We popped into the restaurant located upstairs in the Visitor's Centre at Carsington Water, a local reservoir.
The restaurant was called the Mainsail, which was quite appropriate as there is a Sailing Club there. It is accessible to all as it allows disabled people to have a go at sailing.
The food and drink have improved this past year. We ordered a couple of lattes and ....
.... a sausage, ale and mushroom pie with chips.
I had a cheese and vegetable pie with vegetables on the side. It was delicious, but it would have been even better with some gravy!
There were some great views from the restaurant over the reservoir. The staff were very friendly and there was a good selection of food that's locally sourced.
There was also an outdoor cafe downstairs for takeaway food and drink.
I popped into the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) shop to buy a bag of bird seed. We put a bit of seed on the tables and the wall and watched the house sparrows fill their bellies.
We reckoned that as we'd had good food and drink, it was only fair the birds did as well!
Couldn't resist another latte to takeaway. You can never have too much coffee!