We've just come back from a few days in Hobart where we always feel at home. We took a drive down through the Huon Valley, where we stopped for lunch at Franklin. It's been a few years since we were in that area and we're amazed at how much it has grown. It's the home of the Wooden Boat workshop, of course, and there's still a number of apple orchards doing reasonably well. We had lunch at a fantastic restaurant called Petty Sessions which is set up in the old courthouse. The Seafood Linguini was fantastic.
On the way back to Huonville we stopped at an orchard to buy a bag of apples. They were selling Rubigold, a newly-developed apple with a great flavour. I looked it up on Wikipedia and discovered it was the result of an accidental mutation which the orchardist cultivated and grafted until they now have a commercial orchard devoted to this fruit. I've not seen it in the supermarkets yet but it's worth looking for.
Just finished watching a movie called What we Did on Our Holiday with David Tennant and Billy Connolly. I wasn't sure what to expect but it's a very nice movie with a happy ending. The stars of the show are three children who are brilliant.
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