Winter Solstice

 What a week it has been... We started on Sunday with our annual (30th year, we think!) Open House when a huge selection of friends local and distant visit for drinks, a bite to eat and a lovely catch up!  It's such a lovely event I hope we can keep on doing this.  

Then - instead of a quiet build up to Christmas we have been to Belton House to see the Christmas lights - beautiful.  I took my newish camera and had a play around. 

Then had two lovely musical evenings - the first was The Albion Band at the Stables (MK) - a lovely gentle concert with lots of singing and joining in.  Then Raunds Community Music Festival had Jackie Oates and John Spiers at the Shared Church in Ringstead.  A lovely intimate venue that adds a perfect essence to the lovely fiddle and melodian playing we heard.  Then last night it was onto rehearsals for our DTs play next year.  Coming along nicely so far...

I decided to start a re-read of Lord of the Rings whilst I have some down time - the first time I have reopened it since I was blown away by it as a 17-18 year old.  Will it live up to my memories? I do so hope so...

Now I'm looking forward to a quiet-ish weekend - probably a mooch around somewhere we like and then off to eldest daughters for a family Christmas lunch!  Bliss. 

Seasons greetings to any readers... Back in 2024.