Tried out my new TomTom today. TomTom is a satelite navigation system for the car; or as the locals like to call it - sat nav. I never used one before; I have to say they are very nice! Just enter in your address and not only does it show you where you're going it tells you when to turn. And even when I screwed up at the round about today it just recalibrated and I wasn't any for the worse. Sweet!
So I went to the small village of Knutsford - very cute - small one way narrow streets with little shops and cafe's. Definitely will be taking any guest there. Plus at the edge of town there's an amazing park - Tattford. It's so English, sprawling rolling green hills, a lake, herd of deer, yes a herd, and the pathways are just wide pathways that they have mowed down. I love the vastness of the place; just so open. Loved it! Oh and there's even some old castle/house that you can tour; I didn't do the tour, will do that another time. They had a little garden shop (picked up some candle votive holders), a tacky gift shop and a little cafe where you can sit outside. You could easily walk for a couple of hours there - again, loved it!
I got back home around 4. I was planning to do my yoga practice; but instead had a cup of tea and curled up in my new purple chair and took a short nap. Decided to return the end table that's defective back to John Lewis; loaded the big box in the back seat, drove over there and learned that they closed at 6:00. I got there at 6:05. Nice. Went to the grocery store next door and came back home; unloaded the box back in the house.
I woke up this morning and have almost completely lost my voice. I have a slight cold; but I say very slight as I basically feel fine except that my throat is very, very dry. And if I talk I can end up in a coughing fit. I know I got it from a couple of people at work that I had meetings with; one girl had almost completely lost her voice and another guy had a terrible cold. So frustrating to say the least.
Tomorrow is Sunday. I think I'm going to make a pot of soup in the morning and then head over to the mall. Yes, the mall. I need to get a few things for the house and some shoes for me. I don't feel like walking all over Manchester and apparently this is a very nice new mall - so gotta check it out. Plus all the shops here in Wilmslow are closed. Tomorrow night I'm going to my yoga class - finally.
4 comments:
Hi - just found your blog (realise I'm replying to an older post but its an interesting read and always good to see where you live though the eyes of someone from another country). If you liked Tatton park have you tried Dunham Massey or Lyme Park, both similar distances from Wilmslow as Knutsford are.
Cheers
John from Macclesfield
Hi John-
Thanks for the tips on Dunham Massey and Lyme Park! I haven't been to either, will definitely check them out. Preferably when the soil isn't completely soggy, but then I may be waiting until July from what I hear...
Ha ha yes - I recommend a good pair of wellies or boots - anyway hope you have time to enjoy (Lyme park is where pride and prejudice was filmed and Dunham Massey is nice if you like trees and dear roaming about) - there is also Macclesfield Forest on your doorstep and Alderley Edge (Merlin legends and whiches etc) even closer. Chester is a nice day out when your Husband comes over.
Lastly if you like the Unicorn for food you really should check out the Cheshire Smokehouse (slightly less vegetarian than the Unicorn....but equally as dear! Its very good though) and its only about 3 or 4 miles out of Wilmslow.
Cheers
John
LOVE pride and prejudice, so will definitely make it my wayto Lyme Park. Funny I got myself a pair of wellies - I just can't walk very fast in them.
And yes, been meaning to stop by Cheshire Smokehouse. I've passed the sign to turn off for it many times, but I'm always on my way to somewhere and don't allow time. At the same time, I don't eat meat. I assume they probably have some good smoked cheese (i'm not vegan for god's sake). But, as it stands now I have a small thing of goat cheese in the fridge growing some kind of fungus.
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