Well here we are Sunday evening and i am wondering where the week end went. It was here fleetingly, and now....its nearly gone. I have had a wonderful week end, it started on Saturday with a trip into Burton for a quick wonder around the shops, and then we were off to Sudbury Hall. Even though i have lived in the Midlands for many years, i have never been to Sudbury. Now that we're members of the National Trust, there's no stopping us. Nobody could accuse us of not getting our money's worth out of our memberships. Our first stop was the coffee shop for a sandwich and a bottle of lovely sparkling elder-flower And then it was off to the Museum of Childhood. We loved it, there was way more than i expected and so many things that reminded us of our own childhoods. They had such novel ways of displaying things, like the bedroom on the ceiling. Not to be missed, so if you ever go....remember to look up! While you are walking around, you will suddenly hear a bell ring - it is summoning you to school. You will find the school ma'am doing the rounds of the museum looking for wayward students. Paul and I decided to be brave and attended the Victorian school room, what a hoot! Luckily we weren't made to stand in the corner or wear the dunces hat.... but someone had too. Hilarious! When we left the museum it was time to explore Sudbury Hall. A lovely place that dates back to the 17th century, and definitely somewhere i know we will go back too. Luckily it is very close to home. It was home to the Lords Vernon and is absolutely beautiful inside.The Long Gallery has to be seen to be believed, absolutely beautiful! Once again the Great British weather let us down and it rained, so we couldn't explore the grounds very much. Some of the paths were already muddy, and definitely best avoided.
Today we headed over to Atherstone to have afternoon tea at Dobbie's Garden Centre, a pre-birthday treat i had been really looking forward too. We got there much earlier than we needed too so that we had time to look around the garden centre. At last it was time to make our way to the restaurant, one section is set aside just for afternoon tea. What can i say, it was lovely especially as we had decided to throw caution to the wind and have the luxury afternoon tea which came with a glass of Prosecco. The waitress was lovely, and brought everything out as we wanted it, a glass of Prosecco first followed by the three tiered stand filled with sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam, chocolate dipped strawberries, and several small cakes. And of course a very nice pot of tea. What can i say, it was lovely and a real treat! I am so glad we decided to do this, I have to work on my birthday (as most people do) and this was a wonderful way to celebrate a little early. Of course we are total lightweights and couldn't eat it all. So i dashed into the restaurant and found one of the childrens happy meal boxes, just the right size to stash a couple of cakes. I certainly wasn't going to leave anything behind.
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