T is for Tuesday

 Thank you all for your visit last week, kind comments and Anniversary wishes.

I'm sure most of you will recognise this man, the famous Robin Hood, this statue stands outside  Nottingham Castle, our son recently flew from San Francisco to England for a wedding and decided to do all the touristy things as he hasn't been back for about ten years.

As a child I hated having to visit Nottingham Castle when we had visitors, but loved going to Sherwood Forest, in those days you could go inside the trunk of the Major Oak, supposedly the tree that Robin Hood lived in. The last time we went it was roped off as the roots are being damaged.

One of my favourite programmes as a girl was The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Richard Greene, I've never really enjoyed the films made about Robin Hood Since as in my mind Robin Hood is Richard Greene, although I think Erol Flynn played him too and many others.

He also sent this coaster, it's an old saying from Nottingham, it means  "Hello my Dear", or words to that effect,  haha, duck was used by the older generation when I was a girl although I doubt anyone else says it nowadays only my husband as a joke to our neighbour who is also from Nottingham!

We had a lovely meal on the Paseo last Thursday but after taking this picture I totally forgot to take any of the food. We had homemade chicken croquettes, I had Pork Medallions, Steve had BBQ ribs, all delicious.

This photo looks out towards one side of the Marina, the boats are on the other side, the tall building is a restaurant with amazing views. There are quite a few restaurants over there, Italian, Moroccan, German and an ice cream parlour.

My drink this week is a bottle of Gin, Nordes, we bought this on the boat coming home  in March, it’s actually made in Spain, I think I should have googled it before buying it as it says it has a flowery taste with herbs and spices, I liked the bottle, LOL  but it was far more expensive than I would pay for Gin, it's actually on offer in our local supermarket for less than we paid on the boat which is supposedly duty free!! I’m saving it until our eldest comes over as he likes the occasional G&T in the summer.

I've also made some Kumquat Gin, I think it tastes good but I will see if our DIL likes it, our son bought some Pink Gin, Strawberry flavoured, at Christmas it was delicious so I'm experimenting!!!

Our weather has improved but we were still getting thunder during the late afternoon and evening, some rain but it quickly dries, Steve has been trying to empty the water butt as it is sludgy at the bottom but every time he uses the last drop it's rained again! It's played havoc with the pool as it's been bringing down red sahara sand, always makes a mess and takes quite a bit of cleaning, with our family arriving in a couple of weeks it needs to be sparkling clean!

 Take Care and Happy T Day Ladies

Jan x