6 October. Wet, windy with patches of sunshine.

Mostly food pictures follow. Today was our first rest day – no walk – and a very nice nap. Helmsley is another medieval market town, excellent church of just post Norman period, as well a traditional square with spire.

While wandering Helmsley we stopped into a speciality grocery, old style. Asked the propriator what might be covering of a vegetarian haggis. Plastic. No, I said, in my nicest possible dissenting voice. Another patron suggested collagen. Time to move on.

Dinner starter looked better before I remembered to take a photo. Mullet, cockles, scallop, yellow courgettes.

Main was mallard with some veggies nicely hidden away from sight.

Dessert was a special – menu said lemon and verbena posset. Had to look it up. The one pictured is the 750 cal per serving kind, three cups of heavy whipping creme to 1 1/4 cups sugar. Some lemon too.

As to the person in the photo, someone who caught QB’s attention.

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