Wild Garlic and Daffofils

On Saturday, CBC and I had to go to a town which is about 45 minutes drive from us to visit CBC's opticians  as his glasses have become scratched and they have his prescription and details (plus they handily contacted him telling him he needed an appointment).

I was utterly thrilled because WE ACTUALLY HAD WEEKEND PLANS! And we had a legitimate excuse to go somewhere else other than home, school or anywhere within walking distance.

We arrived and CBC headed off.  I went off to visit the new Refill room in the town and ended up buying lots of lovely things.  I then headed off to Wilko and bought some flower bulbs, seeds, gardening bits and pieces and a seed sprouter and a spray bottle.

CBC and I then stopped to pick up some food from a takeaway hut that had set up and I ate tasty breaded prawns in the market place.   We then headed off to visit Leon's Veg, a business I knew about- we met him at a village fair 2 years ago and tried his wonderful food. He usually sells his veggie and vegan cuisine at Festivals but obviously has not been able to do that this past year so he has sold takeaway portions from his garage which he has set up as a shop on Saturdays.  They cost £3.00 a portion.  We went to see him and bought 5 dishes- Risotto  Veg Rice balls, Capriana, Peanut and Cauliflower curry, Greek Veg Stew, Coconut creamed Aubergines and another dish.  He gave us a free box of Rocket Pesto also.  I left some plastic takeaway dishes with him to reuse which I had in the car.  He's such a nice man and his food is delicious- he uses foraged ingredients too and he runs foraging courses.  I told him I was sad that I hadn't managed to find any Wild Garllic in Essex and he gave me directions from his house to find a huge patch of it.

CBC reluctantly agreed to follow the directions I told him and we found our place to a Wildlife trust place which was a beautiful place to walk.

We saw Snowdrops

Primroses:

The site is on the grounds of an old estate and house.

Lots of wonderful wild foliage.

Are these the start of the Bluebells?

And Daffodils

I loved all the wonderful variety of foliage there.

And finally, here is the Wild Garlic:

Can you see how happy I look!??!  I collected a plastic tub full of it to use at home.

The Daffodils were the crowning glory

CBC has to go back and pick up his glasses next Saturday so perhaps I might collect some more Wild Garlic.

After this, we went to drop in on our friend (CBC's old house mate) to go for a walk with him.  He quickly donned his walking boots as we hovered in his driveway and we headed out.  He took us past our old house (our first married home) and led us to a country park we never knew was there despite living for two years there!  We heard Great tits and saw Jays and had a lovely time.  We bidded our friend goodbye and then went home to eat left over Thai food from Friday night.

It was a great day!

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