We have wanted to visit White Mill near Sturminster Marshall for a long time but it doesn't often open and we have never been there when it was open.
Today was that day.
We headed out as the weather was glorious and we were sure it would be open - and indeed it was.
As National Trust members we are free anyway but my goodness was it good bang for your buck at £3.50. The tour lasted well over an hour - remarkable for such a small place - and I thought it was really interesting(if a little slow). Nigel gave up the will, to be honest! However, we really enjoyed seeing it and seeing the oldest road bridge in Dorset which we have been on many times but never knew it was the oldest.
The payoff, of course, was it is down the road from Barford Dairy and if you are local and you haven't been there, shame on you. The dairy makes ice cream from the local cows in all sorts of delicious flavours from liquorice to whisky and marmalade and it is delicious icecream and the gardens are beautiful.
It was a lovely trip out enjoying the weather.
We enjoyed the sunshine yesterday with a brief trip to Evening Hill before lounging on the balcony - boy was that the best ever home improvement we have done. This time last year we were just about to have the new balcony taken down, the new grass taken up, the roof replaced and then all put back. It was worth the angst. We love it.
Oh, and the cows were back - they graze just beyond our wall in the foreground of the picture. Love seeing them so much and hearing their gentle moo.
I have new scrapping as well - this was made for the sketch challenge this month on UKS ... Poland again - this time the salt mines.
and this was made for a border challenge on Pickleberrypop and is my gorgeous godson and his wife enjoying their new life in Japan.
Now if I could just get rid of the stomach ache I have had since Friday, life would be pretty darned perfect.
Today I am thankful for
- living in a beautiful part of the world
- days out
- sunshine and countryside
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