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28th May #3goodthings 1. Clean house 2. Finished jig-saw 3. New recipe for supper Yours?

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27th May #3goodthings 1. Lovely brunch in the Old Prison, Northleach 2. Interesting visit to Chastleton Hose 3. Some pretty stained glass Yours?

Finally, some oddities. A grotesque mask in the Long gallery the body of the deer painted below its head and a racket that has definitely seen better days! #littleadventures26

As usual, some odds including what looks like a cushion but it is is in fact full of springs that children bounce on whilst they are holding a hobby horse! #littleadventures26

The garden is gradually being brought back to a former glory that whilst not formal is very attractive. The tight quad shows why it was important to close the house when the winds are strong. #littleadventures26

Pride of place goes to the Long Gallery. It is the oldest barrelled ceiling in the country and the longest. Having visited Lanhydrock and seen their newly renovated ceiling it is easy to see the damage done from the leaking roof. #littleadventures26

One small room had walls covered in a wool material. Apparently it is known as Flemish stitch quite overwhelming in such a small dark space. #littleadventures26

It has an abundance of tapestries. The colour has faded somewhat and they are very dusty. The bedroom felt quite claustrophobic with a heavy material. #littleadventures26

After lunch we went to Chastleton House. Our first visit because it was closed last time due to high winds. It’s an interesting house but my overall feeling was one of sadness. It would need lots of money to bring it back to any sort of former glory. . #littleadventures26

In keeping with the surroundings, all food served on metal plates! #littleadventures26 Old Prison Northleach

Delightful stop that showed us some the history of penal reform #littleadventures26 Old Prison Northleach

Stopped for lunch. Just hope it isn’t a long term stretch #littleadventures26

We are off on a #littleadventures26 to revisit a house that was closed due to wind. So good that the car has air con!

Dawn & I are filling the notes with #shortandsweet poems & we’d love to see your creations! A new form for the line-up is Acrostic! So, show us your best Elfje, Haiku, or Acrostic poems and tag Dawn or I and use #shortandsweet to gather them all together. This week’s prompt is the word “Heat”

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26th May #3goodthings 1. Nice if hot walk to The Ardagh 2. Enjoyed ‘Expressive Writing’ live write 3. A Turkish friend who is learning English told us he wasn’t shy about practising in front of us Yours

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25th May #3goodthings Lovely drive down the Wye Valley 2. Delicious lunch with our friend 3. A delightful garden to sit in Yours?

There s SO much in this week’s letter! Even @thesimplethings.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thegentl...

24th May #3goodthings 1. Fresh linen 2. Lots of back end work done on The Gentle Pen 3. We couldn’t get out of Bristol so had tea & cake locally Coffi Lab Yours?

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23rd May #3goodthings 1. Lunch al fresco in the garden 2. Sneaky ice cream 3. French supper - bread cheese & red wine Yours?

Read about our trip in that there London! open.substack.com/pub/thegentl...

With weather like it is, we are out for our #FridayPint. It’s obviously going to be a hot weekend so make sure you’ve got plenty of water to go with those beers. Mike and Jamie joined us

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22nd May #3goodthings 1. Wrote my post about Chelsea in Bloom 2. Got to the park 3. Meeting friends for a drink Yours?

Glorious of course! Getting ready for the World Cup. No need to go to the States. The tree is looking splendid with almost black leaves. #parkcoffee

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21st May #3goodthings 1. Gentle start to the day after yesterday 2. Finally got Nick’s birthday card. Not much choice and none with ‘husband’ & ‘70’ on 3. Sorted through the photos from yesterday. Love this chap Yours?

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20th May #3goodthings 1. Great day in London 2. Visited two Victorian houses 3. Saw some floral arrangements down the Kings Road Yours?

Bit exciting because we don’t usually come here. We usually go into the centre of London but today we need to take a detour up to South Kensington. #littleadventures26

Off on a #littleadventures26 to that there London. Houses and tons of flowers to enjoy!

Ltest Little Adventure overr on Substack. Packed with fun!

Today’s poem for #shortandsweet

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19th May #3goodthings 1. Joined another interesting live writing session 2. Treated ourselves to a cookie to share 3. Planned our day in London tomorrow Yours?

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18th May #3goodthings 1. Enjoyed the live write with Beth Kempton 2. The garden was wet this morning but there is colour coming 3. New homemade sauce to go with pork Yours?

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27th May #3goodthings 1. Poorly day so fuss from Nick 2. Beautiful roses to cheer me 3. Managed to published Letter from the Pen #7 Yours?

Letter from the Pen #7 Lots of fun & news thegentlepen.substack.com/p/letter-fro...

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16th May #3goodthings 1. I’ve had a bath & it was divine! 10 weeks! 2. Delicious start to my Saturday morning (nearly forgot the photo!) 3. Throughly enjoyed some writing practice Yours?

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14th May #3goodthings 1. Started the day cloud watching 2. Worked on the Substack publication 3. Out with friends for supper Yours?

Out with friends tonight for our #FridayPint and a Turkish meal. Hope your week has been good!

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