Farmers

The fantastic Farmers Arms in Llanfihangel-Y-Creuddyn, Crosswood, near Aberystwyth was the venue of our Valentine Dinner this year. Bit of a paradigm really as I have tried to book a table at the Farmers time and time again, only to frequently find that they are fully booked or closed. I have been working so hard lately as explained in the previous post. I meandered downstairs on the 14th to be greeted with "Happy Valentines Day", which of course was really nice, but a bit of a blow because I thought the date was the 9th.

Now, I have at last sorted out the days of the week. That's what Retirement does for you. Everything becomes a blur and weekdays merge into weekends, and to be quite honest it doesn't really matter as I have been doing my own thing whereupon days don't really interest me. The focus occurred; because for the last three weeks I have been swimming every morning at 0730 and travelling to and from the pool on Monday to Friday. So I sort of started to understand again when it was Tuesday and so on.

So I knew what day of the week it was, but not the date. Well 'dim ots' as the Farmers took my last minute booking because the Chef had decided at the last minute to open for Valentine's Dinner.

Brilliant would be a gross understatement. We were met with Pink Champagne and a live guitarist. The boss went for fresh prawns with an astonishing dressing. I went for a cheese infused Italian delight. My fish main dish was cooked to perfection with yet another astonishing sauce. The steak was exactly as requested, medium rare. Mmmmm, there was only one choice for me on the dessert menu, Seville Tart. Presented with a heart shaped sauce and a lightness of texture that matched the quality of the oranges used. Oh, did I mention the heart shape bite sized mini rolls prior to our starters? Or the exceptional and various breads presented to the Boss with her prawns? No, ah well, there's only one thing for it. You had better hope that the Chef wants to cook again next year, and if he does, hope that he doesn't advertise early.

I was so impressed, I bought the two Chefs a drink

£25 a head, plus drinks. Bargain.

Telephone 01974 261 275

Enjoyment

I hope that you enjoyed my feeble attempt at poetry in the last post that I made. Almost equal to my feeble attempts at Blogging. Although that's not entirely my fault as things have been a tad hectic in my family life. I have been working extremely hard to support one of the family. It has been a long old slog, and maybe one day I can tell everyone about it all. Meanwhile I shall try and log on occasionally and bring some focus back to my writing

FALLEN by Roger Bennett, 14 February 2011

FALLEN

I fell,
When I first set eyes upon You.
I fell again,
When we were Married.

The fallen are loved,
The loved have Fallen,
A descent into happiness,
A fall worthy of Life.

All that is left,
Is for me to provide a Token,
A memory,
Of when I Fell.