On the 23rd of December...

[byslantedlight]

...I was on holiday! Which has got to be a good start, right? *g*

So there was lazy getting up, and there was hmmn, what shall we do...?, and we actually decided on two things. The first was:

Cockington, which is just... winter in England. And may have involved pottering around craft shops, being very good and not buying a rather gorgeous Van Gogh-ish paperweight, buying a wee box of chocolates to try which did include a black olive and tomato caramel (was fine...) and also a white chocolate violet cream (was my idea of a chocolate... *g*), and then a ploughman's for lunch - yummy.

And then...


Oooh - caves! *g* These were Kents Caverns, home of a 500,000 year old cave bear (okay, now just a skull...), a bit of possibly the earliest known modern-human in the UK and some fairly cool stuff like stalagtites and stalagmites... *g* We went for the tour, and it wasn't cold, though it was dripped-on-head wet from all the recent rain, and it was ever so big and to be found right in the middle of a town, and makes you wonder what's underneath us..., which is a very cool wonder to have, I think...

And then there was sneaking into the supermarket at the proper last minute, and then being made to watch West Wing for the first time (it's quite good I guess *g*) and asparagus risotto, and some red wine.

Yeay holiday! Tomorrow it starts to be Christmas, and there will be fudge-making, and dinner-making, and Christmas-Eve-Christmas, aaaaand... potentially some red wine.

And I am so going to try to catch up with all the gorgeous posts at discoveredinalj and ci5hq, I really am...

Happy weekend!

Comments

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

Looks like a wonderful day!
Great pics!
Happy Christmas!!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It was very nice indeed - it's nice being on holiday with friends! *g*

Happy Christmas to you too!

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Yes, YAY for holidays!! Great pics. That cave shot on the upper left looks like a face. Right? So, which West Wing eps were you forced to watch? Its a fabulous show! Enjoy the rest of your trip. Merry Christmas!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's a face! The story went that the Romans had gone into the cave, seen the face and decided it was some underground god, and left coins and offerings for it!

We watched the first... three (I think) episodes of West Wing - it was definitely watchable.. *g*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Stalactites for Christmas!! What a wonderful 'wander and wonder'! West Wing was one of my first fandoms and still holds a special place in my heart. Enjoy catching up on LJ, and keep bringing us your photographs!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heee - yes, stalactites for Christmas! *g* I can't imagine fandom-ing West Wing, but I'm enjoying it. And yeay - so much to catch up with, on lj - daaaays worth of fic and recs to read... *g*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

After a few seasons the Sam/Josh dynamic starts to scream at you... and then there's incredible het angst with C.J.

I was amazed at how many of the recs on the LJ advent calendar I either hadn't read or had forgotten. It has been great fun! But in a way I'm sort of glad it's over so that I can catch up!

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous pictures, though the place seems slight spooky. *g*

And just seeing West Wing for the first time—what a treat! Their first (I think) Christmas episode is one of my favorites.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I didn't find it spooky, though I guess if you're not keen on the dark, or on caves then it might be! *g* The passages were all huge and cavernous too, so you didn't even have to think about worming your way around down there, if you don't want to (I did that once when I was digging in Ireland - never again!)

If I miss the beginning of a series, I find it really difficult to pick it up part way through, so there's loooooads of tv that I need to catch up on. I'm enjoying West Wing well enough, though not to fandom level... *g*

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

what a lovely start to your holiday. white chocolate violet cream - yum!!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It really is - and mmmmn for white chocolate, and mmmmmn! for violent creams! *g*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

I love the piccies, thank you, and more to the point, I love that you're safe and sound and having a good Christmas with good friends *beams happily* Just watch out for that there West Wing - proper addictive it is *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - I'm enjoying West Wing, and I'd be happy enough to watch it on a roll, though I can't imagine being fannish about them. But that's telly for you, isn't it!

Hope you're having a lovely Christmas so far too! *g*