Another Place - Liverpool Mini Adventure

We strolled from Blundellsands & Crosby station to Hall Rd station along Crosby Beach and mingled amongst the crowd of Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'. We even caught a bit of sun.

We continued on to Southport and chanced upon this bowl of brothy bliss: 'Nan's Recipe Bacon Bone Soup'. It is served up by Pudding and Pie, a cafe pocketed in the time warp of the victorian mahogany mouldings, iron and stained glass of the Wayfarers Arcade, Lord Street.

We spent some time down another wormhole, that opened out through a ginnel, an alleyway off Lord St, thumbing through the three floors of bookshelves of Parkinsons Books and came away with Johnson, A.T., Smith, H.A. (1958, 5th edition) Plant Names Simplified, Their Pronunciation, Derivation & Meaning, 7s 6d.

'Cross the Mersey - Liverpool Mini Adventure

A good day to take the ferry. The wind was blowy and the sea choppy enough to make the MV Snowdrop heave and sway and for us land lubbers to experience the illusion of sea-legs once back on dry land. We like a bit of weather, we do.

We had a rummage around New Brighton's junk shops.

Wind-whipped, we warmed up on hot, fresh-fried calamari from Docklands Fish and Chips at Albert Dock and perused the Maritime Museum till closing time.

We explored the Rope Walks and popped into Bon Bon Bakery in Berry Street to purchase buns for breakfast as we planned an early start. The fresh-baked lotus seed "pineapple" bun and red bean bun did not disappoint, the fillings were neither too dry or too cloying. We ♥ their Hong Kong-style mango pudding with fresh cubed mango stirred through it.

We hunkered back indoors to warm up and watched Mike Leigh's 'Mr Turner' at FACT - JMWT's 'Boat and Red Buoy in a Choppy Sea' resonated. We supped at new restaurant on Bold St, Mowgli. It was buzzing, we stopped by some time after 9pm and were 8th in queue for a table. Sorry no pics as we were too busy relishing our delicious veggie school tiffin, gunpowder chicken and Aunty's prawn curry feast.

Blackhorse Workshop: Bonfire Burning

Bish, Bash, Bosh ...

the Bonfire Man's Barnet

Blackhorse Workshop's fiendish, fawkesian November market activity; teaching tots to bash square pegs through round holes to create a perfectly sculpted coiffure.

WOOooooo Walthamstow

Halloween Tricks

We rustled up a little magic and transmuted the New England Sugar Pies into ....pumpkin pie ta-dah!

We particularly like the addition of rum-soaked "squashed flies" and citrus in this pie recipe.

Saving Seed

♥ Magic beans ♥

Horrors!

What we witnessed at Borough Market today...monster veg!

October Plenty

We lolled in bed too long to get to Southwark in time to tag along with the Lions Part October Plenty(for shame!)but caught up with the Berry Man and the merry Morris dancers at Borough Market.

The Corn Queene
resplendent in her plenty.

Neal's Yard Dairy

We lunched on the haul: Knobby Russets (1820), Ball's Pippin (1923)& Mrs Humphrey's Braintree Seedling (1930) from Brogdale Farm National Fruit Collection, Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire cheese from Neal's Yard Dairy and sourdough bread from Bread Ahead Bakery.