Monday, 6 October 2025
Out to lunch.
There are two family birthdays in October and on Saturday we started the weekend well by eating cake! We went round to our daughter's house where The Boy and his birthday Daddy were still in their dressing gowns. It didn't stop them from blowing out the candles and having cream cake for breakfast. Of course we had to help them!
On Sunday we drove to the New Forest to have lunch at Rhinefield House. It is a rather magnificent pile that started life as a Tudor hunting lodge but is now a very popular place for celebratory events such as weddings, one of which was taking place in the beamed hall while we were there.
Here we are walking in ready for the meal, having had only a light breakfast!
After a very tasty traditional lunch we were ready to stroll about the garden.
The Boy dived into the maze and could not be seen. Grandad was sent in to find him. Comic cuts. The Boy appeared but where was Grandad?
The sun shining but the shadows long when we set off for home. We'd had a lovely day out.
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Cream cake for breakfast, what could be nicer !
ReplyDeleteRhinefield House looks magnificent, a walk around those gardens on a cool Autumn day what could be more delightful.
Thank you for sharing, and belated Happy Birthday wishes to your family members.
Jo
One birthday down, one still to come, the weekend straddled them both. Thank you for your good wishes, Jo.
DeleteThat roast looks delicious and I am sure you would have needed a walk around those lovely grounds afterwards.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, a gentle stroll was indeed just the thing after a three course meal!
DeleteOh how nice, all of it! I never knew what cream cake was, now I know. We have them here but they're called a jelly roll, or a pumpkin roll or the like. Cream cake sounds much better!
ReplyDeleteI think my daughter's cake would properly be called a cream roll. Whatever the name the taste was good!
DeleteRhinefield House looks like a wonderful venue for a celebratory birthday. And what a lovely day for exploring the grounds. The cream cake looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteSuch a happy weekend, Lorrie, and the weather behaving so well!
DeleteI hope Grandad found his way out of the maze eventually! Mazes are irresistible, no wonder the Boy went in straight away. The entire place looks great, house and gardens, and you had perfect weather for your day out, too.
ReplyDeleteCream cake for breakfast wouldn't be my first choice, but of course a birthday calls for something special.
Grandad eventually surfaced. He's a very obliging man!
DeleteI have to say that the cake was delicious but it did rather throw me out for the day. (But I had recovered in time to do justice to the Sunday lunch!)
Rhinefield House looks splendid, particularly in autumn sunshine.
ReplyDeleteThe New Forest is very popular and was busy at the weekend. It will be even more so as the tree colours develop over the coming weeks.
DeleteWhat beautifully groomed gardens. The maze must have been loads of fun for Grandpa and young-Un.
ReplyDeleteBut any day that starts with cream cake is very special
Both gardens and buildings are very well kept, the whole experience was very pleasant.
DeleteBeautiful blog
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ReplyDeleteI would love to visit there. The gardens, the old trees, the home. I am glad grandpa and the boy found their way out of the maze.
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