Back End Notes
Experienced the usual emotional mixture of pleasure and relief that this year’s ‘Shore Lines’ tour for The Border Readers had ended earlier this month. A pub’s not a bad place to come to the end of the road in and The Pheasant at Cumwhitton in the Eden valley is an exceptionally warm and welcoming hostelry.…
Cows on the Crags
What is this life if, full of care /We have no time to stand and stare? / No time to stand beneath the boughs / And stare as long as sheep or cows From ‘Leisure’ by W H Davies The four acres of rough grazing in before our house – the crags – has had…
Cabeco Trigal
‘The colours, aromas, flavours, textures and the melody of laughter’ (Cabeco Trigal wine bottle label). The Air B&B we stayed in had some very attractive features, being a modernised traditional dwelling with all mod cons, lovely outdoor open pool and extensive private grounds. The lawn between house and pool had remained green despite the…
Bussaco
‘Bussaco Forest cannot be described, the best is to get lost in it.’ Jose Saramago Having been told about the Bussaco National Forest by my cousin who had visited recently we were keen to discover it for ourselves during this holiday. An hour and a half’s drive from base by good main roads and testing…
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STEPHEN TOMLIN 