Worcestershire

Well it did rain a little overnight but it was clear blue skies for us to travel home. We saw some signs to Worcester Pottery on the motorway and diverted off to pay a visit only to find that the pottery closed two years ago leaving just the museum and a trendy building development.

We did have a coffee from the machine but in pretty china cups and picked up leaflet for the Elgar birthplace museum.

This was almost on our way home and was a very interesting old cottage in rural Worcestershire. Apart from writing music I discovered that Elgar was a keen chemist and has several inventions to his name.

I picked up a CD and Rosemary found some more Christmas presents, it starts earlier every year.      

Hereford Fishing

We had earned a free day fishing at the C&CC site at Hereford from previous visits so this was a good opportunity to use it.

It was a generally overcast day, but not cold, good for a days fishing in fact. The big carp had other ideas unfortunately, so we found ourselves catching the smaller silver fish. Roach and bream 'gave themselves up' in enough numbers to keep us busy all afternoon.

Rosemary caught a small perch, much to her delight as it was a first and I finished the day with a really nice golden carp that had come round the margins to collect the bait that frustrated fishermen throw in when they are packing up.

Not such a bad day after all, but it was getting distinctly autumnal by dusk and rain was forecast overnight.

Ludlow Festival

We left mid-morning for the 10 miles drive north to Ludlow and put the van in the festival park and ride.

The market square and surrounding buildings were largely devoted to the show and Rosemary found a couple of early Christmas presents in an associated craft fair.

The main event took place in the Castle ruins, where there was a huge marquee for the smaller stalls, with individual stalls scattered around the castle grounds for bigger exhibitors. As usual there were lots of samples and choice of lunch from the hog roast to paella. We had a plate of meat and apple sauce from hog roast with a rustic roll from one of the bakers stands.

Rosemary bought some really fresh butter, which I had seen being churned on the Victorian farm stall just an hour before, while I found a nice piece of Shropshire Blue cheese. It was a really nice warm day in very pleasant surroundings and we stayed until almost closing time at 4 o'clock before driving down to Hereford.

Food Festival Season

We decided to go to the Food Festival at Ludlow in Shropshire this year and set off on Saturday to stay-over at Leominster as this is the closest we could get at the last minute. It was a lovely CL, with hookups, good hard standings and fine views over the Clent hills to the north west.
Our two neighbours also had the same objective having been to the festival on Friday and Saturday - its a big event in Ludlow.