I think I’ve finally become a grown-up.
We’re home alone this weekend – no children. And far from having the wild time that you might imagine, what have we done? Chores. For the first time in my life, I’ve washed curtains.
How sad is that?
The children have gone to Centreparcs with my parents, and are the ones having the wild time. We met for the handover in Rheged.
We’ve been there before, and it’s a great place to spend time on a wet holiday – a 3D cinema, mountaineering exhibitions, shops (books, chocolate, gourmet food, crafts, mountain gear) and activities (soft play, crafts, chocolate workshop). And cafes – at least three.
We had elevenses at the Terrace coffee bar – which had gluten free Mars Bar cake. Since I feel obliged to buy gluten free food if a cafe provides it, we tried the cake – very sweet, but just right for the occasion.
More eating: a light lunch in the Rheged Cafe. They very kindly made up a sandwich for our coeliac using her bread – and even came out to check that the tortilla chips they would normally serve with a sandwich would be OK. Gold star for that catering team …
We have previously eaten at Taste!, which also catered well for our coeliac – though their style is much more of a proper restaurant meal. We did go into the Taste! food shop this time, though, and pick up some gluten free chocolate pudding to go with the coeliac for the weekend.
Congratulations to Rheged on their approach to eating gluten free – and the service provided by the staff in the Cafe.
And something I hadn’t realised before: Rheged is the largest grass covered building in Europe.
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