Despite a longer-than-expected train ride, we arrived in Baildon at about 2:00 PM, and after putting down our baggage, Angela soon had us moving on to the nearby town of Saltaire for sight-seeing and pudding. Built as a model town in support of a wool mill, Saltaire features European buildings on American-style straight streets, which is a bizarre thing to see. However, the leaves are currently a perfect mixture of yellow and fiery orange, and it makes for some beautiful views when the light is right.
Angela's father was born in Saltaire and she lives in the neighboring town, so she knows the right place to go--Salt's Diner, mainly for the Hot Sticky Toffee Pudding.
Dessert of the gods (and the English)After packing that god-like piece of food away, we walked back through Saltaire, crossing the canal, where we saw several swans.
I am a brilliant photographer. It took so many rolls to get this shot--swans are such divas...Also of interest was, well...you can read the sign:
After our journey out, we walked back to Angela's house where her Italian mother made wonderful lasagna and we relaxed from the day of traveling.
Tomorrow? Tomorrow I take a day trip to Scotland. Stay tuned.
3 comments:
Captain. If only your captions weren't so witty. Keep up the good work and let not the speed bumps (train prices) slow you down. In NYC world --Halloween is gang initiation time so the schools are under a tighter feel of security. Who'd of thought Halloween would really be "scary" safe travels my friend.
Angela is quite the tour guide, eh? I ate my share of sticky toffee pudding while touring England. Mmmm. This is making me reminisce...I was in England at just about exactly this time 3 years ago and I remember the leaves being absolutely beautiful. Sir crouton, je suis jalouse. Amuse-toi bien.
haha that's funny, until I read Terer's comment I didn't realize she and I did the exact (nearly anyway) same thing you did three years ago!
Sorry I didn't text you back, glad to hear things are going well, and that you get your stuff sorted for Russia!
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