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 We continued exploring London, and made our way over to Lady Dinah's a wonderful cat café, made even better by being a child free café (12+ are allowed in). Booking is advised, particularly at weekends & school holidays. Naptime for this kitty! This one was quite content sitting on the bannister. Not a care in the world! These two were scrapping over a box, and the picture below is my live action shot playing with this kitty! The cat café has this fantastic wonderland theme to it, and there's plenty of cats who will come up to you! This one took great delight in sniffing James's pockets. Obviously searching him for something! Something that made the experience even better was the fact that all the cats there are up for adoption and rehoming. They have already managed to rehome 60 cats so far, and I think its a fantastic way to get to know the cats better. There's a wide selection of drinks, cakes and sandwiches, with many Vegan, gluten free & dairy free options...

 We had flights booked to Vienna, so we decided to head across to London and have a few days there before we were due to fly. I know its a cliché to say this, but I love London, there is so much to see and do there, you could spend a lifetime there and still not see and do everything! The first thing we did is visit the infamous Banqueting House. I say infamous, because it was the site of Charles the 1st's execution, he reportedly stepped through a window on the first floor and onto the scaffolding to be beheaded in front of it. The building is a survivor itself, a colossal fire in 1698 burned the entire palace to the ground, save the Banqueting house and some of the Gates. It is therefore our only link with the previous Whitehall palace.  The building itself is sumptuous, its the only words I can use to describe it, with a stunning Ruben's painting in the centre of the ceiling, which was painted in the Netherlands in sections then shipped across to London. The building has th...

The end of October came two weeks of annual leave. I always try to take some time off, then I'm ready for the onslaught of Christmas preparations that comes afterwards. Its the busiest time in retail, and if you have a bad Christmas, you have a bad year afterwards. And nobody wants that!  We headed up to Cirencester, somewhere I'd not ever thought about visiting before, but I'd seen online its quite notable for its Roman history, so we headed up to check it out. You all know how much I love Roman history! Saw this fun monument in the shopping area. Possibly the first statue of a Ram I've ever seen? We saw it on our way to the Corinium museum. The museum is small but really interesting, and the selection of Roman Mosaics was expansive. Some of them were as good as the day they were laid! Absolutely love this one! I'd be afraid to walk on it though if I had one like that at home! They were also getting ready for Halloween, with these fun decorations dotted about the p...

After a beautiful September, October came and brought a chill with it. All of a sudden the garden seemed to die off, and we salvaged the last few bits we good before the frosts started to come. Despite it being cold, it was dry, which meant we could still go out and about. We had a beautiful walk down Morecombe beach, and we were the only ones there which was lovely. We went to Morecombe because James told me the worlds greatest bookstore was there. I've heard that title flung around many times, but to be fair, the Old Pier Bookshop on the sea front probably has the strongest claim to the title! It was a warren of bookshelves, bowed under the weight of the books. I brought home three big bagful's, and only stopped there because we couldn't carry any more! Make sure you pay them a visit if you're ever nearby! We grabbed a bite to eat at one of the local cafe's, the Lighthouse Cafe. It was your average café, nothing special, but it was good value and had this in the m...

 September was a busy month, I had been offered the job at the the bigger store as a supervisor, and within a couple of days all the paperwork had been signed off and sent to HR and I started on the Monday. My first day was stressful, the store was huge (One of the largest in the business) and I got lost several times, nearly fell on the escalator and broke a vase, all before my lunch break. Hopefully things were going to get better. The team were all lovely and really supportive, and by the end of the first week, I was starting to feel more settled in. James took me out for dinner to celebrate, here we are having a meat feast at Sadlers! Thier food was amazing, and it's such a shame they closed down. We used to eat there quite a lot Work was busy, and I started to work on my presentation skills for stock. Not bad for a first attempt at a presentation table! Maybe my colour balancing skills need a little bit of work through. The fruits (and veg) of our labour was getting better in ...

We continued our weekend in Kent with visiting on Lullingstone Villa on the Sunday morning. I don't know what it is, but I can never get enough of anything Roman. It fascinates me how nearly two thousand years on, the Romans have a grip on us in England stronger than ever since they left. And the fact that we are so lucky to have so much left about them too. Lullingstone Villa is run by English Heritage, and is currently closed for restoration which is a shame. But if you're heading to the area, keep an eye on the website which will update when the site has reopened. It was no means the biggest, fanciest or most interesting of the Roman Villa's I've been too, but it had a wealth of information on several levels of platforms that gave you a really good vantage point over the site. It also had a light show, which highlighted parts to you, as well a giving you more of the history of the Villa in a different medium, which I actually quite enjoyed. I hope the conservation wo...