We had a good run down to kent stopping off for lunch at Cherwell Valley service station. For a motorway service station it has a rather good selection of food options. We both had a Turkey and Stuffing roll off the carvery bar. We arrived in Lenholm around 3pm where we quickly popped into the medieval town to pick up some flowers for our hostess. When then retraced the short distance to my brother in laws house which was our destination for the weekend.
We unloaded our bags from the car and had a tour of the house then took a short walk into Lenholm for coffee and cakes. In my case it was Elderflower water and Lemon Polenta cake which was delicious. We were then given a brief tour of the quaint village before returning to the house for the evening. Not long afterwards my niece and nephew arrived followed a little later by our hostess and her two boys.
With a glass of pre dinner gin in hand we sat and chatted whilst the evening meal was being prepared. After dinner the youngsters went to bed leaving the older generation to sit and chat a while before it was time to retire for the night.
PS:I am getting ahead of myself, the services we stopped in on our journey down south where Beaconsfield. It was Cherwell Valley on the way back 
Lenholm in Kent? Never heard of it before…
Oops!!
It is a good job one of was paying attention, and it wasn’t me
Sounds like a good start to a good weekend. I love Kent – used to know parts of it quite well. Not sure I’d wax lyrical about Cherwell services – but it’s certainly better since they’ve built the new building; so many service areas are tired, grubby and hectic. And over-priced.
As long as the food is good, I don’t mind too much. The food was good
Oh my! This looks incredible.
It is a lovely presentation, but I wasn’t tempted to try it
Ah, we get the picture. Naughty coffee.
It was naughty coffee, but I didn’t indulge
CherryPie, what a lovely pot of coffee, Isn’t it too sweet? I have never drunken.
Sigrun
I didn’t try it either, but there were no complaints from the two who did
Looks a rather delicious cup of coffee
Look forward to hearing more about the weekend.
It certainly made a good photograph