Sun, Sun, Sun.

Well, what a difference a week makes, have I said that before!!! Last weekend , so wet and miserable, this weekend hot and sunny.

The kitchen renovations, well, what can I say, it's progressed a little, all the paintings done. Every where's had three coats. It's white and a sage green. I'm now getting a little impatient with the slow progress though. DJ came to help with the painting but his illness caught up with him once more so he's retired! D, bless him, tried to get several jobs done yesterday but his shoulder has been so painful that he got somewhat frustrated at struggling to do some of the awkward jobs. A dislocated shoulder as a teenager had suddenly caught up with him. I'm going to have to Get JA back to help get it finished, otherwise we'll still be living like this at Christmas!

We decided to give D's shoulder a rest today and we went off early to the Bourne Classic Car Show at the Well Head in Bourne. There's allot of vintage cars, racing cars and motor cycles! On the way though we decided to stop at Willowbrook Farm and try the coffee at their new cafe cum restaurant, called 'The Granary'. Like many farms some diversification has been needed to make ends meet. They started a Farm Shop selling their own and other locally sourced meat and produce, but mostly meat from their own farm. The venture had been a success and they've expanded and improved the shop located in one of the farm buildings. The new venture is 12 weeks old and is located in an old granary that's been beautifully restored and turned into a small restaurant. Specialising in breakfasts it's been a success from the start. This morning the three large double glass doors were thrown open to make the most of the smorning sun, so as soon as we opened the car door we were greeted with the delicious smell of bacon cooking as they cooked breakfasts for their early visitors. The smell got to us I'm afraid and we ordered food. Not a full breakfast though but D had a sausage (their own make) and onion bap and I had a bacon bap. It was GOOD if somewhat naughty. the bap was stuffed with thick slices delicious home cured bacon. Oh and their afternoon tea with home baked cakes needs to be tried some day soon.

The Willow Brook Farm Shop

The Granary Restaurant

Very soon they are going to add futher ventures and will be opening up a track for visitors to be able to ramble over the fields across to the woods and pond. There's quite a diversity of wildlife to be seen. Out side and a few yards from the farm shop, there's a large, well constructed, fox proof, heavy duty mesh, chicken coup where a extremely handsome and vocal cockerel rules over a variety of equally handsome hens.

The very vocal spiced coloured 'Lord of the Pen'.

and His loyal subject!

More of the Classic Car event tomorrow.