Warm fires, friends and good food

After taking some photos of the lovely fireplace in the pub where we met some friends today, I was approached by a charming woman in her late 80s. She told me she was so pleased to get to speak to me, as she had especially wanted to tell me about her first time at the pub as she had noticed my interest in the fireplace.

 She told me the story of when she had come there as a teenager with a friend. It had still, at that time, been a working farm and the farmer's wife had served afternoon teas out of the front room of the farmhouse, using the room with the fireplace. It was so heart warming  she was there to visit some 60 odd years later, with 'her Jack', who I thought might be her husband. A lovely story and a lovely day out.