The Führer provided new pies for us to sample this week: Lynton Manor’s individual Melton Mowbray pies from Lidl. Unsure of the number of munchers, Margaret brought two 6 packs and just as well she did – the Walk Master had forgotten his sandwiches, so had two pies for lunch! A windy 5.6 miles of very picturesque walking preceded the pie munching for most of us. Parking on some hard-standing in a field near Shelton, we left the cars, heading west along Blacksmith’s Lane and then making use of footpaths, we circled around Shelton arriving at
St. Margaret’s church, Hardwick, after about three and a quarter miles. This provided a good lunch stop where the Walk Master tucked into his first
two pies.
The church had no dials and on completion of lunch, we continued west, passing Shetland ponies and horses that would have delighted the girls, had they been with us. Turning north past chicken sheds, we then headed northwest into Shelton itself and the large church of
St. Mary.
There were no scratch dials, but Ricky made use of the rood loft stairs to address us. A half-mile brisk walk north, back to the cars ensured we didn’t get caught in the forecast rain – the Weather Wizard had pulled it off again! However the rain had just started and it looked like getting worse, so Ricky offered his abode for the pie munching. Back at chez Ricky, we sampled king prawns with Bay Tree Seafood sauce or green Tabasco sauce. Then the pies, just like the last ‘Melton Mowbray’ pies, these too had been baked in moulds rather than free standing. Slicing revealed a pale filling with no jelly nor aroma. Tasting the pie was disappointing as the expected texture was not present and the flavour seemed to come solely from the seasoning. The saving feature of this pie was its crust – tasty and non lardy. Mustard did not enhance this pie, though the Walk Master munched
another pie and a half. Despite this, the pies scored 5.83333 a standard deviation of 0.68313. Shortcake completed the munching. So a normalized score of 6 for Lynton Manor Melton Mowbray pies.
The church had no dials and on completion of lunch, we continued west, passing Shetland ponies and horses that would have delighted the girls, had they been with us. Turning north past chicken sheds, we then headed northwest into Shelton itself and the large church of St. Mary.
There were no scratch dials, but Ricky made use of the rood loft stairs to address us. A half-mile brisk walk north, back to the cars ensured we didn’t get caught in the forecast rain – the Weather Wizard had pulled it off again! However the rain had just started and it looked like getting worse, so Ricky offered his abode for the pie munching. Back at chez Ricky, we sampled king prawns with Bay Tree Seafood sauce or green Tabasco sauce. Then the pies, just like the last ‘Melton Mowbray’ pies, these too had been baked in moulds rather than free standing. Slicing revealed a pale filling with no jelly nor aroma. Tasting the pie was disappointing as the expected texture was not present and the flavour seemed to come solely from the seasoning. The saving feature of this pie was its crust – tasty and non lardy. Mustard did not enhance this pie, though the Walk Master munched another pie and a half. Despite this, the pies scored 5.83333 a standard deviation of 0.68313. Shortcake completed the munching. So a normalized score of 6 for Lynton Manor Melton Mowbray pies.
