Charlie and the CowsFor some unknown reason, Steve decided Easter Sunday is the time for a barbecue. So we wandered over Saturday afternoon, and then headed into York for food and beer. The beer was supplied by Brigantes on Micklegate, with a reasonable selection of draft ales, and decent bottled lagers (ie Czech & Belgian lager, not Heineken), including dark lagers such as Budwar Dark and Regent (yum!). We decided to give their food a go - but probably won't again. It's OK, but nothing special, and my order was delivered wrong, so I had to wait for them to go and cook it properly, and with no appology offered either.)

Sunday morning saw a blanket of snow, I saw too much of the engine bay of my car (the battery dies rather suddenly), and Steve got the chance fire up his new barbecue. Alas most of the snow had already melted, but rest assured the odd flurries that fell Sunday lunch time were never going to settle anywhere nearby.

After lunch I dug the camera out (so now photos of the barbecue and snow), and mostly got lots of photos of Steve and Ally's cat, Charlie. Fortunately (for me) Charlie is more inclined to sit still whilst being photographed, unlike our cats Apple (runs away) and Bo (comes to see what you're up to). As usual, there's a couple posted in a set on Flickr, and even more in the Easter 2008 album on this site.

So, a big thank you to Steve and Ally for putting us up for the night and feeding us well (especially the chocolate cookies)!