Official Site Link: https://www.yorkshiredalesfoodanddrinkfestival.com/
Hello everyone,
As a couple, me and my Wife enjoy watching the Hairy Bikers and James Martin cooking shows on the TV. Both shows have witty and interesting hosts as well as lots of mouth watering fooood.
Today my Wife treated me to a special day out at Funkirk Farm.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wakefield
This resulted in us executing a cross border raid into the White Rose County of Yorkshire from the wonderful Red Rose County of Lancashire to see a couple of performing Geordie Chefs.
It was all in the best possible taste, - pun intended!
Thanks to the late, great Kenny Everett for that and many other witty ditties. Round them up in a field and bomb the bar stewards is another one that springs to mind, well we were in a field covered in cow sh*t mines.
Upon arriving at the venue we were ushered into a field and guided to a parking spot by the Stewards. From here it was a brisk walk to the event itself.
This journey was fraught with booby traps for the unsuspecting reveller, left by the now relocated cattle.
Upon arriving at the entrance we were treated to an event wristband, just like you get at Fun Parks.
As we started to get our bearings it quickly became apparent that we had entered an exclusive farmers market that cost a mere £30 each to attend and £6 to park in a field full of cow pats. Upon revisiting the website we noticed the fee for parking had increased to £10. We got a bargain!
This also meant we were part of a captive audience at the mercy of a rather expensive pricing policy.
With cans of pop costing £2 each and doughnuts at £4 each, we opted for a cup of Yorkshire Tea, 'done proper' of course as Sean Bean would say. We opted for 4 doughnuts for £13, and they looked mighty tasty.
I was reminded of a reply by @stevec on one of my previous posts:
Then again, we were here now, so best to make the most of it... Stiff upper lip and all that, What!
We did find some interesting stalls, like the one selling these unique colouring pens, my Wife was hooked. Our Daughter is quite artsy and her birthday is fast approaching. I made the mistake of thinking it was a future gift idea, but as usual - I suffered from the male disposition of being wrong.
The stall owner did this doodle in the five minutes he was chatting to us.
A major theme of the stalls was alcohol, here we have Coconut Rum Cream.
Alcoholic tea, a nice morning tipple before departing for work - I think not!
There was also a number of Gin tents, one selling James Martin Gin with a Gin Lessons gazebo attached.
My family can take or leave alcoholic, tending to buy but not consume it. We already have upwards of 15 flavours of Gin in the house so thankfully we steered clear of these establishments.
Curiously there were several stalls selling dog treats and brik-a-brak.
Someone obviously has a doggy bottom obsession, still if you can get therapy for computer game addiction, there'll be something that medical science can do for them.
I have always liked cacti, however they tend to die shortly after purchase, so I now leave this job to my Daughters boyfriend who seems to have the knack of keeping them alive.
Now this stall was a doozy, with several guest appearances of Chefs from TV competitions. We got to sample sweet pizza with lemon cream and shaved almonds, with edible flowers. A second guest Chef made sticky rice with sweet mango. There was plenty of banter.
What a cracking idea, Sunday Lunch in a Yorkshire Pudding wrap, we heard a few people raving about this stall and my Wife sampled their wares for lunch. She normally leaves some, but there was no fear of that today.
For some reason this stall reminded me of 'Scarborough Fair' by Simon and Garfunkle - ♫Tell her to make me a cambric shirt♫. Although I have to admit, even though both Scarborough and Skipton are both in Yorkshire. Scarborough is on the North East Coast with Skipton on the Western border of the largest County in England. I'm guessing my mental link is more to do with the type of posh clobber (clothing for the uneducated).
I haven't seen deckchairs for quite some time, these ones looked great, but I can't get over the fact they are and always will be a pin in the ass to put up.
I have to admit, this was one stall that caught my eye more than once, I found the them to be superior eye candy and had to make a firm decision not to buy anything. We have far too much crap cluttering up the house as it is.
