We stayed, as is our habit, at The Swan in Stoford. I enjoy staying at The Swan. It's in a pretty location, it's handy for Salisbury, the food is excellent - and the beds are amongst the most comfortable I think I have ever slept in. It is EXTREMELY hard to haul myself out in the morning. The only way I manage is the siren call of a tasty breakfast wafting up from downstairs!
We de-Lented for the weekend. There is no point in going either to The Swan, or to The Wheatsheaf near Romsey if you are going to stick to your Lenten diet. No point at all. They're foody places And we were in The Swan and had Sunday lunch plans for The Wheatsheaf! And if you are going to crash your Lenten Diet then you could do a great deal worse that to crash it with The Swan's slow roasted pork belly with a really lovely vanilla apple sauce. I think that the red cabbage and star anise possibly might have been ok in a Lent diet - except that it tasted far too nice to belong on any diet.
And looky here at my Sunday lunch at The Wheatsheaf.
Not by any stretch of the imagination Lenten fare! And nor was the creme brulee I followed it up with.
But you really can't fast when celebrating an 86th birthday. It would be remarkably self-righteous. And Gwen seemed to enjoy her day. She ate nearly all of her main course and every last scrap of her apple tart and ice cream. (So did The Builder, but that is not newsworthy!!) She even had a glass of wine! And she was absolutely delighted when Matthew @ The Wheatsheaf presented her with a Mother's Day pot plant and a pretty little fairy cake.
It was a good weekend. Even the weather held for us - except that we were chased by some quite malevolent rain storms up the M5 on the way home!!
I have just had my lunch. My Philly-lite and salad sandwich with a banana chaser was rather nice and indisputable very worthy - but it seemed a bit dull in comparison!!!!
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| Well fed and satisfied after a mighty fine lunch |
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