The Slaughters

The next day after a wonderful breakfast with locally sourced produce which we loved, we drove through The Slaughters and stopped to have a stroll.

The Manor House at Moreton

The Manor House

We decided to take ourselves away for a last weekend before life changes so we drove just 30 minutes away to Moreton-in-Marsh in the Cotswolds to stay at this fab hotel. It was funny to stay somewhere so local, the kind of place we would visit for an afternoon but it was great for us as we got to stay a bit longer in the area and of course the travel time was so short which was lovely and we were only a short ride to the hospital should we have needed to go there unexpectedly. (thankfully we didn't!)

We arrived and had afternoon tea in the library...warm scones, latte for me and tea for Mike and organic jam.



We saw our room with this lovely bear waiting to greet us....



We wandered in the town and had a rest before dinner in the hotel's Mulberry restaurant. The food was exquisite...I loved every moment of the meal, the decor- lots of cow prints, the ambience, lots of little tasters and beautifully presented plates of food.



The garden was lovely to relax in and included a 300 year old Mulberry tree.

Blenheim

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We had a great trip to Blenheim Palace in Woodstock. I really wanted to go here before the baby comes so am delighted we actually did it.
The day was beautiful. We looked round the house, enjoyed the Winston Churchill exhibition particularly. I'd like to go back when I'm back to normal and don't need to keep sitting down with my bump.
We had a lovely lunch in the restaurant sitting overlooking the water gardens.
The tickets were expensive but they allow us in for a year so hopefully we will go back and see more of the gardens during the year.

Easter

My parents came to stay for Easter after their holiday.
We had a good time.
On Easter Monday we went to the coffee morning and chatted to people, my dad did some painting then we all had lunch together before going for a walk near the castle.
I didn't get far before heading back home and doing some gardening
but it was a lovely sunny holiday.

Visits from the aunts

My aunt came to stay with us before Easter so it was nice to catch up with her and have lunch and sit outside and chat and walk (slowly for me!) in town. She stayed one night with us as she was mainly staying with my cousin in Nottingham.
Mike's aunt also came up last week from Oxford just for the day. I hadn't seen her since we told people we were expecting so it was a lot of catching up for us.

For little feet....

This is the first purchase that I bought for our baby,
little trainers with ribbons to lace up.
My husband thinks I'm mad :)
All girls need pretty shoes, even little girls.

"A pair of shoes can change your life"
~ Cinderella

Garden days

More lovely sunshine and the chance to sit outside and have lunch
while being visited by the cat next door.
Complete bliss....we hope it continues.