Goats cheese and aubergine, pheasant and lentils, pear and almond, coffee and truffle. Another magnificent lunch at Broomhill Art Hotel near Barnstaple. The food they serve is, as far as possible, sourced locally. They create their own charcuterie from free range meat and grow vegetables and salad on site. All these factors add up to a friendly, welcoming gastro-treat. They are advocates of the Slow Food Movement, in contrast we are followers of the Eat Quick Society. We do make a special effort (as they have proper tablecloths and napkins) and try to come up for breath at least once between courses. After a relaxing and delicious meal, we staggered outside into the golden autumnal afternoon and agreed it would be remiss not to have at least a cursory look around the sculpture garden. This in itself was a feat of great endurance as we could barely walk. It was the perfect digestif, reacquainting ourselves with some old friends and meeting some new exhibits. This tatty red admiral butterfly, who had apparently been in the wars, was finding the low sun and scent of mahonia irresistable. I hope he enjoyed his Sunday lunch as much as we did.
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Off The Edge Gardening 
Sounds like you had a delightful lunch. The mahonia blossoms are quite showy: our native sort is plain in comparison.
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It was lovely and their mahonia were looking particularly lush. It was just one of those days …… 🙂
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I am so envious! The weather in Broadstairs this weekend has been foul, so I spent most of today wet through. We are now enduring a hideous return journey to London courtesy of Southeastern which has involved a bus (which got lost) and three trains. Can I come for lunch with you next time?
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You would love it there and you would be very welcome to join us x
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I meant to mention that all your little gifts are alive and well and the Salvia is even flowering.
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And a lovely afternoon was had by all.
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Broomhill has been on our wish list for ages – we will definitely make an effort to get there sometime soon. As for butterflies, they have stymied my efforts to clean out part of our old barn, they are happily hanging from the boards in droves in the warmest spot. I will leave them in peace for the winter.
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You really should go TT, you would love it! Good to hear that someone is looking after the butterflies, you will be rewarded in the spring. 🙂
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Beautiful photo and your lunch sounds unbelievably delicious.
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How nice and civilised. And the lovely Mahonia with a blue sky? We’ re building arks here.
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And we’ve got another beautiful day today! Hope our “yesterday” weather arrived with you today.
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Such a lovely day; the mahonia will brighten my day here! (after lots of snow now it’s raining). The poor admiral looks like it’s been through a lot 😉
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We have been hearing all about your snow! I expect the rain will turn it to slush, which isn’t nice. Hope the sun comes out for you 🙂
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