Oct 23: Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire

Friday 6 October

Carol, Chris, Janice, Jeanette, Joyce, Linda, Rosemary, Sally, Siobhan, Sue, Wendy.

Our house this time was on the outskirts of the village of Cleobury Mortimer.

It was set back from the farm track with loads of space for parking - with a hot tub overlooking the beautiful countryside.

A huge kitchen with plenty of space for eating and socialising.

There was a covered well on display in the corridor - maybe the original source of water for the farm?

It was illuminated at night.

We bought in our bags, filled up the fridges and eyed up the hot tub. 'Germ soup' said Sally 😁 but in we went!

After a lovely  meal we spent a lazy evening doing not much at all except drinking and chatting 😁

Saturday 7 October

Beautiful sun rise.

Continental breakfast then a trip to Ludlow.

Bridget joined us for a delicious pub meal.

Great to see her.

Sally's special potato 🤣❤️

Time for a drink when we got back to our accommodation - with a surprise 'happy nearly  birthday' cake for Siobhan's birthday on Tuesday 😋 

Star gazing hot tub sesh for Linda and Chris.

We had no idea what message Chris was leaving for us with the one slipper outside her bedroom door.. 🤔

.. and  she had no idea either - and no idea how it got there.. 🤣🤣🤣

Sunday 8 October

Joyce was very organised for breakfast.

Delicious 😋😋

The twisted tower on the church at Cleobury Mortimer - not as twisted as Chesterfield though.

Siobhan ubered us down to the village to start Sue's walk from there.

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The weather was perfect..

.. and the scenery was stunning.

Pretty little ford - we looked at it but didn't have to cross it.. 😁

St Mary's Church at Nene Savage. 

A bridge and a slow flowing stream - perfect for pooh sticks.

Those who didn't walk had a trip to the Burford House garden centre for coffee, cake and a gentle wander.

We were all ready for a dip in the hot tub when we got back. It was hot 🔥🥵 in the sunshine..

.. so we ended up having to sit on the tub rim to cool off 🙄😁

Better than the day before when the water temperature was several degrees lower and we'd had to immerse ourselves fully and make sure that our shoulders were covered so that we didn't feel cold 🤣

After another lovely meal we all settled in the lounge for yet another lazy evening as we were all tired.

Some of us managed to stay awake for one of Chris's quizzes - but only just 😁

Monday 9 October

A leisurely breakfast and the usual sort out of the fridges, cupboards and wine coolers. 

Then a last minute clean up and wipe down and we were all ready to leave.

Another great weekend with lovely friends 💕