Windmills and Gin

I started today really disappointed, because Traff promised we would go to the beach.
And then got called into work very early this morning and didn't come home until gone midday.

Beach = out.

I spent the morning doing bits and bobs for work and Ray said she's going to bring me some more bacardi so I have picked more blackberries for the jar!
:)
Traff came home and we had the apple and blackberry pie for lunch. it's pretty good- the vitalite pastry came out OK in the end.
it was tricky to work with though- very fragile- it was a bugger to roll out and ended up looking rubbish because I had to patch it back together where it broke- and it hasn't coloured like pastry made with margarine does- I'll just have to invest in a pastry brush to paint milk or egg onto the top to make it brown if we're going to keep up this vegetarian silliness much longer.

So, we ate our pie sat on the bed, and I bemoaned that it was too late to go to the beach, or to london. or anywhere good really.
So we racked our brains for places to go- and Traff hit upon going back to Stevington to see the windmill.
So, we did.

Via the Swan for a "road" drink- Then we started walking...
Last time we went to the windmill we drove, and it didn't take very long. So we didn't remember it being very far.
In fainess it's just over 2 and a half miles there and the same back again- so about 5 and a half in total, but the road is a slight incline, and its twisty! it felt like we walked forever!
And the sky was so grey! it really looked like it was going to bucket down at any second- luckily it held off until we got back to the car!



Traff and his "are we nearly there yet?" face.



It's much colder today than it has been in months- I've been able to crack out some of my excessive jumper collection today!
it feels like Autumn is here, Although until we got 2 miles into our walk (too far to turn back) it was actually quite bright and sunny- you can see some blue sky in the photos!

you can get the keys for the windmill from the pub in the village- I'm torn between being a bit gutted we didn't go in and have a snoop- and being relived that we didn't as we missed the rain by seconds! We'll just go back another day. but maybe not walk from Bromham.