Ley lines and lunch at Lark Hill

 Friday 9 April

We have been away almost a month and on the retro roadie for 11 days. We managed to do a load of washing last night and the loft looks like a Chinese laundry but interestingly, all the clothes are the small amount of summer clothes we brought on the trip. The weather so far has been beautiful autumn days in the min 20’s, necessitating the purchase of sunscreen, a hat and a spare t-shirt. Clear skies make the nights cold, though and there is a cold front moving into the south, so it looks like we will get a chance to pull out the winter woollies soon. This morning we went for a walk around Bungandore, had coffee and visited the famous wood work gallery and the leather shop. In the church hall we purchased a shopping backpack for $2. Now off to Lark Hill Winery for lunch. This is just around the corner from us and the restaurant is run by a chef Daniel and his wife Katrina at front of house. They are friends of Truus and Patrick's. We enjoyed a delicious lunch with Lark Hill wines. The entrees of pear, rocket, walnut and goats cheese salad and a scallop, prawn gazpacho, were accompanied by a Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier blend and an estate Chardonnay. The bobby veal, mushroom and spätzle held up to the Sangiovese and the slow cooked venison matched the 2016 Shiraz Viognier very well. We shared a crème brulee and a Ley Line Riesling which was not too sticky and much loved by Lady P. The ancient wine maker we met at the cellar door, said there were two ley lines through the restaurant and that they made you feel calm. A hippy or a mathematician for sure. (Ley lines refer to straight alignments drawn between various historic structures and prominent landmarks. The idea was developed in early 20th-century Europe, with ley line believers arguing that these alignments were recognised by ancient societies that deliberately erected structures along them.) Ah huh! All in all, a lovely lunch with two friends of Truus and Patrick who are working hard on establishing a Baillage of the la Chaine des Rotisseurs.






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