we're fortunate to have made friends in london and even luckier that these new forged friendships are good ones. M is a ton of fun and we'd been looking forward to our double date. we're still not at a stage when all our friends are coupled up (and may well never be!) and can count on one hand the number of "couple friends" we have i.e. pairs we both get along with. now it's more my fault than the mister's, but it takes me about 20 years to trust anyone. little wonder my dearest girlfriends are lovely ladies i met in nursery school. so it's one of those situations where "it's (really!) me, not you.." but i've slowly gotten around that with much coaxing and encouragement from the mister (bless him!) and have grown to enjoy traveling with another couple. it's not as tricky as i fear when the chemistry's right, and the mister makes sure they get enough "time out" so the gremlims stay in. and, seriously, which loved up couple is going to want to hang out with us 24/7 anyway! we left saturday morning and returned sunday evening and it was a fantastic country break. we treated ourselves by getting really nice rooms and made the most of our thame-side real estate, with meal time forays into bray.
we'd arrived in time for lunch at the fat duck on saturday, followed by a late dinner at caldesi. after a leisurely sunday morning, we stopped by the hind's head for lunch before returning to london. it was such indulgence to spend the night in the country a mere 40min from where we live (it's not even a staycation!) but i'm a firm believer in local travel, supporting local businesses, and being good to yourself :)
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