Tea in Grantchester.

A couple of weeks ago I was staying in Cambridge before the move back there next month. Over the weekend my sister joined me and wanted to explore!

I was more than happy to comply.

We went for a short drive and stopped at The Orchard Tea Gardens. The open-all-year garden filled with deck chairs and tables is somewhere I've wanted to visit since I started university in 2012. 

We both ordered the scones with clotted cream & strawberry jam.

I also bought the lemonade.

Delicious is an understatement.

Photos can't justify the size of the scones. They are honestly huge, which means you get more jam!

We debated both on the pronunciation of the word scone. The cone or con. I am a cone kind of gal by the way. And, of course, how you layer the jam and cream.  

Who knew a light lunch could be so intense?

Back to the food.

The scones were soft and delicate. 

Perfect.

We ate up then took a stroll around the gardens, joining in with some people watching.

My sister joined in with the photo-taking admiring the gorgeous blossom hanging from the trees.

 

I think I have found my new favourite place to open a book, and sink out of the real world, in any season.

I'll try to remember to take photos.

After filling up we went to do some shopping with a determination to return in the summer.

 

You should too.

Lydia

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The broken leg.

Hello everyone,

For my first proper post I thought I'd share something quite big in my life. On the 12th June, whilst out with friends on a trip to the theatre, I slipped and fractured my right leg. When I woke up that morning ready to get the train to placement, I did not think I would visit A&E, or become a student taking a year out because I slipped in the rain.

It has been 7.5 weeks now, and I have 3 days left in my cast, the weeks have gone slowly but have passed and I have learned quite a few things as well as experiencing life at my lowest, here are some of the things I've learned;

My very fetching leg cast.

• Moving back home is a big shock after having independence,
• Learning to walk with crutches is tough, tiring and hardwork,
• 8 weeks seems like forever, but, keeping busy is your best friend,
• A leg cast gets very hot and sweaty in 35 degree heat,
• Muscle atrophy is not cool,
• I used to take so many things for granted, and I am determined to change.

Throughout all of the learning I've done in the past 2 months, what I have learned the most is that, yes, life gives you big struggles and dilemmas, but God is certainly with you throughout, and nothing is forever.

Lydia.

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