It was a cool but mostly sunny day yesterday, and with nothing planned we took the chance to get out for a drive. We headed onto the Quantocks to visit my LQS Come to Quilt in a barn high up on the hills. Having purchased the fabric I need to finish off my table runner (and maybe some embroidery thread!) we drove a little way along the road to Fyne Court. After a browse in the second hand bookshop and a curried cauliflower pasty (delicious) in the cafe we had a little walk around. The gardens are not as developed as some of the National Trust gardens but it was nice to see that work has commenced on repairing the walls and gallery in the walled garden. Hopefully at some time in the future we shall see the beds cleared and planted.
These gardens near the cafe were looking gorgeous though.
And I do love the colours of fading hydrangea's.
This pond is overgrown but evidently has breeding Great Crested Newts which are not as common in the UK as they were in the past. I loved the carved balustrade around the edge of the pond.
From Fyne Court we headed towards the coast and found ourselves in the village of Fiddington and spotted this pretty little church
so of course we had to go in. St Martin of Tours
It was Harvest Festival last weekend and this window was decorated up for it.
These carved pew ends are rather splendid.
And the organ had pride of place.
This sturdy and ornate door handle caught my eye.
The churchyard was very tidy! and we had a nice wander round. We were surprised to find this gravestone of Tony Britton
and these lovely cyclamen
but completely missed the carving mention in the Wikipedia link!
So not a lot of sewing happened. I did my Stitch Journal leaf - yes, leaves this month very appropriately.
And perfect for my choice of brown for my RSC colour this month. I have some gorgeous, rich brown threads in my brown box which I am looking forward to using.
Other than that all I did was some knitting while we watched a film in the evening.
Well, I must go and check my washing - the wind has picked up and I can hear it blowing against the conservatory windows, so need to make sure it is firmly pegged!
Back soon with RSC news until then, happy stitching.
