A delightful day!

Today has been really lovely and all of it was down to Sophie!

We went and had our hair cut this morning and called in to see Mum and Dad first as they had some spending money for Sophie for her New York trip. We had half an hour to kill before our appointment so we had a chat and then left to find somewhere to park. We'd decided to use a new salon called Style Exchange in Moulton and parking is always a problem, but we managed to find a space in the Co-op carpark before the hordes of college students arrived!

We had a great wash and haircut and both hairdressers really took their time with our hair. We both had quite a few inches lopped off with Sophie's hair cut to just below shoulder length. It looked so much better and healthier though.

We popped home briefly before heading off to Beckworth Emporium for our afternoon tea that Sophie had promised me for my birthday treat. The queue for the restaurant was already quite long so we waited for about fifteen minutes before being seated at a large round table.

Sophie insisted on ordering a glass of Prosecco each which was a lovely treat and we sat back to await our food. Beckworth do a very good afternoon tea consisting of a range of sandwiches, scones with jam and cream, a slice of sponge cake, a mini mince pie and a tiny shot glass of gateau. We ordered pots of tea and spent a very happy hour consuming all the food!

When we finally finished we were both very full and we waddled off to buy some bird seed before heading home. Beckworth haven't got their full range of plants on display yet as I suppose it's too early in the season for Spring flowers. Keith wasn't feeling too well today for some reason, so Sophie and I went off to collect Mike from school and saw a lovely sunset as we drove.

Taken by Sophie

Back home we had a couple of hours to relax before we went out again in the evening for another treat paid for by Sophie - a trip to the cinema in Kettering to see The Revenant starring Leonardo DiCaprio. I didn't know really what it was about but Sophie was very keen to go and see it, especially as it had just been nominated for an Oscar. The cinema was almost full and quite a few people came in as the trailers were showing, which was a bit annoying, especially as we had all become settled and were munching on popcorn! One couple even came in a good 45 minutes after the film started, which meant they missed the vital action, and then started having a conversation about where their seats were.

I glared at them so they scuttled off to two seats in the front row and we were able to continue enjoying the film, which was very gory, bloody and violent, but fantastic nonetheless. The cinematography was breathtakingly beautiful and the scenery gorgeous. It was a long film, at about two and a half hours, but we all enjoyed seeing it very much and I can't wait to see it again in the comfort of my own home!

On the way home we were treated to the sight of a little Muntjac deer standing by the side of the road. Perfect!