We set off this morning to walk by a roundabout route to East Marton. We walked away from East Marton along the canal and then doubled back along a farm track where we picked up the Pennine Way.
The sun was shining and plenty of walkers were going our way - but faster!
When we reached our destination we had been advised to pop into Abbot's Harbour Restaurant for lunch but, when we found where it was, it is closed on Thursday! I don't know - butcher closed on Monday - what next?
Well, we continued up the hill and came across the Cross Keys Inn, a pub owned by the Copper Dragon & Greyhawk Brewery. In we went and, guess what, we stopped there for lunch instead.
Now neither Brigid nor I are great sweet eaters, we normally go for starters instead. However, we looked at the blackboard and decided to be different for once.
For main course I had Thai Spiced Seafood Tagliatelle.
For afters, mine was (nearest) "The Key's Favourite" raspberry pecan meringue, butterscotch cream and fresh raspberries. Brigid had Strawberry Shortbread - English strawberry layers with homemade shortbread, and vanilla mascarpone cream.
The Greyhawk beer and draft cider were heavenly.
After that we stumbled down the hill, back to the canal for a level walk back to the boat. No ups and downs this afternoon!
On the walk back, a couple of walkers noticed Brigid's Othona T shirt and asked all about it and we ended up talking about politics, the Labour Party, the Conservatives, UKIP and the Liberal Democrats. Now that wouldn't have happened last week, I'm sure!
Some more of the wild flowers along the bank. Other walkers said that C&RT had sewn wildflower seeds when they repaired a length of canal a couple of years back. If that's true, then, well done C&RT.
And here's the boat just waiting for us to put on the kettle and settle down to an afternoon of tennis.
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