Today we visited Peterborough for a Christmas shopping trip. It must be 20+ years since I last went Christmas shopping at Peterborough. It hadn't really changed. The Queensgate Shopping Centre was already decorated and looked good.
The cold weather continues and was bitter when I took Millie for a walk this morning.
Today we went for a very chilly 4.5 mile circular walk around the grounds of the beautiful Brocket Hall, starting and ending at the Waggoners pub in Ayot Green.
Brocket Hall hit the headlines a decade or so ago when Lord Brocket was sent to prison after being found guilty of a £4.5 million insurance fraud. Wild rumours abounded that he'd buried his classic Ferraris beneath the undulating greens of his golf course, or perhaps even ditched them in the river. The reality was that he'd dismantled them and shipped them into a North London lock-up!
I've seen this game in several shops. I'm intrigued by it but not enough to want to buy it.
Today a friend and I travelled to London to see Moulin Rouge the Musical at The Piccadilly.
To celebrate their Platform 9¾, the Christmas tree at Kings Cross Station was Harry Potter themed, decorated with baubles, envelopes and other Harry Potter themed ornaments.
A nearby house recently had the hedge at the front of their garden removed and it has been fascinating over the past week to see a new handwoven fence being created.
I paid a visit to the doctor today but as our surgery is now part of a group of practices I had to travel to Flitwick for my appointment.
I bought some hyacinths this week and hopefully they'll flower by Christmas.
Yesterday when I attended the Act of Remembrance in the village it was raining, so I didn't hang around afterwards to look at the wreaths which had been laid or take any photos. Today I popped back to have a look.
This morning I attended the village Remembrance Day service and Act of Remembrance and then this afternoon joined our walking group for a 4.5 mile walk from Silsoe War Memorial to Meppershall War Memorial.
The war memorial at Silsoe had been decorated for Remembrance Day with hundreds of knitted poppies which cascaded from the top of the memorial onto the grass.
Our walk took us through Wrest Park, past the manor house and through Whitehall Plantation.
At Lower Gravenhurst we stopped briefly at St Marys Church which we also visited during the Bike n Hike in September.
The 14th century Church has been unaltered for over 600 years.
Today when we walked past the bridge there were actually cows grazing nearby - Red Poll cattle, a native East Anglian breed.
The seedpods on the Stinking Iris plant have now split to reveal the rows of bright orange seeds.
So many plants in the garden seem to be flowering later than they usually do. These Salvias are still going strong.
The flowers in the living room this week are very autumnal in colour and include these amazing Gerberas.
