Shire folk travel to the city smoke!

It has been a roller coaster of a weekend. We went up to London to see Tim and Bex’s and to do lots of the tourist trips – Greenwich, St Pauls, Tower of London, boat trip etc, etc (good job we are used to walking as we must have covered about 20 miles on foot)! They gave us a wonderful time and the fantastic weather really made it. We went to Bough Market where Derek couldn’t resist the doughnuts!

We came back on the Saturday and on Sunday the car was loaded to the gunnels with all of Lucy’s gear (how many pairs of shoes can a girl have)? Lucy has just started a new job in Exeter as a Nursery Nurse and from her telephone calls she is very happy, enjoying life and doesn’t seem in the slightest bit homesick! The house does seem very empty without her and we feel a little lost now all our brood has flown the nest.

One of the great positives of this B&B business is meeting so many interesting and lovely people that soon become friends. Although it is still quite early in the year, we have had quite a few guests come to stay and to enjoy Exmoor already this year. The moor is beginning to shed its winter outer layer and the signs of Spring are becoming stronger.

It was a wonderful weather yesterday – dry and sunny with a ‘refreshing breeze’ so I took the dogs over to Nutscale for a walk. We were out most of the afternoon and we only met one other person but loads of deer. A herd of hinds ran in front of us and down an almost sheer drop – they are so agile for such large creatures. There was plenty of frogspawn in all the pools, primroses are starting to bud, crocuses are out and at the farm in our neighbouring village of Luccombe, lambing is in full swing. The best is yet to come!