A morning gentling & reading:
To the left of the ace conservatory are two oak trees planted to become one:
To Holt for lunch in Hostelry Acceptable. The open courtyard has now become a covered area, so we sat inside at the front of the premises rather than inside at the back of the premises. T's soup was flavour-enhanced with a red plastic bottle-top. What made the bottle-top even less welcome to T was it had been well chewed. We informed a waiting-person, who checked with the kitchen. This was not from their kitchen! It must have been in the tomatoes their supplier provided! The soup was deducted from our bill, and there was no charge for the bottle top either.
Somehow, the explanation didn't quite convince -- is there no quality control in the kitchen of food from their suppliers? for example; and deducting the cost of inedible food doesn't quite redeem a lunching experience.
Then to Holkham sands, lotsa walking & lying on the beach with wind blowing sand into all uncovered personal places. Back to our birthday pals for croquet, supper & lighted boules. Wonderful.