The last stall we visited is an institution in my home town of Rawtenstall. Odd that a Farmers Market, rife with alcohol stalls also hosts a Temperance stall.
We took home 3 flavours, taking advantage of the special offer.
Here we see the shop in Rawtenstall.
Now you would be forgiven for thinking I've commented on every stall, after all I have included almost 15. Yet the reality is I only took photo's of the ones that caught my eye. I would guesstimate there was at least ten times more.
But it wasn't all about shopping, there was a fun fair for the more fun loving and adventurous types. I don't fall into either of those categories, so avoided this distraction completely, we're far too long in the tooth.
I would much rather relax in a Tipi.
The Main Event - The Hairy Bikers
A sort of ZZ Top of the Chef world.
Sadly half of the dynamic duo couldn't make it, Dave is ill and our thoughts are with him, hope you get well soon.
On this one he looks a bit like the Big Yin aka Billy Connolly.
No offence intended to either Si or Billy of course :)
A dash of this and a pinch of that, a master at his art.
Si cooked two dishes, Steak on a Bed of Salad and Lobster Tail, the two dishes probably had fancier names, but then I'm not a chef.
If anyone is interested in attending the event later today, here are some pictures of the pamphlet.
Well another Grand Day Out in the bag.
Have fun,
@onw - Splinterlands
@b8l - https://RisingStarGame
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£10 for parking? They did that a Bolton Abbey a few years ago, I have veto'd it ever since. It's a pet peeve of mine.
Mr Fitz had lots of charm once. Did you go when the real Mr Fitz was alive? It was a place filled with olde world bottles with candy canes inside. I felt like I was going back in time, and besides they don't sell Black Beer and Raisin anymore.
It's funny how you mention it, I've never been in the shop and I mentioned that to the lady at the stall.
I do remember looking in the window display when walking past, returning home from school, but that's as far as I got.
I remember when we used to comb the quarry, there was loads of olde worlde bottles up there, I really wish I'd kept some now.
Black Beer and Raisin sounds good, and yeah I can't find it on the website.
https://shop.mrfitzpatricks.com/
I tend to go for Blackcurrant & Liquorice and have a bottle of it in the house somewhere.
Last time I visited (ages ago), it was gone from the menu. I asked and all they had a 5 year old empty bottle sitting on a shelf behind them.
'we cant get it anymore', was the answer. I haven't been back since.
The original Mr Fitzpatrick was an old man when I was 18 or so. I am quite sure he's dead now. Nice bloke.
It definitely looks more commercialised now, but it's got history to back it up, shame about the Black Beer and Raisin, it sounds right up my street.
Looks like a good day out and the weather held in spite of that ominous looking sky. That's a fair whack for entrance and parking, although I guess people are trying to recover from the effect of the pandemic and there was plenty to see and do. I love the idea of Sunday lunch in a Yorkshire wrap, so sensible!
I didn't know you were from Rawtenstall: I spent a bit of time around Woolfold. I loved it there.
It was spitting a bit, but was warm enough not to matter.
It was good to get out and spend some quality time with my Wife, the food we had was good, what more could you want.
I've never heard of Wool Fold, so just looked it up on the map, it's not far from Ramsbottom, so it's quite possible I have driven through it and not realised.
I used to work in Bolton and take the A roads to get there and we used to cycle to Dave's Aquarium in Bolton as kids, just for the fun of it.
It really is a small world.
It is more or less a road, so you may not have even realised 🙂.
I loved the countryside around there.
Yes, the scenery is fantastic, there's an old wood near Edenfield where we used to go searching for Owl pellets (sound disgusting now) as kids, but we were curious then.
https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/owl-facts-for-kids/owl-pellets/
Danget! I had no idea, I'm always last to find out and does that wrist band say Std Adult?
Out of all the letters in the alphabet they went with Std, funny.
Yeah it says Std, I think it means Standard as opposed to VIP, but thinking about it, is also means ________ transmitted disease lol, I'd been walking round with an std (wristband) all day.
That's made me laugh.
Very English of you to censor yourself. :wink:
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