Day Seven - Library and a "proper English curry"

The barman at The Fountain Inn recommended a local garage where Jon could get the window for the rental car fixed. So Jon left us behind (at least we had the computer and TV). Nothing like sitting around in a room waiting to put a sour note on your vacation. Patrick and I decided to take another walk around the trout lake. Ran into 2 Weimaraners out walking with their humans. They look so ghostly - all gray with pale colored eyes. They are actually quite soft to the touch.

We laughed because at one point on the trail when I spied some blackberries. Dani had taken to eating the black raspberries right of the bush in our backyard back home. She didn't seem to mind the stickers at all but just loved the taste of the berries. We imagined that Dani would have loved walking this path because of the blackberries, ducks to chase and doggies to meet along the way. By now both Patrick and I are missing Dani dog a lot.
















Jon got back around lunch time and had remembered passing a nice pub. Unfortunately, Jon is directionally challenged no matter what country he is in. We drove around for quite a bit trying to find this pub he had seen....finally pulled into one which turns out didn't serve lunch but recommended another pub up the road that did. We were just glad to be out of our room we'd would have eaten at McDonald's!

Later that day we met up with Jon's brother Chris, his wife Allison and daughters Bethan and Heather. We had drinks at the Inn we were staying at and then followed Chris to the local Indian restaurant. We parked across the street in what turned out to be the library's parking lot. Denby Dale Library - actually saw several libraries but never could get my camera out in time.

This was Patrick's first time having Indian food let alone a "proper English curry". He was brave enough to try a dish that was listed as medium on the hot scale. He said he liked it. I'm still not all that impressed with Indian food. It's okay just prefer Italian, Chinese, Japanese, French and a lot more over Indian. Maybe I just haven't had the "right" Indian dish that will hook me.

Back to the Inn for another night of coughing - poor Jon he didn't sleep much either. Tomorrow is our last day up North for we head South because we will be leaving soon. :(