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Our first outing of 2015
Jan. 11th, 2015 04:27 pmThe festive season is over and Adrian took down our Christmas decorations at the beginning of the week.
We have a few amaryllises in bloom/about to bloom:
Yesterday we had a little outing into town.
We went to see
which we both enjoyed. We recognised some of the locations used. For instance, Cinderella's house is Byfleet Manor which we visited last May and which is Lady Violet's house in Downton Abbey, and the castle is Dover's.
After a spot of shopping
it was time for afternoon tea.
This time we went for a savoury one at BRGR.CO on Wardour Street.
As we were early, I suggested going to King's Arms pub on Poland Street for a drink first.
I don't know when it was that we went together to a gay pub last. We have both changed over the years and these days we prefer staying at home. We don't miss the 'old days' at all.
The afternoon tea was really good. This is the menu from their website:
A GLASS OF FIZZY BELLINI TO START
BURGERLICIOUS AFTERNOON TEA
BUTCHERS CUT & CHEDDAR CHEESE SLIDER • SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN & COLESLAW SLIDER • LOBSTER & CRAYFISH SLIDER • TINY FRIES
MINI VANILLA MILKSHAKE
CHOICE OF HOMEMADE INFUSED ICE TEAS: MINT & POMEGRANATE OR GREEN TEA & GINGER
THE SWEET LIFE
MINI SALTED CARAMEL DOUGHNUT • MINI RASPBERRY & WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE • MINI CHOCOLATE BROWNIE
Looking at the menu, we've now realised that we were not served the mini-doughnut (or anything else replacing it).
Not that I needed it, as in the last week or so I've been 'hoovering' all sorts of chocolates and snacks when I am at home!
Our nephew Inigo has sent us some pictures he took at the registry office 2 weeks ago:
(Here I'm signing the form to convert our civil partnership into marriage)
And here we are posing - with our marriage certificate backdated to April 2007 -
on the same steps where we posed almost 8 years ago, after the ceremony.
In other news I bought a new SLR camera but despite spending an extra £19.95 for a speedy 2-5 business days dispatch/delivery, the order still seems to be in limbo... fingers crossed!
Tonight we are going up to Crystal Palace, invited for dinner by Michael and Christopher. Hopefully, it won't be a late night.
We have a few amaryllises in bloom/about to bloom:
Yesterday we had a little outing into town.
We went to see
which we both enjoyed. We recognised some of the locations used. For instance, Cinderella's house is Byfleet Manor which we visited last May and which is Lady Violet's house in Downton Abbey, and the castle is Dover's.
After a spot of shopping
it was time for afternoon tea.
This time we went for a savoury one at BRGR.CO on Wardour Street.
As we were early, I suggested going to King's Arms pub on Poland Street for a drink first.
I don't know when it was that we went together to a gay pub last. We have both changed over the years and these days we prefer staying at home. We don't miss the 'old days' at all.
The afternoon tea was really good. This is the menu from their website:
A GLASS OF FIZZY BELLINI TO START
BURGERLICIOUS AFTERNOON TEA
BUTCHERS CUT & CHEDDAR CHEESE SLIDER • SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN & COLESLAW SLIDER • LOBSTER & CRAYFISH SLIDER • TINY FRIES
MINI VANILLA MILKSHAKE
CHOICE OF HOMEMADE INFUSED ICE TEAS: MINT & POMEGRANATE OR GREEN TEA & GINGER
THE SWEET LIFE
MINI SALTED CARAMEL DOUGHNUT • MINI RASPBERRY & WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE • MINI CHOCOLATE BROWNIE
Looking at the menu, we've now realised that we were not served the mini-doughnut (or anything else replacing it).
Not that I needed it, as in the last week or so I've been 'hoovering' all sorts of chocolates and snacks when I am at home!
Our nephew Inigo has sent us some pictures he took at the registry office 2 weeks ago:
(Here I'm signing the form to convert our civil partnership into marriage)
And here we are posing - with our marriage certificate backdated to April 2007 -
on the same steps where we posed almost 8 years ago, after the ceremony.
In other news I bought a new SLR camera but despite spending an extra £19.95 for a speedy 2-5 business days dispatch/delivery, the order still seems to be in limbo... fingers crossed!
Tonight we are going up to Crystal Palace, invited for dinner by Michael and Christopher. Hopefully, it won't be a late night.
