Garden Makers & Yet More About Books

It was such a lovely day on Tuesday that Dot & I decided to go out for the afternoon. We headed towards Skipton, then turned left off the A65 to a tiny village called Wigglesworth. About a mile out the village is a Garden Centre called Garden Makers. The last time we visited I remember that the wife of the owner cooked all her own food for the cafe, and I tasted the most delicious bread I had ever had in my life.

The Garden Makers Logo

The Plant Centre, and the Cafe in the background.

A huge stone carving of a Great Dane greets you at the entrance.

Dot, with Ruby, the Great Dane & her puppies!

We sat down at one of the outside circular tables, under the shade of a sun umbrella, to a delicious home made lasagne, salad and garlic bread, followed by cups of coffee. (I say cups, because we each had our cup refilled twice after the initial cup!) Dot had a slice of Lemon cake and I had a slice of Coffee & Walnut cake.

It was then time to explore the plants and flowers on display. Needless to say we did not leave empty handed!

Back to Books.........

I have just finished reading "Northumberland and Land of the Prince Bishops", by Ed Geldard. Ed is a landscape photographer, and he has compiled his book in four sections, each taking in a River Valley. The four sections are:- Tees Valley, Tyne Valley, Coquet Valley, and Tweed Valley. 

The book looks at Prehistoric sites, Roman sites, Medieval sites, Castles, Pele Towers, Bastle Houses and other fortified dwellings and all manner of interesting places and sites. It is beautifully illustrated with Ed's original photography.

As I have mentioned previously I use the services of four book sales companies, and I have just put in an order with Bibliophile. Bibliophile has the honour of being "By appointment to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh" and its collection of books for sale are listed under 52 different categories!

These are the ones I am eagerly awaiting at the moment......

An 810 page biography of the man who created such classic films as Dr Zhivago, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, A Passage to India, Ryan's Daughter, Great Expectations and many more.

A 310 page softback autobiography of Ken Russell (the L'Enfant Terrible of British Cinema) with a complete filmography

 Two Hundred and Fifty quintessentially British Lists of Top Tens!

This 112 page softback  book published by David and Charles  and written by Norman Newton covers the beauty, historical significance and scenery of the North West Highlands of Scotland - an area we visited for an extended holiday a number of years ago.

The next book I will be reading is "The Classic fM Hall of Fame" which contains descriptions about the top 300 favourite classical pieces of music voted for by Classic fM listeners

This book was bought with book tokens which I received over the Christmas period, and I waited until Waterstones had their post Christmas sale, obtaining the book for £9.99 as opposed to the asking price of £25.00!