Yesterday we headed off over the Border to County Durham, on our way to visit Helen, as she had an open weekend at her wonderful studio
It was lovely to finally meet Helen, as we have been blog friends for quite some time ..... but every time she had one of her open weekends, I was unable to go! We nearly didn't get there this time, as she lives at the end of a very bumpy farm road. Malcolm blanched at the thought of driving his new car over all the lumps and bumps as it has a low clearance .... but he just took it easy and we got there unscathed! We had a cuppa and a chat with Helen, then before I got down to some retail therapy, I took some photos ....... first of the gorgeous merchandise
lovely things for Easter
where else would you keep cushions!
more gorgeousness outside
Malcolm made a new friend
even I found this cute!!
some of my purchases - I can't show you all of them as they are presents!
After we has successfully negotiated the farm road again, we headed into Durham. We hadn't been there before, so we were looking forward to doing some sightseeing. As I took lots of photos, I will save them for another post, and will end today with .... food! We went to La Tasca, a lively Spanish tapas restaurant, for dinner. We ordered a selection of dishes, which looked like an awful lot of food when it arrived
but we managed to eat it all!
After another walk round Durham this morning, we meandered home, with a stop on the way in a very intersting village - but I'll save that for another time as well ........