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14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2011
When I was eating out earlier this week I noticed that one of the starters was Cod Cheeks which I had never heard of before. On investigation I found that the meat comes from underneath the eye-socket of a Cod and that it is a great delicacy. A good article with more information can be found here.
I didn’t have a starter and I had a fairly healthy main course ‘Char Grilled Chicken with Caesar salad’. I was however tempted to lemon tart with raspberry sorbet and raspberries. It was all very tasty 
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2011
I couldn’t leave Belsay and it’s delights without showing you some views of the quarry garden.
My next stop will be Alnwick Garden and some views of my first summer visit there.
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Belsay Castle has a completely different look a feel about it than the hall that was built to replace it. On Christmas Day in 1817, Charles Monck and his family moved from Belsay Castle into the new hall. Following their departure the Castle gradually fell into disrepair. The 14th-century tower still dominates the castle.
This is one of the best-surviving examples of a peel tower – a regional type of fortification built by rich families in the late Middle Ages to defend themselves during violent times on the Anglo-Scottish border. *
The Middleton coat-of-arms are displayed above the porch along with the inscription: THOMAS MIDDLETON AND DORATHY HIS WIFE BVILDED THIS HOUSE ANNO 1614.
*Information from the English Heritage guide book.
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 5th 2011
If you’ve got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn’t prove it.
Robert A. Heinlein
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