I took my camera into town this morning
intending to photograph the windows of 'Serendipity' the shop in our market town which has such lovely window decorations at Christmas.
Several readers have asked me to repeat this as they were so admired last year. Dear readers - I forgot. Sorry
However, after visiting a very upmarket Craft Fair in the town we went out into the countryside on a beautifully sunny (but icily cold) day to find somewhere to lunch. We ended up in The Castle Hotel in the pretty village of Snape. There was a lovely fire burning in the grate, a friendly welcoming Border Terrier at the door and superb fish, chips and mushy peas to eat. My only complaint is that now I have grossly overeaten.
On arriving home it was to find that I had left my walking stick there, so friend W went off home and I drove back with Tess to collect it. Tess and the pub dog met for the usual bottom-sniffing session and then we drove home, this time round by the main road as the temperature was on freezing, so another cold night in store.
It has been a lovely day here - very cold but clear and sunny and the bare trees look so beautiful. The only fly in the ointment was that we passed a pheasant shoot in full flow and it seemed so barbaric somehow that the beauty of the countryside should be bespoiled by such slaughter.
Another cold day forecast for tomorrow and then maybe snow on Sunday. But then it is Winter. Keep warm.
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Icily cold here today too. We've had a mix of hail, sleet and snow all day, but luckily nothing has stuck. It kept the chickens busy running for cover with every new shower 😊
Still got Caroline.. Had snow overnight but gone now and hail showers too. And gloomy. Fed up. You should have taken photos of the sun for me!
Your lunch place sounds wonderful, I think I'll look it up. I seem to remember having come through Snape when my sister-in-law took us out by car last year.
All killing of animals seems barbaric, doesn't it; if I had to make my own meat and sausage, I would be vegetarian for soure...
Weaver!!! You forgot!!! Well, o.k., you shall be forgiven. (wink,wink)
Same weather conditions here Pat and that place that you ate sounds fantastic, my kind of place. How can someone of your age over-eat, just enjoy everything life throws at you. Nothing wrong with pheasant shooting, I presume that you eat chicken, which quite often have a far worse life than game birds.
Lovely to see country life.
Your meals out always make me feel peckish!
We have pheasants by the dozen round here, they risk their lives by being in the middle of the road every time I drive anywhere.
There is a pheasant rearing farm about 2 miles away across the fields but they can't all come from there.
A man in our village regularly left his stick in the pub as an excuse to go back the next night - apparently he could walk home fine without it after a few drinks!
Essex is cold and sunny, no snow forecast yet. Wrap up and stay warm. I wish I had a log burner!!!
Same here. Blasts of icy wind. Days on end. We are promised 15 c for just one day next week and then it's back to zero. Sometimes something like forgetting your stick and going back for it is as we all know a blessing in disguise. Unexpected bemnefits can arise from such inconveniences. Some thing similar happened to me once and we avoided being involved in an accident. The universe works in mysterious ways.
The things we forget. I left my Kindle on the plane when we flew back from NYC .
Going to get our luggage when I was called back to our arrival gate. Security made me go to Delta, get a new boarding pass, go through security including taking my shoes off and back to the gate, I was huffing and puffing by the time I got there.
Shooting. I never know what to think. It's not the shooting per se, rather the management of the land and the wildlife on it that seems to be the problem.
I think we should " bottle " you
You are so positive
Winter should be much warmer and we would like it better.
I'm afraid that over here Pheasants are released in the morning, and all shot (still on the ground) in the afternoon. I have suggested that they release several thousand, then not shoot them for about 5 years; that way they might have a chance to become part of the natural fauna.
The rearing of tame pheasants to be shot is a miserable deal, whenever walking through woods one comes on wire fenced enclosures for the rearing of the young. We stood near three shooters in the bar the other week, one boasting of spending thousands in the game of shooting. Coward that I was didn't say a word unfortunately.
At least they were sharing their money out Thelma. Keeping a whole community happy and a few quid to the beaters.
Just popping to the pub for the usual bottom-sniffing session...
We too have had a lovely crisp winter day here. So much nicer than the far too mild and damp ones. Proper weather for the time of year.
Still bitterly cold here tonight and snow forecast before morning. Still, it is winter after all.
I'm loving the doggie info......well now I know where to get a Gdynia meal for n Snape...we will get therone day. Stay warm and dry...snow on n the way...actually snow here by the Mersey.....xx
What rubbish this machine thinks up...very small letters and sometimes I don't notice...it has a mind of its own.....
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