Lazy Sunday Afternoon...

I asked Karen what she wanted to do. Stay in and cook and go out Sunday night or Go out for lunch and then stay in later.
PS :"I'm not cooking if we stay in!"
"We go out!" was the answer.


We get to the main road.
"North or South!"
"South!"
The conversation is nil because we are listening to BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme.
Instead of South, I head West towards Teesdale and within half an hour we arrive to Barnard Castle, a bustling old market town. It is by now 1.30 and we are both a bit peckish. I drive right through the town and head for the A66 leading to the Lake District. But instead of following it, I veer South towards a little village called Reeth, a few miles from Richmond (North Yorkshire).
We drove this tiny, winding road a few months ago. It had been very misty and the scenary was non-existent. But I remember this pub-hotel situated just outside Reeth in a beautiful valley.
We had had a meal there the last time we passed and knew that it would be very busy.
The car park is pretty full when we arrive. I ask the barmaid if she had a free table for lunch.
She says that all we can have is a baguette as we have not booked. (?)
A regular interjected:"They are lovely!"
I am just about to walk out and drive on to find my "Roast Beef Dinner" when Karen says :"We're here, might as well stop!" Fantastic logic!
We order a drink. I go back to the car for the Mail on Sunday. We sit and read and attempt the giant crossword as we eagerly await our Chicken BLT!
It arrives with chips and salad. (French fries) It is ok.
I order a sticky toffee pudding. Karen passes on the dessert. She only wants half of mine. Two Lattés and off we go on our way back home.
A couple of miles later I stop and take the above photo. Can you see me standing next to the car? Yes, my shadow... Just to prove that I took it.

When we get back home, Karen says: "You know, the BLT I have on Thursday with my friends after Weightwatchers is better than the one we had today!"
Now she tells me!