Lyme Regis

Yesterday ws a beautiful day. Cold, yes. Prctically freezing, in fact, but the sun was shining and the sky was blue and it was a lovely day for a trip out. And out we were going. Off to Lyme Regis to have lunch with our friend Farishta.

We had a fantastic run down. There was very little traffic, apart from when we were going around Dorchester. Rather to our surprise, we were outside the appointed meeting place at exactly 12:30. Rather to our surprise, Lyme Regis was about 5d warmer than it had been when we left Salisbury.

We found Farishta and went down the hill to the Pilot Boat for an extremely nice lunch. Farishta says that it had been very quiet in there in the run up to Christmas. It was busier yesterday. In fact, Lyme Regis as a whole was busier than I had expected it to be in the middle of winter. Though, I suppose lots of people do take a winter holiday between Christmas and New Year, and Lyme Regis is as good a place to holiday as any other. Better, in fact. I like Lyme Regis.

I liked the food in the Pilot Boat too. The portions were generous and the food was beautifully cooked. Then we all went for a wander around the town and out on the Cobb, enjoying the sunshine. Farishta took us around some bits of the town that visitors don't normally get to. We popped in to a delicatessen for a pie for tonight and tomorrow. Then Farishta had to go and take her daughter to the station in Axminster and we came home across country.

It was good to see Farishta. She was looking very well. We communicate mostly by email, so it was a treat to meet up for a face to face conversation.

We had a good run back and then turned out to go to Barb's place for roast lamb and a play with the kitties and an evening of chatter and wine (but not much wine for The Builder because he was driving!). I had been a bit worried when ploughing my way through the mountain of scampi I had had for lunch that there might not be room for roast lamb in the evening. Fortunately - there was :-)