A day in and around Hemel Hampstead with family

To day we are spending time with the family.  I start the day at the shops getting some shorts as I am finding my jeans is bought with me are a little to warm.  So a quick trip to Evans for some shorts on sale before coming back to our room to get mum, so handy being attached to a couple of malls and a High Street!


Bertie and Suzi came to pick ups up around 11am we headed off to there house for a cup of tea and chat.  They have a couple of handbag dogs that are just beautiful, Henry and Pixie, the are pomeranian dogs, and pixie is crossed with a chihuahua just beautiful, Mike beware you could be in trouble!


In the afternoon we headed out in the car to this nursery, Little Heath Farm Nursery, it is hidden in a National Trust area called Little Heath Lane.  This place was just amazing, they have three antique stores on site also so always fun to rummage about looking around.  One of the stores had loads of chandeliers, I really did have to keep Mum under control in this one.

The nursery had a lovely tea shop in it so we also decided it was time for a cuppa tea, yes I am back into drinking tea again, nothing like being around the English to get back into the habit. 


Once afternoon tea was done we went into a fireplace store onsite and in the rafters was a Robin he had a beautiful song, apparently he came in regularly to sing because he could see himself in the mirror and thinks he is looking at another bird 

From the nursery we headed down the land to the Wink Well, at the end on the canal was a pub called "The Three Horseshoes" where we stopped in the sun to have a drink on the canal edge.  While we were there a could of canal boats came through the lock.  This lock is an automated lock where the boat operators put some coins in a unit on the side of the canal that then closes off the road and turns the bridge so the boat can go through, didn't take too long.

Once I was finished being entertained by this process we were on our way again, this time heading towards "Old Hemel". 


Old Hemel is all very much Henry the 8th area, and the builds are all very Tudor, the old street was just beautiful and had a good few antique stores amongst others

From Old Hemel we were on our way back home to get dinner ready for the night. My family have a wonderful vege garden in the back so Bertie and I picked the peas and broad beans for dinner, it was nice to be sitting there breaking the pea pods not something I had done before.

Suzie also showed us the different outfits for the dogs she has that they dress them up in for Halloween, Henry just loves the attention of the outfits and loves to sit there while you take photos

We had a wonderful day today, Hemel Hampstead is a beautiful part of England and I would love to be staying here longer.  The history of this area is my favourite period of time.  Tomorrow is going to be a big day and I am looking forward to it.  The family is all getting together for a party and it will be great.