What a great weekend, had a relatively early night on Friday with only 1 bottle of wine between us and some good grub so when we woke up on Saturday we were ready for an early start. We packed the car and left for Shaftsbury following TomTom's instructions until the stupid machine got to Dorchester and wanted me to go up the tiny roads, she must think I'm daft! Went the main road route and was there in an hour, dropped the suitcase off at the hotel and headed into town.
Mary was going to come to Gillingham with me to look around whilst I played but we found Shaftsbury so nice it would have been a shame not to spend more time there. Plus, it was their Carnival Day so loads going on. We ate breakfast at the top of Gold Hill which is the one used in the classic Hovis advert, delivery boy going down the hill on an old bike! I left Mary there and she pottered and walked around whilst I went off to hockey, less said about that the better, lost 3-1 and I missed 6 goals....well, didn't miss them, all shots on target but I hit them all straight at the keeper, Mr Useless I was.
Raced back to Shaftsbury to meet up with Mary, found a great pub with decking out the back with fab views so sat there and had a coupl eof pints.
Late afternoon we looked for a nice restaurant but could find any obvious ones so decided to eat back at the hotel which was a good move as it was a very relaxing way of ending the day. Food was excellent too.
We had a large breakfast on Sunday morning and left early for Stourhead House, a really pretty National Trust property just 10 miles north of Shaftsbury. We spent the day looking around the gardens and house and had a really wonderful time. Mary took loads of photos so I'll load a few up on here.
When we arrived home we had an hour to read our books in the garden as the weather was fabulous for late Sept. but I was too tired to read, so fell asleep on the couch.
