We’ve had a fairly relaxed Saturday here in West Yorkshire. Rail strikes meant I wasn’t tempted to venture anywhere – and I’ve a busy week next week anyway, so the pair of us have freestyled the day – apart from having a brunch date with Dawn’s parents over at Hinchliffes farm shop in Netherton, which is in the hills South of Huddersfield. The shop has a cafe called the Rusty Bull which is a great place to eat as the foods normally very good and they have a great view across to Castle Hill. Since our last visit the menu’s changed and one of our favourites (Shakshuka) has disappeared, to be replaced with another Turkish inspired dish – Cilbir. Dawn wasn’t quite sure of the idea but I wanted to try it. It’s poached eggs in a Garlic yoghurt sauce with pickled Dill and Aleppo pepper in Olive oil served with a flatbread. Here’s a recipe.

Unfortunately, the kitchen wasn’t on the ball today and my dish came without one of the main ingredients (the Aleppo pepper in oil). When that was added the dish was gorgeous – although the garlic quotient meant that people would be keeping their distance from me for the next few hours!

Heading back to the Calder valley the pair of us made the most of the decent weather to enjoy a stroll through the local woods and park which included a visit to our local pub (The Big 6) where we caught up with friends we hadn’t seen for a while and also had a giggle with staff and punters alike.

Now we’re back at home, enjoying the fruits of Dawn’s culinary expertise (I’ve got the night off) before settling down to watch a film, having made the most of the weather as tomorrow and the rest of next week’s looking pretty wet – which could make things ‘interesting’ for me as I’ve a lot of travelling to do.

In the meantime, here’s today’s picture, which is one for beer aficionados. This is what was on offer on handpumps at the Big 6 tonight.

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