Valentine's Weekend Day 2 / Married 1,000 Days Today!

Champagne & Chocolates by the fire
Originally uploaded by Sculpher.

This morning we awoke at 7am, and luckily breakfast wasn't till 9, so we had a lovely, much needed lie-in and a cup of tea. At 9 we headed down to the gorgeous dining room, all set out, and we were the first ones down. We chose the same seats as last time, closest to the window, and shortly thereafter, another set of guests joined us, Robin and Colin. Like us, they had met at work, and they were absolutely delightful. The guests in the third room had left prior to breakfast, so once our hosts came in, we had a wonderful, social chat over a myriad of subjects.
About and hour later we embarked on our day. Deciding against the train this time, we instead drove to the small, seaside resort town of Hythe, which we had visited last August. A camera shop had had tripod on sale last time we were here so of course that was the highest priority on our romantic weekend.
After we brought the tripod, we wandered around the town centre for a few hours, buying a fleece for Christian and a few bits for our neices, then headed back to the car.
We opted next to take a driving-tour around the countryside. At Dymchurch town, we took a left and found ourselves on the Romney Marsh country tour. We drove through miles of amazing countryside, emerald coloured fields peppered with grazing sheep, poultry farms, ancient churches and castles including Lympne.
Within an hour we decided to stop at a relatively large town called Tenderden. We parked in the Waitrose Car park and headed out on to the high street.
We made a beeline straight for the 12th century church, St. Mildred's, where we walked hand in hand through a cemetery that spanned a thousand years.
Returning again to the high street, we saw the mish-mosh of old versus new. There was an aged pub whose second floor zigzagged as the building settled, nestled beside modern boutiques catering to the tourist crowd.
Down the street, after purchasing a pair of Thai silk trousers for Kelly, we found ourselves situated at a table in front of Porter's' Tea Shop, which our hosts had recommended to us earlier this morning. Unbelievably charming, we basked in the unseasonably warm sun as we feasted on apple tart and coffee flavoured ice cream.
On the way back, we were led by the smell to a small, unassuming fish and chip shop up the street. We bought one small order to share, and headed back to the car.
We easily met back up with the tour, and continued on our way through the stunning countryside as the sun began to set.
Still fairly full from breakfast, we decided against having proper dinner this evening. Instead, we went straight back to the B&B to have a well deserved evening in.
We didn’t mean to, but we immediately fell asleep for a few hours. We went down to the living room and poked the dying embers of the fire place so we could bask in the warm glow before it got too late. We brought with us a bottle of champagne and a box of Belgian chocolates, and Kelly ran upstairs and invited Colin and Robin to join us. We sat on the comfy chairs for about an hour, chatting and laughing, until it was time for us all to retire to our separate rooms.