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Tonight, Ian decided to take us out for a lovely meal in the village of Little Hucklow in Derbyshire. The venue was "The Blind Bull". Back in 2012, I walked through the village and noticed to my sad disappointment that "The Old Bull's Head" was apparently closed forever.  Although it is not the basic country pub it once was, the renamed premises prove that resurrection is possible. It is now home to one of the best gastro pubs in England. There is also pleasant accommodation just across the road in what was once a piggery. Please don't ask me what the bill came to but fortunately, I didn't have to pay it. It was Ian's special treat. We had three courses and every mouthful was delightful. Each dish was prepared with skill, love and attention to both presentation and taste. For my starter I had lovage soup and an egg coated in crusty breadcrumbs. Lovage is a herb and its taste was rich and earthy. I had never tasted it before. Here's a typical ...

  I found a new zombie tv series on Netflix yesterday. This won’t interest anyone but I rather enjoyed the Canadian filmed horror Black Summer. and binge watched it last night in bed from 6 pm.  Something I never do. Perhaps it had something to do with the Hispanic leading man Sal Valez I’m working days all this weekend.  And I can’t be bothered to light the fire as I’ve not long got home and will be in bed in half an hour.  I’m still eating very healthy but for a treat I’d plan in  having a miniature gin with ice and two Jacobs cream crackers with white crab meat for my supper. This time it was   mary who  stole the crab off the top of the crackers without moving the crackers from their plate….which in my mind was pretty nifty  so it was the neat gin and licked crackers. I ate the crackers. Fuck it Today was busy as we admitted a very poorly patient from the Hospice at Home team but I was on with a great bunch of staff  so al...

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