To celebrate TJ's birthday, I searched for perfect place to relax and recuperate. The challenge was to find a place within driving distance from London, (TJ was coming back on a red-eye from Boston and I couldn't make him get right back on a plane) not too far, but something unique.
I chose Thornbury Castle. It would be the first time for us to stay in a castle together, (my first time ever, TJ reminded me that he actually lived in a castle in France for a summer, tough crowd to plan for...)
It was a lovely, relaxing weekend. We were greeted with a roaring fire in our room, a decanter of Sherry and a bottle of wine made from grapes grown on the property.
We ate hearty robust English meals, went for long walks and a few runs, caught up on sleep and welcomed the next year together.
On one run, we went off-road to neighboring fields and had two comical incidents. The first would have been amazing to watch as we gingerly ducked under a cord that we thought was filled with electricity - no, it was just a cord no need to be so concerned.
The second was us being excited about running amongst old fish ponds created hundreds of years prior in order to capture fish from a local river. On the map they looked huge and we headed off to run a few miles amongst them. Well, they were much smaller in person, and alas our run was much shorter.
Happy Birthday TJ!
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