It’s kind of traditional that in this country when you have a Bank holiday, it rains… Well not on this last one, the sun was out and we decided to take full advantage of the lovely weather.
We opened the curtains on Saturday morning to glorious sunshine pouring in, this meant that I had to wake up Mrs Made With Love to make sure that she didn’t snooze the day away. The only way to do this is with coffee and a perfectly runny soft boiled egg.
We were off to the beautiful town of Harrogate for the day as we were picking up an antique, marble toped table to add to our front room (more about that in another post).
Harrogate is a pretty spa town in North Yorkshire, we had to make a quick stop off as our friendly courier Steve was picking up some of our new mirrors to deliver to a customer and sod’s law the only day he could pick up was a Saturday. We arrived early afternoon and decided to stop off at the world famous Betty’s tea rooms. Betty’s is a traditional tea room, which has a wonderful shop front which just entices you in to the lovely interior, with a wide range of specially blended teas, coffees and probably the best looking cake stand ever. We went for the traditional afternoon, with triangle sandwiches and a stunning selection of cakey treats. The favorite was definitely the vanilla slice which was perfect.
Clare and Lil peeping into Betty’s shop window
Our afternoon tea
Si pouring his cup of tea with a fine selection of cakes on view
As the sun was finally out we decided to bring out the Spring/Summer wardrobe. Clare wore her new grey marl maxi dress from River Island and has been teasing her from the wardrobe for the last few wet weeks, I decided to indulge my love of vintage with a Ralph Lauren seersucker shirt in a brilliant bright blue stripe, I even brought out the ankles with a cheeky few turn ups showing of the Timberland boat shoes all topped of with a vintage blazer. Our little Lil even got in on the act with her pretty floral print Matthew Williamson dress.
Tourist shot one
We even had time to stop for some tourist shots at the Harrogate sign
… And tourist photo number 2
That was our Saturday all finished, we came home and by this time, you guessed it we were hungry again and so we indulged in a roasted camembert, baguette and a bottle of red. We retired early as we had a lovely meal planned for the next day.
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