We realized with some degree of shock the other day that we have no river-aspect photos of Newark's famous castle.

I think we've always looked, thought: "oh, how lovely, but we're bound to have photos already", and photographed something else.

So I hereby repair this omission with two portraits of a rather wintry-looking castle:



We similarly had no interior pictures of Newark's beautiful parish church, St Mary Magdalene.

Again, sorted:











(And for more exterior views of both these buildings, see here.)

Less monumental, but still very beautiful, are aspects of January Newark such as these:





And here's Friday's piece de resistance:


This was a tender and tasty pan-roasted pork cutlet, with a little pile of chorizo, potato, and onion mash, slimline broccoli, and a really delicious jus. It came from our old favourite The Staunton Arms, and it was very, very good.