Week 255: Ready Steady Cook

We had a couple more days to ourselves this week, we took it easy with a few small walks. On Wednesday we drove into Yorkshire to view a house that Charlotte was thinking of buying, it wasn’t quite right but we have more of an idea what she’s looking for now.

Charlotte and I finally got around to playing Ark Nova, a board game I bought a while ago. We played twice over two evenings (very wholesome) and won a game each. It’s firmly one of my favourites now.

Luke and Alison arrived on Thursday and we got boozy enough that I couldn’t stomach a Full English the next day – unheard of. I spent a lot of the next day enduring waves of nausea. In the evening we managed to cook a healthy dinner and I felt a lot better after a vegetable.

Obviously we walked to Thor’s Cave several more times, with different variations on how we got there. I didn’t realise how deep it went, we barely scratched the surface last time.

On Saturday we drove to Matlock to see what the town’s like and also another house viewing. Again, not quite right, but we both love Matlock – it’s just the right size of town and is easy to get to from London. We spent the rest of the day walking and visiting tea rooms.

Towards the evening we drove over to Matlock Bath which is like a seaside town by a river, odd but fun. We played mini golf, looked around an aquarium, and ate fish and chips.

On Sunday we walked to an excellent pub a couple of villages over and ate a roast. In the evening we played Ready Steady Cook. We split into teams, bought ingredients for the other team, and then had to make several small plates. Charlotte and I made a cassoulet which won it for us 🎉 it was fun but a bit of a nightmare with four people cooking at the same time in a rental kitchen.