When the gorse is in bloom
May. 23rd, 2020 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shewhomustYesterday was bright and blowy (as is today, in fact) and we took ourselves up to Broom House Farm, where, being at the top of a hill, it was even blowier:
durham_rambler wanted to drive the car far enough to recharge its battery, and I wanted to visit the farm shop - I could have phoned through an order, but there are advantages to shopping in person, and this is somewhere I can cope with doing that. When I had stocked up on sausages and yoghourt and cheese (and biscuits to accompany it), I took them out to the car where durham_rambler was waiting for me, I persuaded him to join me for a short stroll along the footpath which leads down to the road:
There's a fine open view down to the city, anddurham_rambler claimed to be able to see the cathedral, but I couldn't see it. Thedistance was hazy, and so is my eyesight. But this candle did sit still long enough to have its photo taken:
Not much of a walk, but better than nothing, and plenty of fresh air; and more later, when we stopped at the corner, so I could take picures of the gorse hedge all ablaze with flowers:
I was so buoyed up by the success of this expeditioin that I checked the Ocado website, in case there was a chance of completing my shopping there. It seems they have changed their system, and you no longer have to play "guess when slots are issued&qquot;; instead to register to be e-mailed when there is availability where you live. Which in theory is a much better idea. But it comes with a warning: "To begin with, you may only get an email every couple of months,.." That's not so helpful (and if I'd known, I wouldn't have waited three weeks from my previous order). Oh, well.
durham_rambler wanted to drive the car far enough to recharge its battery, and I wanted to visit the farm shop - I could have phoned through an order, but there are advantages to shopping in person, and this is somewhere I can cope with doing that. When I had stocked up on sausages and yoghourt and cheese (and biscuits to accompany it), I took them out to the car where durham_rambler was waiting for me, I persuaded him to join me for a short stroll along the footpath which leads down to the road:There's a fine open view down to the city, and
durham_rambler claimed to be able to see the cathedral, but I couldn't see it. Thedistance was hazy, and so is my eyesight. But this candle did sit still long enough to have its photo taken: Not much of a walk, but better than nothing, and plenty of fresh air; and more later, when we stopped at the corner, so I could take picures of the gorse hedge all ablaze with flowers:
I was so buoyed up by the success of this expeditioin that I checked the Ocado website, in case there was a chance of completing my shopping there. It seems they have changed their system, and you no longer have to play "guess when slots are issued&qquot;; instead to register to be e-mailed when there is availability where you live. Which in theory is a much better idea. But it comes with a warning: "To begin with, you may only get an email every couple of months,.." That's not so helpful (and if I'd known, I wouldn't have waited three weeks from my previous order). Oh, well.
