Choc(k)s away ....

Had to venture out today to go to the docs. Seems I have a bit of bronchitis (a first for me) but no pneumonia. Antibiotics and heavyweight painkiller for back sees me sorted. PLUS the best cholesterol the doc has seen in an unmedicated patient! As good, apparently, as a paddy field worker (?). Who knew.

To celebrate, we went to the Cowdray Estate Tea Shop which serves a rather select kind of china tea, and chocolate brownies which go down a treat. They have a farm shop too where we bought unpasteurised goats cheese from Hill Farm, Stawley in Somerset, local bread and some (supposed to be special) yellow tomatoes for tomorrow’s (not cheap) lunch.

Outside was a Shepherds Hut hand built in West Sussex. The inside is beautifully decorated with paintings on the roof. Unfortunately because of the curve, totally unphotographable. But the outside wheels appealed to me because of their simplicity. And chocks ….