Our lovely friend Dalma sent us a postcard from Vienna with a recipe for Sachertorte. I simply had to make it, but we decided that we’d have to expend a few calories before we could eat it.
After quite a few weeks out of action, Pete needed a bit of a challenge to get his lungs and muscles moving again. The sunshine and showers meant we wouldn’t want to venture too far away from the car, so we decided to pick a couple of small hills, with a bit of a drive in between.
The first hill, Little Mell Fell, a small grassy hump, stands on its own just to the west of Ullswater. It’s not far to reach the summit, but it is steep, so it was enough to get Pete panting. There were some lovely views from the top where we could see the moody weather all around.
Seeing as that didn’t take long, we decided to drive over to Castle Crag in Borrowdale.
We parked in Rosthwaite and headed along the path to the River Derwent. A new path had been created since the floods of 2009, which took us to New Bridge.
We took a fairly direct path to the summit, walking through an open air exhibition of slate sculpture towards the old quarry. The summit outcrop is capped by a wind shelter and has a slate memorial honouring the men of Borrowdale who lost their lives in WW1. The wind shelter wasn’t much use – it was really windy, but there were some great views up and down the valley.
Of course, while we were out, we picked up a few Letterboxes along the way.
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While we were tramping around the caves on the east side of Castle Crag, the heavens really opened. We decided to call it a day and head back to the car…
… and back home for Sachertorte, hmmmmmmmmmm.
Thanks Dalma for our lovely postcard complete with Sachertorte recipe…
That cake looks great…. :yum: good to see you out and about Pete……although the weather at the moment is a bit minging 🙁
Ditto 🙂
(I best remember Castle Crag as being a point taken in on my run from Rosthwaite to Hesket Newmarket last year; my longest expedition at the time.)
What! no review of the cake? Criminal!
Steph, I can confirm that the cake is every bit as chocolatey as it looks! :yum: Although the cake itself is made with a lot of dark chocolate so it is quite bitter. Very “adult”, unlike the sweet, smooth, rich, and very sticky covering! :yum: :yum:
:yum: :yum: :yum: The result looks fantastic! :clap: There was a Wiener Schnitzel card too, I sent it to John Hollands. Do you think he cooked it? :sarcy:
Hmm. Slate circles – that’s a new one!
Didn’t you save a bit for me?
I think, maybe, just a few more practices first. 🙂
Hi,
I am writing an article about Millican Dalton for ‘Adventure Travel’ magazine.
Would it be possible to use the Milton Dalton Cave Letterbox Stamp in my article?
If it is used then the image will be credited to you.
Best wishes.
Roger Bunyan