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[wellinghall]

It ws our tenth wedding anniversary last Thursday. I got Creatrix a nice 1930s evening watch, which she likes - although with a temporary blip on Friday night, when it stopped! - but a jiggle got it going again. She had a tie-pin made for me, using a topaz she had inherited. It's lovely.

We had a few days away at Strattons Hotel in Swaffham in Norfolk, and saw two and a half castles (Castle Acre, Castle Rising, and Weeton), a priory (Castle Rising again), an abbey (Anglesey), a Cathedral (Ely), a hall (Holkham), some graves (Grimes), and three bird reserves (Cley, Titchwell and Snettisham). Much good food in the hotel, but mixed experiences at lunchtimes.

And yet this evening, I feel like sh*t. Is it the fact that my nice new tie-pin was mislaid earlier today, for long enough for me to get really worried? Is it that too few people noted our anniversary? Is it the position at work (too much going on in the short term, too little chance of a job in Luton for me in the long term)? Is it the fact that our email access is down tonight? Is it my upcoming hospital appointment? Is it that I'm missing my friends, with no real prospect of seeing most of them again before Oxonmoot? Have I just got too much going on in my life?

If you know of a goat-farm in the Outer Hebrides that's looking for someone, let me know. In the meantime, a hug or two wouldn't go amiss.

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

I apologise for failing to note your anniversary... I'm glad to hear that you saw Ely anyway; it is my favourite English cathedral, and yet not in a location where many people can enjoy it (perhaps that's part of its charm?).

As for not seeing enough friends, hopefully LJ will be able to provide some pale substitute for real-life contact until Oxonmoot rolls around.

*hugs*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

LJ does help. On the cathedrals, I think I prefer Lincoln, but maybe that's just home bias. Ely is certainly pretty impressive! - and, of course, it has Beorhtnoth's tomb.

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

oh go on then *hug*

and congratulations on the 10th anniversary, it only took herself 123 days to get me something (that I had to provide the amazon address for...)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Cheers mate. At least my present arrived on the day :-)

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

two and a half castles (Castle Acre, Castle Rising, and Weeton)

Which was the half-castle? We've been to Castle Acre and Castle Rising, can't remember if we've been to Weeton.

some graves (Grimes)

What did you think of them? (We've been there too, on the same holiday as the above castles.)

We enjoyed visiting Holkham too.

At Swaffham the Wind Turbine is well worth visiting. The exhibitions in the eco-building are great. There is also a wonderful organic restaurant. You can also climb the tower of the turbine; amalion did, I chickened out. :-( The noise and the motion of the tower did for me when the guide kept stopping; if I'd been given the opportunity to keep going I'd have probably been OK. The reason for the stops was to give the unfit a chance to catch their breath and to allow the nervous to realise that there was nothing wrong. All it did for me was allow all the phobias of being able to fall to catch up with me. Ho hum.

We did find a good restaurant in Swaffham, unfortunately I can't remember its name, it was off the market square on the western side. Not that that is much good as there were several that met that description!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I'm counting Weeton as the half-castle. Both because there isn't very much of it left, and because the "castle" part is a misnomer; it was only ever a manor house, not fortified; it does have a moat, but that was there purely for decoration / status.

I did enjoy Grimes Graves, although part of me thought that it was a lot of fuss about a hole in the ground. We went to the eco-centre; it wasn't really open, being a Saturday, but they did let us wander round.

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

In fact, where is Wheeton? I can't locate it and EH doesn't admit to it either!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

My memory is clearly going - it's Weeting, near Brandon.

[tovaglia.livejournal.com]

Hugs and best wishes. Hope you feel better soon.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

[kargicq.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*
I find things sometimes get overwhelming when there's lots going on.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks, mate.

[dreiviertel.livejournal.com]

Please accept my belated congratulations!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

*hugs* and congratulations on your anniversary.

I have currently mislaid one cuff-link (my Northumbrian tartan one) and my diary, which has been gone for a week.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

I'm pleased the cuff-link has turned up; have a good time in Scotland.

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Hugs and belated best wishes from one who dimly remembers foradan and others attending your wedding, but only vaguely knew you by sight from Oxonmoot at the time.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We didn't really expect many people here to remember - it was more family that I was complaining about ...

[pennypaperbrain.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I saw some nice little uninhabited islands off Shetland. No food there, though.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

The life of a hermit on an otherwise-uninhabited Northern isle has never really appealed to me; at least, not unless it had a well-stocked library :-)

[chainmailmaiden]

Congratulations on reaching 10 years!

We only get a card off my parents on our anniversary, even Bacchus' parents can't remember when it is now. I think the longer you've been married the more people forget about the exact date. That combined with job worries, no email access & upcoming hospital appts is bound to bring you down so have a hug, off me too!

[kargicq.livejournal.com]

Absolutely; I don't think anyone other than parents remembers our anniversary (apologies to anyone reading this if you do & I've forgotten!!!). Personally that suits me just fine as I never remember anyone else's! I wouldn't let it get to you -- what a small niggle in comparison with the achievement of reaching 10 years together. Congratulations. I remember your wedding very well, Creatrix looking all pre-Raphaelite....

Neuromancer

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was a good day, wasn't it :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

Cards:
my parents, check
my sister, check
next-door neighbour, check
Saxon, our best man, check
didiusjulianus, check
hotel, check
Creatrix, check.

And that's it. Creatrix's parents? No. My grandparents? No. Creatrix's sister? No.

Huh!

[amalion.livejournal.com]

Belated Happy 10th wedding anniversary. sisgisgrim and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in Australia with my children which was really good.

"Have I just got too much going on in my life?"

Could be, which can make for an interesting life except when things aren't going so well. Why is it that when on bad thing happens, more seem to come along to keep it company? At the moment that's why I am feeling rather down myself. Hopefully this will improve by the seminar when I will be on holiday from my crap job and will be meeting up with friends for the weekend. I gather that you can't make the seminar due to being too busy, which is a real shame. Anyway enough of my ramblings.

Have some *hugs*

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Hugs to both you amalion, and w. Know the feelings expressed well...although thankfully am personally a little more "up" re life at the moment. Just a little ;) More hugs. See you both soonish. (And in the spirit of friendliness, hi to everyone else on this thread).

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Indeed - the seminar clashes with my favourite little cousin's wedding, which was also arranged first! Thanks for the hugs, and have some yourself!

[sally_maria]

Hope you're feeling a little better now - but either way, have lots of *hugs* and good wishes that everything goes well.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

I am feeling a bit more cheerful now - although work is hellish, not helped by my menials being lass than helpful.