Eyam Extravaganza
October 21st 2015
Well, given the dreadful weather forecast for the day I
think we can be certain that Helen J has a direct line to the weather gods! Yes
it was a bit grey and damp when we met
in the car park at Eyam but it got progressively better throughout the day.
Looking at you....
Numbers were down as Jo was working (and we are all desperate
to hear about her adventures in Las Vegas) and Lynn was otherwise engaged, but
Alison has paid her subscription and taken up the offer of full membership and so she was able to join us again.
In keeping with tradition the first port of call was the café
for coffee and a toasted teacake relay (there was only one toaster working and
we had to be very careful not to have two bottoms – or tops for that matter –
the teacake police were watching closely!) We were entertained with tales of
knitted nativities and speculation about what might be happening behind a
certain closed door!
Looking at me!
On to the Hall which is delightful and we all agreed we could live there - except in the winter and on dark windy nights and only in certain rooms and of course we would need some staff, however before Alison could move in she would have to make some very drastic changes which might not be allowed by the authorities!
Who nose what the smell is!
All the right notes Pam just not necessarily in ......
Alison is definitely amooosed!
A knitted nativity would be the perfect addition to this nursery
We also took in the gardens which are small but perfectly formed and managed to look pretty despite the time of year with the sweet peas still in bloom.
Must be one very strong gardener!
you can never have too many photographs of tree bark
Come on up for cocktails!
We walked down into the village to one of the cafés for a
very nice lunch of leek and apple soup
with kale accompanied by more chat and speculation and holiday tales!
This menu did look inviting but there didn't seem to be a vegetarian option.
We called in at the church where we caught the tail end of a talk being given to some school children and we learned about the link between Eyam and Aids and squiggly DNA.
The last resting place of one of the famed pirates of Eyam
The effects of squiggly DNA commemorated in stained glass
Then we followed one of the walks in the National
Trust leaflet which took us around the outskirts of the village discovering
some of the interesting buildings which made us realise that there is more to
Eyam than the plague!
Someone knew we were coming!
Back
to the Hall and a final visit to the café for a cup of tea to conclude another
lovely day.
