Thursday 26th July
Hey ho, off to York on a working holiday. We stayed at this
site last year and loved it. This year we’re babysitting the hens and generally
looking after things while Martin and Karen are away on holiday.
Martin and Karen Reynolds
Cherry Tree Cottage
Millfield Lane
Nether Poppleton
York
YO26 6NX
0194 784306
It’s a fabulous little site, well kept, clean and tidy.
Beautiful fresh eggs for sale. Handy for the bus into York (every half hour)
and good pubs in the village within walking distance. Own sanitation essential
as there’s no shower block. Only 6 pitches on a large level field. Some road
noise but it’s not a nuisance. They do special offers for long stays.
I could bore for England on the joys of looking after the
hens, collecting eggs and watering the garden but I’ll spare you. Suffice it to
say, we had a fabulous couple of weeks: nothing went wrong, the campers were
pleasant and chatty and the only deaths were two tomato plants, which were
dodgy from the word go. I’d just like to mention the ancient cockerel. Martin
and Karen warned us that he was on his last legs and we weren’t to worry if he
pegged out. Well, I was watching him one morning as he ran after a hen and
tried to have his way with her. She ran off squawking. (I would have, too, he’s
well past his sell by date and decidedly tatty.) He thought about it for a couple
of seconds then he sat down on the grass and gently keeled over onto his side.
I watched with much anxiety and wondered what to do with the body but he
recovered after a couple of minutes and rose to his feet. I wonder what would
be the effect if he actually got around to having sex?
We ate out a couple of times in York (as a change from omelettes!) and would recommend:
Mr Chippy
37-39 Swinegate, York – excellent fish and chips and they
have a licence if you fancy a glass of something to go with it and
Kapadokya Turkish restaurant, 24 George Hudson Street, York.
We had a very good lunch: 2 course and a drink for just less
than a tenner.
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