Lovely homegrown parsnips from a friend. Made into soup with Parmesan cheese and garlic bread. Yum!

 Mr Blue Skye pushing his luck and insisting on more treats. Did he get them? Of course, and of course Tricksie Treat did too. 

 I love these woods at Hamsterley Forest. They look almost unworldly, as though an elf or mystical creature could silently step out from their shadowy depths.

 Velvet Shank, or Winter Mushroom, so called as able to withstand freezing temperatures.

 We walked a loop from Allensford to Castleside this morning. Really windy but beautiful scenery.

 The fish is humongous at the new chippy nearby. I only had the small portion, which was still huge, and shared it with Tricksie Treat and Mr Blue Skye. Mr BS is a walking waste disposal unit so he also cleared up the couple of chips left on my plate.

 I thought only Ford Anglias could fly, but I guess someone’s been drinking too much while reading Harry Potter books, and thought their Audi could too…