Today we took a trip to Castle Farm, near Shoreham in Kent, just a 20-minute drive from Chislehurst. This is a family-run farm, most famous for its lavender; the lavender fields are in fact quite iconic in this little part of the country. It is a busy working farm with a wonderful farm shop, the… Continue reading Lavender Fields at Castle Farm
A lovely day in the end, though lessons in being more prepared and reading websites more thoroughly were definitely learned. I blame the outcome of the referendum for my temporary inability to function properly. Damn, now I’ve mentioned the referendum. Sorry about that. Moving swiftly on… We haven’t been outside much this week, or indeed… Continue reading Greenwich Park (eventually)
What a rubbish week of weather we are having! I shouldn’t have expected any less really, it being England and half-term at the same time. But still, this is really testing us. And after one morning of traipsing through Bromley in the pouring rain, trying to get haircuts for three separate people in three separate locations,… Continue reading Layhams Farm Shop
Today ended up being a really rather lovely day, despite the rubbish weather forecast, and I am so glad we made the most of it. With showers expected in the afternoon we headed out early for some fresh air before the rain. As we didn’t want to go too far we headed to Emmetts Garden… Continue reading Emmetts Garden in May
You would be forgiven for thinking that we had plunged right back into the depths of deepest darkest winter this weekend, with some parts of the country even experiencing snow this afternoon, but actually we are in spring, quite well into spring. So far into spring, in fact, that the bluebells have well and truly… Continue reading Emmetts Garden
