The Wedding



Our New House, ha ha ha

 Unless you've been living under a rock, you would have noticed that a very big, elaborate, slightly over the top wedding took place on this side of the world recently. The weather in the lead up was beautiful and sunny and lucky for us, our day off fell on one such day.
We decided to get into the spirit and visited one of the local manor houses. Sizergh Castle, is now run by the National Trust, although the family still live in and use the castle. The castle has been the home of the Strickland family since 1239, when the very clever Sir William married the heiress to the estate.

The house and gardens have been added to and expanded over the years to the beautiful estate that is there today. Since the day was so warm we spent most of our time exploring the gardens, admiring the spring blooms. Getting ideas from the vegetable and herb garden. It really put our patio grow bag to shame, but I guess we all work with what we've got, ha ha.

The Door Knocker

The house had some amazing artwork and craftsmanship. Including this fantastic lions head door knocker. Royalist? I think so.

The day of the wedding itself we were lucky enough to have a late start at work, leaving us free to enjoy the atmosphere and entertainment. Our local village organised a party in the park, 'bring a plate to share and your own chairs' the poster proclaimed. Now, neither having time to cook, nor the inclination to carry our heavy kitchen chairs up the hill, B1 and B2 decided to stay in and have a party of our own. So early morning, we organised ourselves on the couch with our tea and biscuits (not much of a party, but it was 10am) to watch the event unfold. Ten minutes in B2 promptly fell asleep, leaving B1 to watch and enjoy the whole day in peace.  

We were also lucky enough this week to have a friend from work offer to show us around the lakes. We visited lots of Villages we had yet to venture to, stopped and tried local beers at many little pubs. B2 has become quite a fan of the local ales!
We had lunch in a fantastic local pub and really enjoyed the day and night, finishing up in the early hours.

The great thing about England at this time of year is the spring flowers and growth, the new born animals, lambs and calves, ducklings and chicks.

Its great to look at but murder on the hay fever!



Till next time, B1 and B2!