After a lovely, very lazy morning, Sophie and I took Mike to work and then went over to The Yards again in Kettering. We were very disappointed to discover that the Retro Union cafe was closed as we'd been looking forward to having lunch there. That sort of set the tone for the afternoon as, after a long trawl through the town to find the Sunday newspapers, we didn't really enjoy our visit to The Yards as much as we did last time.
There is a cafe there, but they only had outside seating and today, being beautifully sunny yet cold, didn't really do it for us! We had a look at the vintage clothes and the American sweets but after a little while we both decided to go and have something to eat at Beckworth.
The ice skating has started there and the rink is now in an area of its own, quite a way apart from the restaurant and garden centre. This means you can no longer watch the skaters as you enjoy something to eat. The queue wasn't too bad and we were soon seated and perusing the menu. As I had had a sausage sandwich for a late breakfast I chose a slice of Black Forest Yule Log which was delicious. Sophie had a cheese and chicken sandwich and we both had large pots of tea.
After we'd eaten we wandered around the Christmas Food Emporium and saw a little robin hopping about under our feet. How fitting was that! I bought some cheese biscuits and chocolate reindeers for Sophie and MIke and then we popped into the Co-op at Moulton before returning home. I wanted to go for a walk but the weather suddenly turned and it became really cloudy so we didn't have the sunset I was hoping for.
We all relaxed for a while before it was time to pick Mike up from Brixworth who fell out with me as he wanted to stay out longer. As we'd been so late home last night, my answer was a firm no!
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