Gregory's Family Butcher of St. James Street, Bacup

Snow did not deter 8 of us from turning out for a walk from Saxlingham Nethergate on Easter Egg day. Our leader in his bright AA Man’s overalls told us it’d be sunny by dinnertime. We didn’t believe him and we had a muddy walk to the church at Shotesham. As we walked up the path to the porch, the sun came out! A miracle – Ricky has obviously been sent to lead us! After consuming our sandwiches and searching unsuccessfully for a scratch dial, we headed to the Globe where they served a fantastic pint of Adnams straight from the barrel. We returned to the cars parked on Liz’s instruction at the village hall, where dining facilities were available to sample a pie from up North. Ricky’s son Mark had sourced pies from Gregory's Family Butcher of St. James Street, Bacup. These were oval in shape and pale in colour being made with short crust pastry, the filling was firm and pink with a very pleasant meaty taste that scored a very respectable 7.125 with a standard deviation of 0.64087. So Gregory’s scores a normalised 7. After the pie, we were all presented with small chocolate “Mabels” by Josie. The return journey passed through Stoke Holey Cross where we saw the 1937 brick water tower.

1937 brick water tower at Stoke Holey Cross