Saturday, 8 November 2008
With the winery-oriented part of this particular odyssey concluded, when we rose the following morning the major cause for concern was the direction likely to be taken by the weather rather than the direction we’d be taking to the nearest vineyard.
The morning, when I peeked outside, looked overcast and unpromising (at least as far as sightseeing was concerned) but we ventured back across Stockwell Road towards the Farmers’ Market. As you’d suspect, as soon as we were actually inside the old Vintners Pty. Ltd. warehouses the rain decided to take a temporary break.
Like most blokes I’ve somehow managed to avoid acquiring the shopping gene, so I must admit to not being over-big on markets, but Madam likes to browse, so I wandered more or less in her wake checking out the goods on offer.
There wasn’t a great deal in the arts and craft line on offer, and most of what was there could have been interesting if we were staying longer, particularly if the accommodation had cooking facilities.
While I would have liked the opportunity to pick up some of the delicacies on offer (Thai duck sausages, anyone?) common sense prevailed and we ended up leaving with a variety of tasty baked delicacies for breakfast along with a couple of interesting lightweight culinary items (olive oil and dukkah) and some jam for Madam’s breakfast once we’d returned to the Little House of Concrete.
Once we’d got breakfast out of the way there wasn’t much to keep us unless I weakened and took up the suggestion that I might choose to visit a vigneron, should I feel so inclined. That would, however, have involved making a decision, and I was (to be quite honest) just about tasted out so we hit the frog and toad electing for the scenic route into Adelaide via Eden Valley, Mount Pleasant, the Big Rocking Horse at Gumeracha and the North East Road.