After parkrun in the morning we drove to Royal Victoria country park for a bracing walk by the water, before visiting family.
Then we headed to a National Trust place (Mottisfont) for a walk around the gardens and of course a visit to the tearoom. Because of a late breakfast I’d only had a little salad for lunch, so I was pretty hungry later in the afternoon. Usually we would share a piece of cake (they are huge) but I saw the hot cross buns and could not resist, so we shared one of those (toasted) and a piece of rhubarb bakewell cake.
The gardens were lovely to walk around, and thankfully it didn’t rain while we were there so we just wandered for a few hours, enjoying the sights of the spring flowers.
On Sunday we headed to Hughenden (another National Trust place), which was absolutely rammed. They had closed the car park and were asking people to park by the church and then walk up, which was fine with us, but it did surprise us.
Of course, after a walk and a visit to the house we had to visit the tea room for something to call lunch. This time I went for a scone (it is because I have only recently discovered that I like this type of cream, so I think I am making up for lost time) and Andy had a piece of coconut and lime cake.
The weather was still playing ball so on our way home we stopped off at the main park in St Albans and walked around the lake for a bit before heading home.
On Monday after a longer run (8 miles) it was time to tackle some decorating. We have lived here for nearly two years now but still not sorted all the rooms, so we started stripping the wallpaper in the dining room. Stripping wallpaper is my most hated job, because you make more of a mess before things get better. Also, the wallpaper on three of the walls is really thick and comes off in layers, so you need to steam each section two or three times to get it off. The steamer cuts out after a certain amount of time and has to be left to cool, so we did some, had lunch, and then it was time for the cinema (we had booked tickets). We saw Isle of Dogs, which was pretty funny in places with some brilliant styles of animation in there. Once home it was time for another round of wallpaper stripping before a late dinner. There are still two walls to go as well…
Did you have a good Easter weekend? What food do you generally go for in a tearoom/cafe?
In a tearoom surely the only type of food to go for is cake?! In a café though it’s breakfast. I think breakfast food is one of my favourite!
But so many types of cake to choose from. Then there is flapjack, scones….
I’m the same with Rebecca. A breakfast dish like a fry-up or cake. No sandwiches for me!
I’ve been to Mottisfont as well. It’s lovely there 🙂
I love scones. Scones, jam and clotted cream are such a dreamy combo. I didn’t think I liked cream either until I had it with a scone. So good.
Maybe it is the combination that I like- I’ve not tried that sort of cream with anything else so it might only be when it’s combined with scones and jam that I like it!
Mottisfont is just down the road from me. Tea cake or scone and tea for me, please ?
Oh yes teacake is a good choice too 🙂