Maggie Beer

Yesterday we spent the morning doing housework (or should that be caravanwork?). We rewarded ourselves with lunch at Maggie Beer's Farm. Anita indulged buying some of the interesting produce on sale.

We actually spotted Maggie Beer in the premises. On the TV news we learnt she had been to court that day to speak on behalf of a friend who had sabotaged a vineyard after he had been sacked. 

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