miss b loves .......a surprise afternoon tea and 'couture' nail polish.

Regular readers of my blog already know about my obsession with afternoon tea and a surprise visit to Great John Street Hotel in Manchester was the highlight of my birthday the weekend before last.....

This beautiful building was formally a Victorian school and there are reminders throughout this sympathetically restored hotel.

Old photographs hang on the walls .......

This little boy doesn't seem too keen to be there!

This was very much a summery afternoon tea with flowers and fruit adorning the traditional three-tiered stand which was laden with sweet treats.

miss b loves .......classic cars on the village green

I've always had an interest in cars and from a very young age I knew all the makes and models.... I even had a collection of miniature Matchbox cars! 

Imagine my delight when we stumbled across a 'car carnival' as we were driving through the village of Wrea Green a week last Sunday. Classic, vintage and supercars all shiny and gleaming in the sunshine on the green.

Wrea Green  is a picturesque, award-winning village ........

Just ten minutes from home, it boasts the largest village green in Lancashire and a huge duck pond known to locals as 'The Dub'.

The green is the perfect setting for such an event and it was a gorgeous English summer's day ....

Isn't this 1948 MG TC the perfect car for a stylish picnic? .....