Return to Crowden!

Today we returned to Crowden which was the walk recorded in our first ever Blog last year! On looking again the date said 31 August when in fact it was 31 July!! We had found wild cherry trees and had decided to return this year armed with bags in order to collect more than my tummy could hold. However, as all best laid plans it was not to be. Firstly the relevant section of the path was closed for repair work and secondly the couple of trees that we did find had cherries but not ripe ones! This disappointment was somewhat balanced by the array of purple orchids which J photographed and will hopefully add. (added)

It has been a wet week again but we just about managed to dodge the showers today. We went to the Hare & Hounds on Wednesday for our ‘free meal’ after the last troublesome visit. The food was OK this time but the truculent waitress left a lot to be desired when she informed us that our food had been ready for ages but she didn’t know where we were sitting!

We went to the Everyman on Thursday with Mel to see The Cruel Sea. This was a play built up from interviews with Liverpool sailors from the Merchant Navy who had kept the supply lines open during the Second World War at great risk to themselves. It was good but the actual interviews which formed part of the dialogue were difficult to understand which was a pity. It had been put together by the same man who did Unprotected which was about Liverpool prostitutes and was much better in my opinion!