What could be more English than this? A sunny Sunday afternoon, taking tea in a little teashop opposite the village green. I can't think of a better way to spend a few hours in between morning Mass and Rosary and Benediction in the afternoon. Certainly not ironing, or weeding, the other two activities on offer!
A couple of weeks later and the view from the window might have included a game of cricket on the green. A very short boundary here so plenty of high scoring matches - and wet cricket balls as the ball is smashed into the boundary stream.
It really is an idyllic scene. One pretty village after another in this part of Surrey.
The tea shop which is also the local shop was doing a roaring trade in fishing nets sold to the crowds of youngsters who had come to picnic with their families and fish for 'tiddlers' in the stream.
6 comments:
You know, I really enjoy these pics bc sometimes I get the impression from the media that England is burning down to the ground with gangs/demonstrations/islamists etc.
Thx for posting!
Let me check . . . No, definitely no burning, gangs, demonstrations or Islamists in sight today! :-)
Such clear, bright photos. Lovely.
Your words and pictures make me want to pack the family on the next ferry so we can visit my early childhood home!
Maybe next year... finances and young children dictate that we will be having another 'staycation' this Summer.
Thanks for posting.
I'm a great fan of 'staycations' anyway, Kee. I think there's a lot of truth in the saying, 'There's no place like home'.
Just think, no mountain of washing and ironing at the end of the holiday! :-)
Your blog brightens my day. Thank you.
Thank you, Pastor EF, for your kind words. Glad to have brightened at least one person's day.
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