Our first visit to Lee and Su's new house in the country village of Pickwell. On arrival we presented them with my ridiculously overdone Wingfield House brochure, which took far too much time, but gave us (and hopefully them) a lot of chuckles.
After a brief dilly-dally in the (very warm indeed) kitchen, we completed a tour of the interior, which is in various stages of renovation, and much more generously proportioned than it seemed from the photographs. Upstairs one bedroom has been decorated and shows that when completed the house will be a very nice place to visit indeed.
We were in the master suite for the night, complete with en-suite, walk in wardrobe and a fragrance counter. Unfortunately there was no mirror so Rose had to creep along the hall to the bathroom to get her contact lenses out. A minor quibble and not something to mark them down for really.
After a lovely meal at the Fox and Hounds in Knossington, and a few hours of chatter, we went to bed about 2-2:30pm and woke up at 6:30am. By 7:30am we were out of bed and formulating a 'Four in a Bed' style questionnaire, which gave us the opportunity to leave our half of the restaurant bill on the bedside table.
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After a pleasant breakfast (no bacon, tsk tsk) we had a walk around the grounds and were shown the satellite dish that has caused such consternation in the locale. The stables, though run down at the moment, are solid and it's really cool how the kitchen faces onto them, making it a very private, enclosed dwelling that enjoys a verbose dialogue with it's surroundings. Once the stables roof is replaced and the buildings converted, this really will be a wonderful country retreat that anyone would be pleased to visit, especially with such genial and welcoming hosts.
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