Malton

We've been enjoying a couple of days with Mike and Joyce in Malton which is a lovely village in north Yorkshire. Mike is the bloke I told you about earlier that Brian met during boot camp in the RAF; they've been close friends since they were 18. Brian was best man at their wedding 57 years ago. Today I was able to get a picture of the three of them in front of the same church in which they were married. 

Earlier in the day we went walking 'round the lovely nearby village of Thornton Dale. 

This is us in front of the "chocolate box" cottage next to a stream. We'd all been here on a previous visit, before digital pictures, and it was fun to share memories with Mike and Joyce.

If you enlarge this enough, you can see the remarkable detail of the thatched roof at the top.

Someone had made this adorable caterpillar out of a log. You could tell they'd put a lot of work into it.



We finished up the day with proper English fish and chips and a good chat before turning in.

BTW, it's been quite hot and is predicted to get even hotter - up to 87 degrees F/30 degrees Celsius. 😖