Today we all travelled over Sir Lowry's Pass to Elgin, an area famous for its apples and an up and coming wine hotspot. It was one of Kirsty's friend's birthday and it was held on a large apple growing farm.
Nikki was able to catch up with some of the school mums, and I took the turn of chasing Luke around the farmyard. Walking around the farm buildings with the farm smells, multitude of dogs, chickens and rusting agricultural implements took me back to my own childhood in Wales, both at the small holding my father owned but mostly my mother's family in the rolling hills near Llandovery. I'm glad that the children are getting a taste of the natural open spaces, and they really enjoyed exploring all that the farm had to offer.
The weather is turning cooler now with the onset of autumn and personally I enjoy the cooler weather - probably something to do with the North European blood. The colours are also beautiful, though not as intense as a Northern autumn. The apple harvest happened a few weeks ago, but we saw a few (and tasted a few) on the trees as the birthday guests and their parents were treated to a tractor ride through the orchards. The apples are mainly exported, and we also tasted a pear from the tree which is only exported to Italy - it had quite a firm and waxy texture, not a squishy overripe one I am used to - and I could see some aristocratic family somewhere in Piedmont as the sun sets on the Alps, matching the Gorgonzola with a few slices of these and a glass of Barolo.
No comments:
Post a Comment