An all too short weekend. We were supposed to be going to Bully's on Saturday night as an anniversary celebration but it seemed something went wrong with the Toptable booking and it was cancelled so we are trying again next weekend. Saturday was an enjoyable day though - we went out with Paula in the afternoon to the Yankee Candle shop to select some candles for Christmas. Had great fun sniffing everything in the shop and eventually came home with three gorgeous winter smells. Paula came back with us and we settled down to watch the last episode of "Downton Abbey" with a big pot of tea and lots of homemade chocolate cake - now that's an afternoon well spent. I did one of my reliable Mary Berry recipes with a chocolate ganache on the top - worked very well. The last episode of Downton Abbey was great - it took the characters right up to the beginning of the First World War. Can't wait for the second series next year. After that, Paula went home and we had a quiet evening. On Sunday, Andrew took Andy for the first run they've done together since Andy sprained his shoulder a while back. He's been missing it terribly but we wanted to make sure he was properly healed before starting back on the running. Andrew took him over to Tredegar House so they could run on grass which is much more forgiving than running on pavements or roads. Fortunately, they both had a great time and now Andrew can work on doing more and longer runs with him so he can get back up to his previous fitness level.

Today has been quiet - I've been working at home after taking Andrew to the station early this morning. The weather is getting colder, the forecast this morning on Farming Today was that it will get considerably colder as the week progresses. Our walk this morning was pretty chilly, but the dogs really enjoyed it.