in" is a funny term.
DeleteThat sounds like a lovely mini-break YP., and a beautiful part of the country - even the weather seems at it's best ! Looking forwards to your photos.
ReplyDeleteI had been waiting for the guarantee of good weather and happily I got it.
DeleteAs you usually post daily, I wondered where you had got to. Sounds like you had a lovely break. Look forward to the photos, though maybe not all two hundred!
ReplyDeleteI mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I planned to go to Kirkcudbright but I needed a good weather forecast.
DeleteIf you come this way could you bring a tin of Pedigree Chum?
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to eat that Sue. I shall bring you Fray Bentos stewing steak instead.
DeleteWe have been eating Pacific wild salmon twice a week for years. Import a bunch from Alaska and vacuum seal small packages to have till next summer. Just don't eat farmed salmon. Can't wait for the pictures.
ReplyDeleteSo you freely admit that you are also a salmon addict Donna. Have you ever been busted by the FBI? No wonder you fled to a secret Colorado hideaway.
DeleteA shame to miss Pat but nice of you to leave a treat, YP. I am looking forward to lots of pictures of your rambles.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I will oblige.
DeleteI, too, am looking forward to your adventure into this fair country, particularly as Dumfries and Galloway is not an area I know well it being 'The South' and all that.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it either Graham - that's why I chose that area.
DeleteYou haven't been over to North Wales to see us yet. :)
ReplyDeleteIf I am ever in your neck of the woods I shall call in. I shall try to give you some warning so that you can bake some Welsh specialities for us.
DeleteIf you're prepared to endure my limited cooking skill, you're on. I haven't killed Keith off yet, so I mustn't be too bad.
DeleteAha! So THAT's where you've been. I figured you were out and about somewhere!
ReplyDeleteI bet you thought I was lying in a mortuary...
DeleteI wish you had let me know Neil - it would have been great to meet you. I had only gone a couple of miles to the village of Castle Bolton to spend the afternoon with friends.
ReplyDeleteSorry. I didn't have the idea to visit you till I was having my lunch in "The Tan Hill Inn".
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