weekend update

The Vyne

just back from a lovely weekend at my parents house in Hampshire...and the weather [at last] was glorious.  my mum and i spent an afternoon at The Vyne near Basingtstoke - a family home since Tudor times, surrounded by woodland, with a walled garden, a hide and lake filled with geese and swans.

chilling by the lake...

checking out the local bird-life in the hide

lots of walks through the woods

 

 

flowers in the walled garden

the stunning summer house

we spent a morning with a bit of PYO (pick your own) and brought home some delicious strawberries and rhubarb.

PYO strawberries....

 

all rounded off with a lovely dinner at the Cross Keys pub in the nearby village of Upper Chute....the countryside is certainly the place to be on a warm summer's evening.

my lovely mum....enjoying an early evening tipple

view of the neighboring field

beautiful roses and lavender outside the pub

hello moon.

 

then it was off home - saying goodbye to the neighbour's cat Misty aka the bird-slayer...time to go and see how my little stray cat is doing.

Misty - showing some interest in the Olympics (or was it my dinner)