A couple of weeks ago, Beloved I bobbed over to the Derbyshire Summer Market, at The Roundhouse in Derby - the first and oldest surviving railway roundhouse in the world. I'd never been before, but what a stunning venue! With its beautiful architecture, The Roundhouse is a far cry from the local village hall and yet it was still only £1 entry and £1 for parking.

Bargain!

I'm a bit of a sucker for craft markets and was expecting the usual stands of this and that. But I was in for a real treat. It wasn't just the venue that was stunning; the range and quality of the wares on offer was quite something.

Oh yes. This was MY kinda market.

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What with both our Birthdays AND our Wedding Anniversary, May is a big month here at OneandSeventy and to celebrate, Beloved and I like to take off for a week. It's become something of a tradition to retreat to the forest and we can usually be found hiding out in a log cabin run by Forest Holidays.

Deerpark, Cornwall

We discovered this holiday company in 2007, after booking a long weekend in Deerpark - a wonderfully relaxing getaway deep in the heart of a forest in Cornwall.

"The solitary monk who shook the world
From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump
Thundered its challenge from his dauntless lips
In peals of truth."
~ Robert Montgomery (1842)

Every now and then, something screams "TAKE ME HOME!" 

Oh alright, I concede. This actually happens quite a lot.

Like when I saw THOSE shoes at Bicester last week.

And THAT bag.

Every few months or so, Beloved and I meet up with Moo & C. Nothing fancy. Just good friends getting together for something to eat and a bit of a chin wag. It's always a very sedate affair, with lots of soft drinks and healthy food...

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! (Translation: It gets VERY messy!)

Way into the wee hours, the evening invariably ends with several glasses of whisky and a few rounds of The Saucepan Game.

The What?!