For the first time since the start of the school holidays, we finally went to the seaside. With most of the schools back it was not very busy thank goodness. Ruby had a whale of a time. The sea was too far out but she enjoyed running through some very deep puddles. One in particular took her by surprise as halfway through it, she sunk, popped up like a cork and paddled her way out. She needed a thorough wetting as for some reason lately, she has smelt a bit.
On the way back to the car, walking through the dunes, we noticed a couple in the distance picking fruit. At first I thought it was blackberries but the leaves were wrong. As we approached we realised they were apples, which they said are lovely and can be eaten as they are or cooked. They were picking some to make a blackberry and apple pie.
Luckily we had a spare dog poo bag so filled it from three very small trees:
We returned to the car where we had a good gulp of water then parked further into the shopping area. Walked to get chips, fishcake and curry sauce. Very nice. A further walk took us to the ice cream shop for 'pudding' before walking back to the car.
We stopped off at a garden centre to buy some winter viola and wallflowers to fill my three new shallow pots for winter.
Ruby is now asleep and snoring like a good un!
We've not been to the beach for months either, we might get there next week (too busy this week). What a nice lunch out you had, and the added bonus of free foraged food.
ReplyDeleteAlthough pooped by the end of our walk, it was good to see the sea and get free fruit.
DeleteThose apples look lovely, I'm glad you had a nice outing.
ReplyDeleteThe predominantly red ones unfortunately are woolly and flavourless. The greens ones are better.
DeleteForaged food is always a bonus. Blackberry and apple pie is a delicious treat
ReplyDeletePoo bags come in very hand for spur of the moment foraging don't they :-)
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