A pleasant and interesting walk today. Weather was cloudy but mild and dry. We started with a visit to a local farm shop, where there was plenty of delights to tempt the taste buds. Wild boar sausages, local cheese, honey and vegetables. We bought nice Chicken and ham pie, venison burgers and some Berkswell cheese made from local ewes milk. Then we got out the ordinance survey map to see if we could find a bit of water nearby as I love being by water. We eventually ended up at a large fishing lake and golf course at a place called Bradnock Marsh just a few miles west of The City of Coventry. It was an interesting sought of place very busy and popular with golfers and fishermen. We found a few little streams and a small river which Spritz had a paddle in. We also found some nice pretty bridges and bubbly brooks.
After Bradnock Marsh we then went to Temple Balsall where we had a chat with a wonderful lady gardener who was very clued up on her local history and happily stood chatting to us for a while. Very interesting ! There is a hall and chapel here that was built by The Knights Templars. There is a nice tea room in the Templars hall that is open on a Sunday.
After Temple Balsall and all that walking we made our way home and cooked ourselves some cheese burgers made from the venison burgers and local cheese we bought earlier. Not quite Mc Donalds or anything you would buy in Tesco's but at least it had not travelled half way round the world or been heavily processed. I found them rather an acquired taste... not made my mind up yet if they will be a frequent dish on our tea time menu. Jon liked them very much but he's always been partial to a bit of venison. Apparently venison is very low in fat and good for people with heart conditions but don't quote me on the latter. The Berkswell hard cheese was pleasantly nice... in fact delicious, not had a chance to try the soft cheese yet but if it is as good as the hard cheese I am sure I will enjoy it. We had some visitors later in the evening my cousin Janet and husband Dave popped over back from there holidays in Hemsby. Was nice to see them back as we had missed them. We tried to temp them with our days gatherings but they declined. Modern tastes are so hard to change! Daves a real ale man and we know of a really good real ale pub at Rowington so have pencilled that in for a date.
After Bradnock Marsh we then went to Temple Balsall where we had a chat with a wonderful lady gardener who was very clued up on her local history and happily stood chatting to us for a while. Very interesting ! There is a hall and chapel here that was built by The Knights Templars. There is a nice tea room in the Templars hall that is open on a Sunday.
After Temple Balsall and all that walking we made our way home and cooked ourselves some cheese burgers made from the venison burgers and local cheese we bought earlier. Not quite Mc Donalds or anything you would buy in Tesco's but at least it had not travelled half way round the world or been heavily processed. I found them rather an acquired taste... not made my mind up yet if they will be a frequent dish on our tea time menu. Jon liked them very much but he's always been partial to a bit of venison. Apparently venison is very low in fat and good for people with heart conditions but don't quote me on the latter. The Berkswell hard cheese was pleasantly nice... in fact delicious, not had a chance to try the soft cheese yet but if it is as good as the hard cheese I am sure I will enjoy it. We had some visitors later in the evening my cousin Janet and husband Dave popped over back from there holidays in Hemsby. Was nice to see them back as we had missed them. We tried to temp them with our days gatherings but they declined. Modern tastes are so hard to change! Daves a real ale man and we know of a really good real ale pub at Rowington so have pencilled that in for a date.
Our friend Teresa when hearing about our day as invited us to a barbecue she was very interested in the wild boar and venison and as promised to get her ostrich and kangaroo burgers out of the freezer. Hmm ! Not quite sure :-)
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