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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