Just got back from a pleasant afternoon with Nicola in Ramsbottom, never been up that way before so was a bit of an adventure, took Blue the dog with us hoping that we’d find dog friendly pubs to visit and thankfully all the pubs we did end up in were cool about monstrous sized dogs on the premises.

So after arriving at Nicola’s and having a quick brew we headed to the Rose and Crown for a couple just to wet the appetite, while we were there we got mobbed by the landlord and a few of the regulars who wanted to know what breed Blue was, so I had to go into Dogspeal setting and explain the history of the Cane Corso, something I’ve become quite adept at now.

After the drinks and the chatter there we headed up the Shoulder of Mutton another dog friendly pub, this time to eat and boy did we eat well, I had a rather large Mixed grill, which even had me worried I couldn’t finish is, Mel went for the Fish type mixed grill thingy except it wasn’t grilled and she was well impressed to, Nicola went for the Salmon Pasta another good dish apparently (‘m not keen on salmon so I had to believe her) and Pete who’d come to join us on our afternoon wonder round Ramsbottom went for the carrot shop as he need to see better in the dark or so he says.

All in all it was a well spent afternoon and Nicola has kindly invited us up there again, so I think we’ll definitely take her up on that offer, especially if we eat there again.

In other news still no news on Mel’s camera which she lost/mislaid at the Common bar last night, just hoping if I ring there they might have found it, here’s hoping 🙂