As We Had Nothing Else Planned,

we decided on a day out,

 to Godstone,

 we parked by the village pond,

for a couple of photographs,

 Diana looking as lovely as ever, 

 well I had to get in as well, shame about the tree growing out of my head! 

 looking across the football pitch, 

 which many years ago in the summer a few of us used to visit, when the cricket season was in full swing, and have a pint by the green watching the game,

looking back to the pond,

 and the White Hart,

 we made our way around the triangle of houses and shops which is the center of the village, passing a few homes,

 with attractive window boxes,

 The Green Rooms, we will be calling in later, 

 just around the corner on the other side of the road, a GPO telephone box,

 outside of the Hare and Hounds,  

 we passed by looking back,

 and crossed the road to the main shopping area, and looked in the antique shop but nothing took our fancy,

 so into The Green Rooms we went for our lunch,

 lots of triple cake stands, but afternoon cream teas have to be ordered a day in advance,

 a quick pose by Diana,

 the management had a sense of humour! 

it was as good as this one in another restaurant,

 we ordered a pot of tea, 

 our table was overlooked by a cat,

 Diana chose Jeremy's breakfast, 

 muffins covered with scrambled eggs, fried mushrooms and bacon, with black pudding if required,

 the breakfast/lunch was huge,

for myself a salmon sandwich with a most delicious homemade coleslaw and salad, 

 meal over I had to have a pose,

 or two, 

 or three,

 or four!  

 next stop Polhill Garden Center,

 past the windmill,

 and park up,

 by the cherry blossoms. 

 for myself no visit to Polhill, 

 would be complete,

 without a helping of whelks, especially nice when sitting in the sun,

 the last time we were here a giraffe was on display, today elephants,

 we went past the shop, Diana called in to buy some biscuits and almond macaroons which we both like,

 we had a look around,

 and I noticed these, I am not sure what their latin name is, but they certainly looked different,

 as did this orchid,

 with its bright blue flowers, 

 I made my way,

 past the bonsai section,

 to the spring flowers,

 and planted pot section,

 many of which looked so nice,

 in a variety of colors,

 like this one in red,

 or yellow,

 so many to chose from,

 I just wish we had more room,

 a quick look at the water features,

 then back past the pansies,

 and splendid they looked too,

a Mothers day gift, a heart of succulents, 

 one of Diana's favorite flowers, a carnation,

 after arriving home with a pint of whelks which we freeze for snacking on over the next few weeks, it was upstairs to do a bit more painting, now Diana mind your head,

too late!

 the new safety rail,

 and door now fitted, I gave the door it's first coat tonight,

 and gave the boxes hiding the protruding pipework,

their second coat,

 next brown for the door hinges, 

 and a second coat for the bars that tie the 'A' frames into the ceiling and floor,

the last job of the afternoon, the first coat for the floor joists that the 'A' frames are secured into, in the early evening Matt called by to discuss the latests rounds of repairs to the building, it must be well over 120 years old, so maintenance is ongoing, next the electrician called by to give us a quote on installing our three ceiling lights in the living room, so hopefully in a couple of weeks time they should be in place, after our evening meal it was a few game and antiques shows, 

then a double helping of New Tricks and we were then off to bed.