A long(ish) drive today – about 3 hours – crossing the State line between New Hampshire and Maine. Stunning scenery under most circumstances, but pretty dull compared to what we’ve been used to.
Stopped for coffee in a tiny village – allegedly Maine’s prettiest – called Wiscasset. And would you believe it but we got chatting to the cafe owner’s mum who lived just round the corner from us in Golders Green in 1994. It’s a small world.
View from the house (in Boothbay):
And a beautiful walk in the woods just around the corner:
Then headed into Boothbay for a wander. It is clearly very popular in summer, but as Autumn comes and the evenings are getting decidedly chilly, everywhere is on the verge of closing down at the end of the season.
It had occurred to us that so far, we have been totally sunsetless (and sunriseless as well). Managed to put that right this evening:
Obviously the view being improved by a cocktail or two.
Its a Cosmopolitan by the way. Some dispute about the measures, but looked to me like 8 parts vodka, 2 parts cointreau and a splash of cranberry juice. And probably the bargain of the whole holiday at £3.50!
Then the obligatory clam chowder and lobster tail dinner.