Sunday

Its Sunday and how quickly the weekend has gone,.

But lets rewind.
Friday evening Sophie arrived and after dinner we settled down to put the world to rights, catch up on gossip and drink copious amounts of wine!

Off to bed after midnight and then  up at 8.30am and attempting to feel slightly human.

So after a hearty breakfast of scrambled egg and smoked salmon, we packed the picnic ( homemade butternut squash and carrot soup, freshly baked bread) into the boot of the car and headed off into the wilds of the North east of England.

We headed out to Chester le Street and then passed by Beamish, before finally getting to Rowlands Gill ( after a detour up a single track road!).
Some of Sophies family were from here and so we set off to find the house.

On the way  we found the Methodist Church and saw Red Kites, as well as a fabulous little road of Pre Fabs, still going strong.

We found Alloy Terrace and had a good look around at the houses which were built in the lightest brick I've ever seen.

We headed back towards  the main part of  the village and were able to catch site of parts of Gibside, a National Trust property that is a must see if you are in the area.
After a walk down by the river, we headed home, via The Angel of the North.

By the time we got back to the Chateau we were so tired that thoughts of an evening in the cricket club with Mr Funky were replaced with drinking wine and watching Julia Roberts films.

And now we are up and watching England play.

Its been a great weekend