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Today is Mal’s birthday, so he was awake early opening all his presents. Breakfast and then we drove all through the beautiful Kent countryside to Battle. We stopped and had a walk through some woods on the way. I had booked to stay at our favourite hotel. They love dogs here too, so of course Ellie came with us. We did stop in Battle to have lunch in a pub. Unfortunately we weren’t impressed with the food. It was only a snack but even so.
We arrived at Powder Mills Hotel far too early but they said the room was ready, so no problem, we could go straight in. They took us to room number 16 which we have stayed in before. The hotel is very old and quaint. Room 16 for some reason has a bathroom with shower and bath and then another shower by the bed.
We went for a very long walk around their 150 acres of woods and lakes. Ellie loved it. At one point she sniffed out a pair of ducks and I only just managed to grab her before she followed them into one of the lakes. I could just imagine all that wet and mud all over the hotels plush carpets. We also came across the owner walking her two dogs. She is a lovely lady and stopped to talk to us.
A long time ago, before moving to Cyprus we brought our last Goldie and English Setter here and now I am wondering how we managed to keep them out of the water. I do remember the morning when we were supposed to check out, we got lost in the woods and couldn’t find our way back to the hotel!
We had our dinner in the hotel. The food is always good here.
We had our coffee and petits fours in the library and Ellie joined us for that. She was lying down very comfortably on the floor but people kept coming out of the restaurant saying what a lovely well behaved dog she was and giving her a stroke. That was nice to hear. A perfect end to a lovely day.
Thought for the Day – “Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind it don’t matter.” ~ Satchel Paige