We had a call from a friend at the end go the week inviting us to a picnic. He thought it might be good to meet up in Longford to save us a drive but, just this week, the Council has removed all of the barbecues from the local park intending to develop the area into something bigger and better. So, it was decided we would meet at Evandale instead. It's a town about 12 Km away, famous for running the Penny Farthing Festival each year, when foolhardy daredevils chase each other through the streets hoping to win a prize.
This year's event is not for a couple of weeks so it was a good decision. Except that there was a market being held and you could hardly drive down the narrow streets, with cars parked both sides and irate drivers losing their cool. We finally found our friends in a great barbecue area far enough away from the rest of the town and we had an enjoyable time.
I'm a bit over barbecues so we took some chopped up chicken and bread rolls although, when we arrived the barbecue was already going strong with everybody else's lunch. I had taken a box of my freshly-picked blackberries from yesterday and they made a great follow-up to the greasy sausages.
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