Food and Drink Festivities

Dad's last weekend in Yorkshire was a bright and sunny one. Save for that flash rain shower… but you know, England…

Our first stop was to the Masham (pronounced Maa-sum) institution, Theakston's! We took a brewery tour before using out tour token for pints. We each chose to get three 1/3 pint samples so we could try several of their fine ales. 

Theakston's - It's Yorkshire for beer!

Dad enjoying a wee pint!

We then walked over to the Masham town centre for lunch before heading to another institution - Brymoor's Ice Cream! It's on the Brymoor dairy farm, and their ice cream is freshly made and always delish! 

Bill's wee ice cream sundae

Dad's ice cream cone

That evening we met folks at our local outdoor space called Valley Gardens. The garden was hosting a food truck festival boasting more than 50 different types of food trucks. While we had a fantastic time, the sky opened up and the rain came pouring down. 

The eastern European band

However, it was a three-day weekend and the trucks were there all weekend. So, the next day Bill (sadly) had to go to work, but Dad and I walked back down to the food truck festival. What a gloriously, sunny day! 

Soaking up the rare Yorkshire sunshine

Pasty white Brits getting their tan on!

The ground was still quite muddy in places, but the festival provided lots of lawn chairs. Dad and I couldn't find any unoccupied chairs, so we simply walked around for hours. We saw… 

A mobile kid's tub

Kids taking 'baths' (wearing bathing costumes, as they say in the UK)…

Waffle cart

and sampled Greek food,

Bar cart

beer,

Sunshine in Valley Gardens

sausages,

More food trucks

and sun! lots and lots of sun!

The popular gin bar

Sadly, the foot traffic and rain made a muddy mess of the garden. The Valley Garden folks were quite miffed that the grass had to be re-planted in many spots and vowed never to let a big event like this take place again. However, it was such a HUGE success and brought in so much money, I'm hoping they change their minds over time and host the Food Truck Festival again this year. 

The coffee car

My fingers are crossed, anyway!