Workin' Our Way Through the UK!

I knew There was no way one week on England was going to be enough for me, so I had to come up with a cheap(er)  way to stay. I found a website called WWOOF. Actually my farm partner, Coleen, Mentioned it awhile back but it took me awhile to look into it. In a nutshell, it is a site for people who want to do some farm or gardening work in exchange for room and board. The site has lists of people with farms all over the world. I thought this would be perfect for me, what with all my farming experience and whatnot. I had to explain to everyone over and over how it would work and most of my family thought i was nuts for wanting to do it. Personally I could not see how they didn't think it was the most exciting thing I had ever wanted to do. 

After enjoying the week in London, I got Craig and Jack packed up and got them a taxi to the airport. Then Mason and I hopped a train for our first job in Cambridge. We got to the train station and was met by our host Dave. Once again, I tried to get into the wrong side of the car. I just don't think I could get used to the wheel being on the wrong side of the car. It was only a 10 minute drive to Dave's place but he had a bit of road rage. It was kind of funny because he seemed to really hate people driving white vans. He did not drive much he tended to ride his bike most places.

We got to his house and met his delightful but senile mother. She has a short term memory of about 1 minute so if you left the room she forgot about you. She thought Mason was adorable and called him a "Cheeky Monkey" and thought all the girls should love his red hair. I agreed. She loved to make tea and would forget that she made it so she made about 20 or so cups of tea everyday. 

Dave was an Ex Vegan who was just starting to eat meat again. He had developed some health problems and could not get enough nutrition on a Vegan diet (No Kidding) so I cooked for him. I reintroduced him to bacon and baked chicken and some other goodies. I feel I left him a healthier omnivore. He also taught me a few things. I had never eaten chard but it looked so colorful and yummy and the way he steamed it made it delicious. He also made beets for me that I actually liked. He julienned them and mixed them with carrots so they were quite sweet and crunchy. He also made a baked Camembert cheese and it was amazing! I will definitely be making all 3 of those things.