I am loosing trust in the weather forecasts. I wish there was one that was somewhat reliable. Yesterdays weather forecast was quite dire, rain and cloud all day.... and cold.
I decided late morning to put the fishing umbrella up and sit out wrapped up for a few hours. As soon as I did the rain stopped and there were some small bursts of sunshine. We decided to see if we could get a Sunday lunch somewhere with a fall back of a cafe in Whitchurch !!
A moody start to the day with lots of heavy rain showers
We phoned a few places some not answering some not taking walk in's so we headed off Whitchurch way. We stopped on spec at a place on the A41 called the Castle Inn. The 'roast' I had was catering pack beef but the veg and trimmings were all done well just let down by the meat - I should and will ask in future.
Suitably full and £50 lighter in the wallet, a lesser amount than it could have been as we waited too long for someone to come for a desert and coffee order so we paid and left. Then into Whitchurch which we know is a lovely market town but on a Sunday afternoon was quite deserted, just a couple of pubs open... no shops or cafe. But the only place doing business was the Tesco's which tells a story about how such towns struggle I guess - but we all use supermarkets !
So we shopped and drove back for a quiet evening aboard.
We did feel a bit cheated as the weather in the afternoon was nothing like the forecast. The sun temping me with promises of warmer brighter days ahead.
We've messed up in that we have deliveries today ( with heavy rain forecast at home ) and family staying at the cottage tomorrow so we will have to bolt shortly for home. The wind is up and it rained hard overnight but now blue skies ! We do like to talk about the weather.
Outside now looks nice but a strong south westerly is blowing - no boats have passed since Saturday afternoon which tells its story.
No comments:
Post a Comment