Yesterday, apart from a drive out to the Heighley Gate garden centre with Roy whilst Davina practiced on her keyboard, we had a restful day. (Davina is an accomplished pianist and organist and plays regularly at various churches and other venues).
Heighley Gate garden centre is set in the spectacular Northumbrian countryside north of Morpeth and is the North East’s largest garden centre. It was about a 20 miles (32 klms) drive from home but it took quite a while due to roadworks on the dual carriageway meaning that the workman had to create a contra flow system which slowed the traffic quite a bit.
Today, we had a day by ourselves as Roy and Davina went by coach to Edinburgh to perform in St Giles Cathedral. Roy was singing and Davina playing the piano.
The temperature today was in the mid 20's so Lyn and Mick went out for a drive down to the sea front where it was still quite warm. There were masses of people and bumper to bumper traffic as it is school holidays here. We then returned home and Mick washed the car before catching upon the days newspapers and then doing some planning for Scotland which is our next stop.
Davina and Roy have a very nice home with a sun room out the back so Mick thought it would be pleasant to sit out there and read the paper. Imagine his horror when he found that the temperature in the sun room was 44.1c! He switched to plan B and sat with Lyn who was knitting a jumper inside the house.
In the evening Lyn and Mick went out to the "Waterfront" restaurant at Fish Quay to have what they described as the best fish and chips in the area. And they were.
Heighley Gate garden centre is set in the spectacular Northumbrian countryside north of Morpeth and is the North East’s largest garden centre. It was about a 20 miles (32 klms) drive from home but it took quite a while due to roadworks on the dual carriageway meaning that the workman had to create a contra flow system which slowed the traffic quite a bit.
Today, we had a day by ourselves as Roy and Davina went by coach to Edinburgh to perform in St Giles Cathedral. Roy was singing and Davina playing the piano.
The temperature today was in the mid 20's so Lyn and Mick went out for a drive down to the sea front where it was still quite warm. There were masses of people and bumper to bumper traffic as it is school holidays here. We then returned home and Mick washed the car before catching upon the days newspapers and then doing some planning for Scotland which is our next stop.
Davina and Roy have a very nice home with a sun room out the back so Mick thought it would be pleasant to sit out there and read the paper. Imagine his horror when he found that the temperature in the sun room was 44.1c! He switched to plan B and sat with Lyn who was knitting a jumper inside the house.
In the evening Lyn and Mick went out to the "Waterfront" restaurant at Fish Quay to have what they described as the best fish and chips in the area. And they were.
Digital display reads 44.1C
A tub of mushrooms for $1.60 at the garden centre. Bananas over here are always cheap at about 68p ($1.15) per kilo and they don't grow them here.
Davina and Roy's House front
House back and sun room
Ships waiting to enter Tynemouth
St Mary's on the Whitley Bay sea front at high tide with the causeway covered with water
Fish, chips and soggy peas. Plus free tea.
Small correction, those thermometers are still analog because they are operated via alcohol or mercury not a digital computer. But 44C is warm in any country but the sun is hot where ever you are even in England.
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