Weekend away

I've got all out of sync with blogging over the last couple of weeks. With spending most of my spare time crafting or catching up on housework, I end up so tired at night. 

However, it's all going to be worth it when I take a lots of new wooden items to my next craft fair next weekend. Just as a taster, I finished these off today ......

......hanging 'Home Sweet Home' plaques. I think they've turned out quite well. 

I've spent most of today crafting (day off from the day job) catching up from having three days off. THREE DAYS!! Unheard off! All because we've had a weekend away visiting DH's daughter and partner in Winchester. We'd booked in to a pub just outside the city, called The Plough. And what a lovely place! A bit quirky (with a chair fastened to the wall to act as a shelf and hanging rail), but so nice. 

We didn't arrive until nearly 8pm because the traffic had been horrendous on the motorway. But DH had been in touch along the way and booked a table for us to eat. DH's daughter and partner came to join us which was lovely. We hadn't seen them since our holiday in Summer for DH's birthday, so it was good to catch up. 

After breakfast on Saturday we took Oscar for a walk across from the pub. Although it was dry and sunny it was so windy! 

We headed in to some woods and came across this across the path ....

This made us chuckle a bit as it was similar to our obstacle course of a walk in Scotland last year with DD! Admittedly, Saturday's tree wasn't as bad. But we had blue sky for the whole walk - lovely......

......and a bit of playing with the camera .....

We were only out about an hour, but it was good to get out in the (very) fresh air. 

We arranged to meet up with DH's daughter later on to look round the Christmas Market in Winchester. It only started a couple of days before we got there - all wooden chalets set up round the Cathedral. It was all very pretty and some fabulous crafts for sale. We left Oscar in the van and had a wander round then went for some lunch. Time to check on Oscar after lunch (there's no way we could take him round the market with him being so nervous of everything).  Then back to the market as it was all lit up and looking very pretty indeed .....

We all went back to DH's daughters for tea - Indian takeaway! Yummy! And then back to the pub for us. 

And then the long drive home yesterday. Thankfully it didn't take us as long, and DD was very pleased when we got back - she doesn't like being left on her own when it's dark at night as she finds it quite scary. 

And now back to the day job tomorrow, and Afternoon Tea with DD. There's a tale behind it, but I'll wait and see how it goes tomorrow before explaining.....