Saturday 4 May 2013

Something for the Weekend!


Bank Holiday Weekend and the sun is shining – hard to believe really!  Although I did hear a rumour that there was snow in parts of Scotland.  And just for everyone’s information – we might be a long way north of Watford Gap, but Northumberland is in England, not Scotland!
 

Bank Holidays are for relaxing and doing the things you enjoy.  Our alpacas are a huge source of pleasure for us and we spent a bit of time this afternoon doing some halter training.  We don’t usually show adult females, but thought that we would do so this year at the Northumberland  Show.    This might not be one of our better ideas, since Gallica on the right of the photo only arrived in this country from Australia last year and was not halter trained and her mate Leonora is rather pregnant, but she does seem to be quite chilled about it.   Gallica is not only the sweetest natured alpaca but has an awesome pedigree to go with it, with Windsong Valley Iceman and Camelot Tor in her pedigree, to name just a few.
 

We are looking forward to welcoming our B and B guests for the weekend.  They are coming from Scotland – possibly hoping for some warmer weather!  Their room is ready and waiting.  We don’t operate a “Commercial” B & B set up here, which means that our guests get great value for money.

Supper tonight had to be easy – Warm Chicken Salad.  This is a Douglas family favourite.  Basically it is chargrilled chicken breasts served on a bed of mixed salad leaves, with sautéed bacon, chopped dried apricots and walnuts with parmesan shavings with the pan deglazed with balsamic vinegar.  It’s really quick and delicious so just what you need at the weekend.

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