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Are we being CATalogued? Opening the curtain this morning, we see minder is there, peering in. Today, we made the long drive to Thirsk to visit the James Herriot Museum. This is the main reason we came to this area for our break.
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We parked in the Long Stay car park, and walked into the town (not far). By the time we did, it was close to lunchtime. We spoke to the poppy seller, where we had bought poppies, and asked her where was a good place for tea and cake. She suggested we try the White Rose Book Café, so we did. We decided a light lunch would be in order, so selected soup and a cheese scone. We also had tea & coffee. It was very good. |
Then on to the Herriot Museum. It's in the actual house where Alf Wight had his vetinary practice. It is a very well worked museum, much better than I was expecting covering lots of different aspects - vetinary work, the stories and the publishing process, the TV production of the first BBC series, farms and farming at the time, life in that time and place, and the main characters in the real world. It is well worth a visit.  | | Jo next to a statue of Alf Wight in the garden at the Herriot Museum |
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Thirsk is a beautiful traditional English market town. It is currently decked-out in knitted poppies and other knitted scenes for Remembrance Day. This kind of decoration is so much more appropriate than covering the place with flags. We bought some local cheeses, from the cheese shop, pies for dinner from the butchers shop, and vegetables - beetroot, tomatoes, cucumber - from the greengrocer. This was all select your own produce, and pay at the till. After that, it was back to the café for traditional Wensleydale fruit cake and Wensleydale cheese, which we will keep for later. We also found a general store, where we bought a shower mat, to reduce the slipperiness of the shower. It does the job, but gives off a strong plasticy-vinyly smell that makes the small bathroom uncomfortable.
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 | | The pond at Thornton-le-Dale, almost dusk. |
There are multiple routes from Cloughton to Thirsk. We took an alternative route back, so that we could stop in Thornton-le-Dale. We stayed in a cottage called "The Owletts" some years ago, and had a lovely holiday. We visited it, it is currently unoccupied. We found the path behind the main road and the strip of green where I played with Brody, back in the day, when he would run for hours and not get tired. It bought back some lovely memories. Use this search to read about that holiday:https://3cephas.blogspot.com/search?q=Thornton
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