Prelude

I need to write this post because tomorrow I am off to Amsterdam with Claire and Laura from work and I just know there would be too many pictures if I include my last week.

Last weekend my friend Cath along with her boyfriend Paul and friend Holly took me on a walk from Walesby to Tealby(4mi).

Left to right Cath, Holly and Paul…. you know me.

This is a church in Walesby

It's lambing season, ahhhhh.

Then we did a bit of trespassing on a deserted property.  This time I was aware of the fact we were out of bounds.

A church in Tealby.

This beautiful little flower shop in Tealby was attached to their home.

We has lunch here but I'm showing you because I love the thatched roof.

Another church in Walesby

Graham took me out on Friday(Good Friday) and we travelled up from Alderby Creek through Suton on Sea, Mabelthorpe, Skidbrooke and many other sea side villages.  This is one of the few churches in England with a thatched roof.

Alderby Creek

Mablethorpe, the weather was a delightful 12 degrees and sunny.

How is this for a curiosity shop.  The isles were one way and many were dead ends.

This is "the most haunted church in England" in Skidbrooke.  I am hoping to go back with the camera club for an evening of painting with light (photography) before I leave.

Then today, Easter Monday, Graham and I went to Burghley House near Stamford.

We stopped at Rutland nature reserve but I swear it was about 2 degrees and winds of about 60mi/hr, Storm Kate roared through the country the previous evening and morning.

A quaint church on the lake.

Then we made our way to Oakham.

I love the old buildings.

How would you like to be remembered for being short?

Oh well, at least he had a cute house.

I am so blessed to have a friends like Cath and Graham.  They love to show me this country.  I know that I have seem more than most thanks to their generosity.

So tomorrow Amsterdam.  I can't wait to have this time with these lovely women.

The Spa

Went to the spa this past weekend…. well Woodall Spa that is.  Graham and I went to Kinema in the Woods in Woodall Spa.  The place got its name from a spa that has now fallen into ruin.  But the original cinema which opened in 1922 is still in operation and offers current movies.  We saw Dad's Army.  I enjoyed it but I think if you grew up watching the original TV series you may get even more out of it. It was more about the entire experience that I will remember.  The town is charming and the setting of the theatre is beautiful, it's set back in the woods.

The drive into the Kinema.

Spring has sprung despite the chilling temperatures.

Below, some of the shops, and below that is a postcard inside the cinema which shows the original shops with the train running behind. (The train has since been removed.)

Inside the cinema. There are two theatres and this is the full size of the theatre.

Our side had a piano and the other had an old pipe organ.  They offered an intermission and entertainment during the break.

On the way back we stopped for some pictures.

This is zoomed in from the above shot.  There is a tiny steeple on the horizon, that is Lincoln Cathedral.

I was checking my flight for returning home and received this little memo.  I am looking forward to returning.  Every day since deciding to return has been a little easier to accept.