Tuesday 10 September 2013

Away Day

I ventured off into the Cotswolds today, to meet up with a very good friend. We had an excellent day. Burford is the most pretty of towns, and has enough lovely things to look at, both inside the shops and out, to keep us entertained.

I loved that old phone pbox peeping out in the corner of someone's garden.
I pressed my nose up against a number of windows, but tried not to leave drool marks.


But I kept my wallet closed with great restraint, despite temptation. (Okay, I may have had one of those lovely treats from one of the windows above!)

Love that brass plaque!
We chose a great pub and had lunch, and I fell in love with the tractor seat bar stools, and now want them in my some day dream house.


Then we saw this sign, and seeing as how I had 'permission' (as if I need it!) I treated myself to new slippers.


Then I came home and my stupid computer was buggered again. But himself had a back up for me to use. Which I am using now. Let's hope it plays nice. So far so good.

Spending a day with a fab friend in a beautiful place is a highly recommended activity. It was good to drop the girls at school and keep driving. I must do it more often.

Susan

30 comments:

  1. Hi! What a wonderful places you visited! Would have been difficult to avoid some shopping! Perfect sign and your new slippers are cute!

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  2. What a lovely day! Great pictures and I adore the stool!

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  3. I love Burford I went to sixth form there! And you resisted lardy cake from Hufkins bakery, it's the best! So jealous! Glad you had a lovely day :)

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  4. Love Burford!

    Did you pop into Cupcake Cottons?

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  5. Burford is fab. So many lovely little shops and hideaway places. The H&S inspection at Burford library once took hours...of course we may not have been in the library the whole time ;-)

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  6. Oh yes! You must! This is the most relaxing and the best way to recharge yourself. Just do it! Gorgeous place

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  7. Ooh I am hoping to sneak away tomorrow with a good friend!

    Glad you enjoyed your day!

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  8. Sounds like a lovely day and yes you must do it more often.

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  9. Oh how lovely for you - off eating and spending...so jealous and what a beautiful place to visit.

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  10. What a fab day! I would have crumbled at the sight of those almond croissants! :-)
    Love your slippers xx

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  11. Such pretty pics. I LOVE that sign outside the shoe shop. Nice marketing ploy and nice slippers to keep your toes cosy!

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  12. Oh that sounds wonderful, love the tractor seats, there must be plenty around here in Devon...

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  13. It all looks very picture-skew :o)

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  14. Love those signs, and houses with street furniture in their gardens always fascinates me!

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  15. Oh, tractor seats - aren't they just the comfiest? Glad you had a nice day x

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  16. Hey, I recognize those slippers. I'm still wearing mine.

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  17. From the other side of the world the Cotswalds sounds like a dream destination......lucky you to just pop in for a visit. Lovely slippers too.

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  18. Wow that looks like a beautiful place! I love the Cotswolds, it's so pretty. And those slippers look super comfy. That's my primary concern with footwear these days - well mostly!

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  19. My friend lives there, she has a little crafty shop in the market called The Magpie's Nest :)

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  20. That looks like a wonderful day ! I'd love browsing those shops.

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  21. Looks like a beautiful town with wonderful shops. Glad to hear you had a great time...your new slippers look really comfy!

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  22. Sounds like a lovely day! Children dropped off and keep driving; sometimes so tempting I'm afraid I won't be bothering to try to find the way back at the end of the day ;-)

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  23. Great to know you've had such a fab day, the place looks so lovely.

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  24. This is what I always imagine England looks like - quaint , cute and full of good looking food.

    Sounds like a brilliant day!

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  25. I would have had to treat myself to the chocolates...looks like a gorgeous day out.

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  26. what a lovely day to spend some time with a friend. I love the Cotswolds. When we were there Mr. R kept getting Catskills and Cotswolds mixed up and would say the "Cotskills" or the "Catswolds" Can't take him anywhere...

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