Newark Park

As usual, we chose a National Trust property as a rest stop on our holiday travels. Our first stop was the gorgeous Newark Park. What spectacular views awaited us!

Mr Bee's half term homework couldn't be any more perfect, he has to complete as many of the NT 50 things to do before you are 11 3/4 as he can. Though he has done just about all of them, we decided to start again, documenting them for his homework. So far we have made a daisy chain, rolled down a big hill and discovered what lives in a pond (though we only found pond skaters and a couple of mallards!).

Bad planning on my part though I will admit, we booked in to the most beautiful spa hotel on our way down to Devon, but picked a 'rest stop' only 25 minutes away! Saying that, I'm not sure it was such bad planning, as we managed to spend much more time relaxing, swimming and having a jolly good time. So good, that we didn't actually make it into the city as we had planned!

Becka's Hen Do

With the days counting down until the wedding of the century, I made my way through the gorgeous countryside to the village of Nassington for Becka's hen do!

I arrived early in the morning, on our way to our Norfolk holiday and made myself comfortable in the cottage that had been hired for the event. During the morning, we explored the area, taking a little countryside walk down the nearby byway. Then we managed to get Becka out of the way whilst we set up for the afternoon tea party!

Just how beautiful is this! Becka's Mum and sister did a wonderful job making all of the delicious food, all laid out on the gorgeous china. It was a lovely do for the wonderful bride to be and I wish I could have stayed longer, but I had a train to catch to take me to our holiday.

An Evening at Bosworth Battlefield

This afternoon we had a lovely walk around Bosworth Battlefield with our pals Anna, Isaac and Alistair. We planned this trip many months ago, to have a picnic after work here with the boys, I love it when things like this come to fruition.
We picnicked on homemade pork pie, quiche and cheese straws, leaving a little room for some cake before we were almost locked in for the night!