The heat wave is here

We had a day at home on Sunday and my Grandma whipped up one of her super special Sunday roasts! We accompanied it with a bottle of red we’d brought over from NZ – a 2000 Lindemans St George Cabernet. It was delisimo!

On Monday we visited the town of Masham (pronounced Mass’m, rather than what you might do with your spuds). It was the home of a pretty neat little confectionary store that sold home made chocolates, fudge and every type of sweet you could think of. They reckon if they didn’t have it, it probably wasn’t made.



Then we popped around the corner to the Black Sheep Brewery for lunch. Their beers are available on the market in NZ and surprisingly work out about the same price over there as they do here. Some of their most popular beers include the namesake ‘Black Sheep Ale’, ‘Emmerdale Ale’ and the ‘Monty Python Holy Ale’.



It was bloody hot yesterday. There’s a heat wave hitting the country this week and temperatures yesterday were in the early 30s but by Wednesday are expected to hit 35 degrees or more. Later in the evening around 8.30 or so, when it had cooled off a bit, we went for a bit of a walk around the back of the village. We’re lucky enough that it actually stays light until around 10.00 or so at the moment.



If you’re wondering what’s with the random Tank sign – the town of Catterick is only 5 minutes drive away and is home to the largest Army camp in Europe. The Queen owns a hell of a lot of land round these parts to train her boys up for war.