I recently revisited the village of
Turville, in the Chiltern hills in Buckinghamshire, a few miles from where Mel lives, with Mel, Isla and my Dad.
The village is infamous for a number of TV shows that were filmed there.
The Vicar of Dibley,
Midsomer Murders and some of you may recoginise the windmill in the right corner of the photo, from the classic childrens favourite,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
We visited the church and were delighted to find a cosy warm interior after the chilly wind outside. This stained glass inside, affords views out over the village, through its traditonal leaded glass. It reminded me of one of the episodes of the Vicar of Dibley where there is huge discussion over a stained glass window and its depiciton.
There is no such confusion in relation to this window as it depicts the church's name,
St. Mary the Virgin.
We strolled around the village admiring the landmarks and mingling with some tourists and hill walkers before retiring to
The Bull and Butcher pub. It is the ideal place to drop in to on an Autumn afternoon, to warm by the fire, and have a hot chocolate, pot of tea, or a stronger drink, after a stroll through the town or over the hills.
The baketmaking sessions were on this weekend, you can read all about them over at
Margie's Crafts The Vintage Store.Big hugs,
Margie
A snow shovel (and a picnic hamper with a flask, torch, sandwiches, and a rug) and I am ready to take the Landy out and about.
Champagne, tea cakes and chocolate provided the visitors with some TLC, a great chance to forget about the economic and political upheaval here at the moment (and did I mention how friendly and attentive the staff were?)
This weekend, we had a visitor (who looks really like our cat Felka who died in August 2009), he was very friendly and made himself at home.
He even made friends with our other visitor Muzzy (my niece, Muireann) who came over for a spot of crafting. You can see her beautiful work over on Margie's Crafts The Vintage Store.
You can see the results of the Doll making at Margie's Crafts The Vintage Store blog. Workshop vouchers will be available next week and make great Christmas gifts.
The kitchen needed a new coat of paint. It has been six years since it was painted. Mr. Margie did the whole room in a few hours last weekend. Leiny put some cloves in oranges yesterday in beautiful patterns and they have given the room a lovely scent.
The dresser too got a new coat of paint, Dulux Dragonfly quick dry makes a great background for the black wire tray and accessories. The red and white cups, plates and bowls are from Dunnes stores.
With the winter evenings closing in earlier each day, candle light brightens up the room.
So the kitchen is bright and fresh all ready for Christmas and the long doll has a new place to sit on the sofa.
We strolled around the village admiring the landmarks and mingling with some tourists and hill walkers before retiring to The Bull and Butcher pub. It is the ideal place to drop in to on an Autumn afternoon, to warm by the fire, and have a hot chocolate, pot of tea, or a stronger drink, after a stroll through the town or over the hills.
