A while back I mentioned that we were buying a house. We finally managed to fit in a return visit (only our second time of seeing the house, and yet we're already buying it - eeek!) when Grandma and Grandad very kindly looked after DC and hubby & I jumped at the chance to pop down to Somerset and then on to Dorset where we stayed the night with our friends R&G who have just opened Lazyhill Gallery (as per previous posts.) This was mine and hubby's first night away together without the small boy since he was ten weeks old; he's now 16 months, it's been too long!
Saturday morning we leapt into the car with just a small overnight bag each (how wondeful not to have to pack nappies, an assortment of outfits for all sorts of weather conditions, not to mention spare outfits 'just in case', a travel cot, toys, etc, etc - for the small boy, in case you were wondering...) and drove down to Hinton St George. We popped in to the Post Office/General Store (in photo below on right with yellow sign)
to pick up a local paper and got chatting to the owners who told us all about the village, then it was off to the pub (on the right)
for lunch - monkfish tempura
and triple-cooked chips - yum!
and then we walked through the village
past the school and pre-school where DC will go
and on to the house we're buying (unfortunately, not as pretty as most of the houses in the village!)
for a good look round and a meeting with an architect to discuss possibilities for extending, renovating, etc, etc. After about 50mins we came away very excited and brimming with ideas.
to pick up a local paper and got chatting to the owners who told us all about the village, then it was off to the pub (on the right) for lunch - monkfish tempuraand triple-cooked chips - yum!and then we walked through the villagepast the school and pre-school where DC will goand on to the house we're buying (unfortunately, not as pretty as most of the houses in the village!)for a good look round and a meeting with an architect to discuss possibilities for extending, renovating, etc, etc. After about 50mins we came away very excited and brimming with ideas.New bathroom, perhaps?
Replace the conservatory with a kitchen/dining/family room, perhaps?
New kitchen?
New fireplace?
But the garden can pretty much stay as it is - fabulous!
Although, we may tidy the woodshed
And the view from the front of the house isn't too bad either.
Replace the conservatory with a kitchen/dining/family room, perhaps?New kitchen?New fireplace?But the garden can pretty much stay as it is - fabulous!Although, we may tidy the woodshed And the view from the front of the house isn't too bad either.
And, while you are there and itching to part with your cash, if you are in the market for a hand stitched card, you could do worse than buy one that has been made by yours truly...!
which wouldn't fit in the car the evening before due to all of our bags/baby stuff/etc. He then drove over to R & G's house in Abbotsbury as they had kindly agreed to store it for us until such time as we are able to accommodate it. DC & I had a very pleasant wander round Briddy,
rounded off with a coffee in Costa where, luckily, the air-con was a-blowing. There are lots of really yummy looking independent coffee shops in Bridport and I do have a hankering to go in them, but I find that they are often quite small and, with a pram, almost impossible to navigate. So, for the time being, I shall be sticking to the chain coffee emporia, unless I am able to do a pram-less reccy beforehand!
I'd never heard of the place before but it appears to be well-known amongst those in the know, and we had a very good meal there, although DC decided he wanted to stay awake for the entire thing which meant either myself or hubby constantly having to attend to his every whim, rather than being able to completely relax. Not to worry, we had a pleasant evening anyway, and DC's late night meant he also slept in til 8.15am the following day, which gave us a very much appreciated lie in!
