I haven't forgotten this meme, but it fell by the wayside due to a) having no electricity for three days and b) being so busy at work that I just spent my evenings vegetating. Anyway. :)

Favourite Places To Go in My City/TownSo although I live in the south of England, I can't really talk about any of my local towns because ... I barely know them. ( Read more... )

It has been a very good weekend! :) Yesterday we had a really easy, lazy day; a nice lie-in, followed by playing with horses (Ben rode Iris, and I played at being a competent horseman by doing groundwork with Cash) and visiting a friend of ours who Ben was giving a horsemanship lesson to. I actually recorded it for a DITL, so I'll post photos from ( Read more... )

Little known fact: I was actually a water nymph in a past life ( Read more... )

The other day I found a shortcut through the churchyard, which is pretty cool as I've been looking for a reason to explore the grounds.

The church of St Michael & All Angels is of Saxon origin, although today the only Saxon remnants are two 11th century windows (with the grooved oak used for holding the original panes made out of flattened horn) ( Read more... )

More Austrian wanderings!

( Day 4: Krimmler Wasserfälle, Kitzbühl, lynxes, churches and HORSES )

Part two of the Austrian Adventure ... except it covers day three! Like, crazy...

( Day Three: Kink, Alpbach, Rattenberg )

So my Saturday night was spent dressed as a knight, on the back of a Shire horse, in the grounds of my village's 13th century church. Win! I mean, I ended up looking more squire than knight in the end, but even so. It was a pretty awesome evening to have.


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