most things are done ( well with the exception of two bathrooms and the fitting the utility room work surface ...! ) -we waved goodbye on Saturday evening and we are here on our own! Feels very bizarre not to be sharing the house with them - even though they spent all of their time , when not working in the annexe bedroom or in the conservatory..!
So the last week before Xmas....on Saturday Nelly and I hit the local farmers market in Brackley - not a patch on Borough ! but managed to stock up on local meat and veg and watch some Morris Men! apparently Brackley is fairly renowned for their Morris Men! N slept through the whole experience!
http://www.thebrackleymorrismen.org.uk/
we then headed off to Banbury to the Majestic to stock up on Xmas wine!
Sunday was one of those lovely crisp winter days - bright sunshine but really cold so we headed off to a place called Daylesford - see the link ! it is called a Farm Shop! but think H Nichols food hall meets the second floor designer rooms for clothes shopping in Selfridges! all set in beautiful COtswold stone buildings....they were selling Xmas trees, they seemed to start at about 7 foot high and the tallest must have been about 15 feet! or more...The wreaths for doors ( well ours is about 18 inches in circumference...) the Daylesford ones to fit those Glos. doors , the wreaths were ate least three feet across!
we pootled around and managed to fill a number of bags including three beautiful oatmeal linen stockings priced st £5.95 each = there had to be a digit missing! as well as some fab Xmas decorations - now we just need to buy the tree for the hall..take a look at the link and if you ever get to Stowe on the Wold then pass by there it is a wonderful experience and a nice eatery!
http://www.daylesfordorganic.com/
will post more pics soon - the study is being painted this week - off to London on Wednesday for two days ...cannot wait to catch up with the South East London crew!
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