Out and About

Sunday, 11 May 2008

VETS Hockey weekend - 2nd-5th May 2008

Sevenoaks hockey festival, lots of fun and also lots of hard work involved (including covering all 6 long tables with trhe silver banqueting roll). It was a beautiful sunny weekend with fun, good hockey and a great deal of laughing.

Point to Point

Point to point is an opportunity for hunt horses to have a good run. Or at least this is what I think it is all about. Plus, perhaps, a good opportunity to have a picnic with friends. Also, so lots of Conservatives can walk about in their barber jackets and crew tops!!!

Monday, 21 April 2008

Monmouth

Our weekend was complete with a great visit to our friends in Monmouth. We walked, talked, ate, played Risk, and read newspapers - just fab.

Great pub for lunch - classic.

Athers gives up waiting for the girls!

Bath

We decided on our way to Wales that we would visit Bath. Neither of us could decide whether we had in fact visited Bath before. It transpired I had, but a second visit was well worth it.

The Roman Baths were just excellent. I actually could image a roman walking around the corner. Then - one actually did!!

The best bit - which might not be clear in the photos - is the steam rising from the baths. Our earth is amazing, producing hot water from the ground!

Winchester

Jane Austen's last house.

In the precincts.

We went to vivist friends in Winchester and it made me realsie how lovely Hampshire is as a county. These pictures are some of the few moments when it didn't rain! We spent time in great pubs and ate delicious food. The farmer's market on Sunday morning was just brilliant - lots of produce from down the road sold by the people who produced it. How the small things now please me. The things I scoffed at in my younger years are now some of favourite things.

Sunday, 6 April 2008

Snowy April

All change in terms of weather today. I woke up and looked out the window and found our garden was covered with snow. So, we decided to go on a snowy walk around the village.