FRIENDS REUNITED - not the website... the reality!

A weekend in November was spent in Cheshire reuniting myself with my dearest lifetime friends Joy and Sue. As I journeyed from the North East to the North West a wonderful and warm feeling enveloped me, I was going home.

I arrived at my destination just after dusk and shared the welcoming embrace only true friends can share. The next few hours were a ping-pong of chatter attempting to fill the voids that our time apart had created. Finally and exhausted from our eager attempts to up date each other on life’s events, we headed for our respective retreats and welcome slumber.

The next morning I was treated to the delights of tea in a china pot, to be served in a matching cup and saucer, such simple delights enhanced by the view across the autumnally coloured Cheshire plains.

Later we visited the Willowpool Garden Centre and Baron Antiques, an eccentric collectors paradise (my description not the official one).

See for yourself, http://www.willowpool.co.uk/ certainly worth a visit, but make sure you are hungry, the food is delicious and the ambience of the award winning tea room is especially delightful. You can also choose to sit outside (as we did- see above right) in one of the thatched wicker cabins, where in the winter months you will be provided with an outside gas heater and a BLANKET to cover your knees..... how lovely.

A trip into Northwich followed, where I purchased more walking accessories (socks, gloves and trousers protectors) all I need to do now is WALK!

Sporting our matching PJ’s which Joy had kindly provided for us all we began our evening in high spirits, and laughter ensued……… put three 50 something women and a digital camera together and listen to their individual suggestions on how set the timer!!!

Hilarious.......

The smell of home cooked food served to build our appetites, which were not disappointed as we savoured the delights of home cooked potatoe pie and home made apple pie from home grown apples. Satisfied and relaxed we retired to the comfort and the warmth of the front lounge, where we continued to share the experiences of the last twelve months.

I feel privileged to have retained the friendships of Sue and Joy, through childhood, adolescence and adulthood, as many friends leave your life as quickly as they entered it and rarely stand the test of time and the ever changing circumstances of life.