Castle Howard

We had been meaning to go to Castle Howard the same way we went to Harewood, ie going in "for free" when they host Great British Food Fair. We had not managed to do that in the last 3 years. So we finally pay the fare to go in. I pushed it back twice due to the weather. So at the start of the way, cold and dry was a good start.

It took us 2 hours to do 80% of the offerings, I am not convinced it was "1000 acres".

The suspension bridge to Skelf Island is fun. 

 

The Sun came out in the afternoon, which was a bonus.

Tancred Ham Hock

I got a ham hock from Tancred.  It definitely wasn't smoked, and it looked barely cured.

It turned out to be okay, less pale than the one I got from Marr Grange.  It tastes very porky.  It costs twice as much as the one from Marr Grange, let's hope the money go into making happier pigs. 

Gochujang Ribs

Sarah and I were talking about how to use down the gochujang and I thought marinating chicken.  When I saw these ribs in Tancred, I thought this is perfect for the spicy marinate.

They turned out, as expected, fine.

Cache Problem

 So after reloading Windows, I am still experience browser freezing.  Waiting for Cache problem.  Apparently Firefox doesn't have the same Cache problem as both Edge and Chrome.  Let's hope it stays that way.

Fox and Hound New Website

So the local pub Fox and Hound has been selling groceries, and we found their collection to be good, and the baked product excellent.  We shopped there a few times, and now they got a new website and new prices.  I always think I am a small buyer, but Sarah assured me any little help. 

Toshiba Wipe

I finally had enough of the Toshiba's freezing.  I followed the instruction to wipe it.  These days we don't have boot discs, I just follow the prompt to download the image online and reload.  Let's hope it behave better.

Oakwood Farmers Market in Lockdown

Oakwood Farmers Market is still on in the lockdown 2.0.  I thought I can have a quick walk around,  but how wrong was I.

It is a reasonably sized open space,  but I spotted a queue,  a slow moving queue,  and what appears to be high-vis wearing stewards.