Woodstock

The 7th February was our 36th wedding anniversary, we were pretty busy with family staying and so didn't do anything on the day to celebrate. But last Friday we drove to Woodstock in Oxfordshire. We have driven through the town before but never stopped. We had a lovely lunch in the Woodstock Arms, sitting by a log fire. Had a walk around admiring the beautiful Cotswold architecture before driving home

The Cotswolds

We have returned from our trip to The Cotswolds and had a relaxing time. The rain stopped after the first night but as the sun didnt really shine until our last day, my photo's are a little dull. I love photographing achitecture and so a visit to this area is especially exciting for me. I hope you enjoy scrolling down through the photos below. We will certainly be planning another visit soon.

French Basket

I've been looking for one of these baskets for a while, I could have bought one online but I didnt really want to pay the prices they are asking. My daughter has a number of these in different sizes, she uses them for carrying washing, toys and beach stuff as well as packing them full of their luggage when they come up to visit us. She bought hers in France.

Yesterday when we were out visiting a market town near where we live we found there was a French street market and I found this basket at a very reasonable price.

So today I went through my fabric to find something to line the basket with, I found some Toile de Jouy that I have had for some years. I used a piece of denim to make a pocket for each side. I will be packing it up on Monday when we leave for a few days trip in our little caravan we are travelling over to the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds

We are back from our trip to The Cotswolds and had a lovely time. On our journey home we stopped off at Broadway, this is a beautiful village with lots of history go to this link to read more

 http://www.broadway-cotswolds.co.uk/history.html

I enjoy taking photo's of different types of architecture and so this village was a real treat for me, as was the yummy lunch of roast pepper, tomato & basil soup we had in the Market Pantry Deli.