OCTOBER 2022
Autumn has arrived here in Uk but still very mild, the leaves are collecting on the ground and the children have had fun collecting the conkers that have fallen. I love that the cooking, soaking and ingenious ways of making the conkers harder for the games are still an active pastime for the children, this is one that is definitely passed down the generations. What a super display idea for a Harvest Festival, there certainly are many varied leaves about for children of all ages to find. Some leaf rubbing or painting is still popular with the under fives, while…
View PostTHE MALTA INN, MAIDSTONE, KENT
What a glorious setting for a Sunday lunch sitting in the sunshine, this takes me back to my childhood as we often used to come here as Nan and Grandad loved it and dreamt of having one of the cabin boats themselves. At The Malta, they have increased the seating and staff so even though it was very busy we got a nice table and within 30 minutes we had ordered and were eating our lunch. We had a choice of meats with the Sunday lunch which arrived with so many veg and the biggest Yorkshire pudding all for £12. They…
View PostSPADEWORK, WEST MALLING, KENT
SPADEWORK GARDEN CENTRE A friend told us about this garden centre which we had never heard of, so we took a trip out in the sunshine and were so glad we did. This is a charity with not only plants but produce and a cafe, it really is lovely, so much choice. We have banned ourselves from any more garden centres though! Think we went a bit mad but our gardens are going to look splendid this summer. The weather has improved so sunny days are increasing just must not forget to water them. G&T afterwards in the garden to…
View PostMAY 2022
As we head toward summer it’s lovely to see the garden beginning to get a bit of colour in it, I keep buying plants so I’m really hoping for a brilliant display and have enough to cut for indoors this year. It’s great having the bank holidays and we get an extra one this year, courtesy of the queen and so many events on it is hard to know what to go to, although if it rains I won’t be going anywhere. I love finding bits to hang in the garden as think it gives it a bit of interest…
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