Yesterday, I met up with bestselling Regency romance novelist, Nicola Cornick, for a walk and a talk! With our dogs, Molly and Monty, we walked in the grounds of beautiful Ashdown House where Nicola is a tour guide. You can read more about the house and its history at her brilliant blog. Ashdown has so much to offer from rolling fields, shady woodland to an iron-age hill fort and some very friendly ponies, and it’s somewhere I’ll certainly be returning too.
Then we had tea and biscuits, giving the dogs – and ourselves – a chance to catch our breaths! It’s what Sundays in summer are all about.
Then it was on to the oddly-named Cheese Wharf on the Thames and Molly and I enjoyed an evening walk following the river to Buscot. The air was filled with thistle-down and the riverbank was thick with Himalayan Balsam. It was a gorgeous walk that I didn’t want to end. I love long summer evenings…
It was lovely to see you all, Victoria, and great to share “my” Ashdown House with a fellow history enthusiast! What super pictures from your walk along the Thames!
We had such a lovely time! I love the Ridgeway and the Thames Valley – it’s a really beautiful part of England.