Kings Lock Tea Rooms

Finally we visited this Tea Rooms. Its by the canal so you have to pick the weather for it.

It was sunnier than it looks, I really must learn how to take a decent picture

We did have to explore a bit as the map left a little to be desired. The map placed us on the wrong side of the canal!

Thankfully, we did go in the right direction. 

The house itself has been here for rather along time and was once the Lock Keepers house.

  

You can tell that it obviously was once a home.

Its me not taking the photo straight, btw not the room.

Bradgate Park and Newtown Linford

Bradgate Park - We have been here many many times as well, join us on our walk.

We finished here at the newly opened this year Tea Rooms.

The old and the new go well together.

We sat outside today but hopefully as this one is rather more modern than the older one it will be open in the winter as well.

Nothing jumped in my basket here, its very pretty but rather expensive. 

I am spoilt, at the nursery where I work the original selling prices are still a lot cheaper than this places "to clear", prices.

Weekend

This street looked a lot more inviting in real life.

Planting around the Church with the Old Grammar School in the background

Red, White and Blue Planting scheme.

The River was very high after all the rain

We sat here and read the paper.

I took this photo mainly as a record of plants which grow well in the shade.

To finish, after all that walking around.

Cars

Another interest of ours is Classic and Modified Cars. Last Thursday being a rare nice day and evening we went to a local meet.

It's held at Stoney Cove, a National Diving Centre

These are some of the cars. From here the captions are from my OH who knows alot more about it than I do. I would just say "the yellow one" 

Home brewed V8 hot rod, the grille is from a 1930's Ford model 'Y' - the rest????

Dodge of some sort, early '60s I think.

Stretched Checker, probably originally an airport bus. Now belongs to a local limo hire company.

1950(?) Buick with tooth decay. Should have brushed more often.

Satin black 1932 Ford "deuce' coupe. The pinstriping on the boot is a traditional hot rod touch.

A round up of June

We have very much enjoyed the adventures.