Could this be a food blog?

We had a lovely drive to Wales on Wednesday to look at a couple of caravan parks with Lynn and Mel. They see this might be in the future for them. One in particular was lovely, a small grouping of caravans, across the way from a seemingly endless beach. We stopped at the only place open and had some sandwiches for lunch. I, being a hardy Canadian, sensibly stayed in the car while the three even hardier English folk enjoyed lunch in the drizzle at the picnic bench.

Yesterday was a visit to downtown St. Helens where we bought some cards and stamps and Les applied for his old age bus pass. Funnily enough, the only postcard available anywhere was at the glass museum.  http://www.worldofglass.com  Les' dad worked for Pilkington glass for years. We'll visit the museum perhaps tomorrow. Clearly St. Helens is not a tourist town.

Last night we drove to Frodsham, about thirty minutes from home, to Oswalds@Helter Skelter. The pub on the main floor serves all types of real ale (is there any other kind?), so we ordered our beer and carried it up to the restaurant. Lovely service and food.

Mel's order of Bury Black Pudding with potato and cheese cake.

My sea bass with chorizo, roasted red peppers and yams. Marvelous!

Les' and Mel's order was the same.....steak pie with handcut chips and peas....not mushy peas!

Please note that we did not order dessert, although it was tempting. And here are the happy sibs.