Out with the country set….
When we left the Outdoor show we made our way to a small village just off the A14 called Hamerton.
I thought I lived in the middle of nowhere but this is even more remote.
We had been invited by friends to the local wine tasting evening, to be held in the village hall.
An evening to be spent amongst the locals , mainly farmers and from the steel family 
Louise did the talk and presentation of 6 wines all from Argentina.
First it was a Cava then 2 white, a rose and 2 red, one of them being oak smoked.
I am not really much of a drinker, but all wines were very pleasant, Geoff particularly enjoyed the oak smoked red.
A great evening w
as had by all.
The following day we had plans to meet up with more friends at Grafham Water and cycle round it on a tandem, but much to my disappointment the weather had turned bad so this had to be cancelled.
Instead we had a guided walk around Hamerton and saw to our amazement how much flooding can be caused by one and a half inches of rain.
So a great day after all
Rest of the photo’s can be seen here…. http://flickr.com/photos/geoffjones/tags/160308walk/
Walk route can be seen here…..
http://wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=106385
3 Comments »
Geoff on 17 Mar 2008 at 7:46 pm #
Yep a great time, many thanks to Lorraine and Alan for getting the tickets - The Cava was actually from Cava in Spain but the rest were from Argentina. Fancy me winning a bottle by guessing the duty on a bottle of wine is £2
CherryPie on 17 Mar 2008 at 8:53 pm #
Looks like a fun day out, especially the wine
Love the photos!
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