Hixon Staycation

We left home at 11:45 on Thursday 24th October 2024 and the car boot was crammed with bags and suitcases, we reached Ashe House at 13:15 on the same day. For the rest of the day we just rested in Ashe House as we were all shattered! For dinner, we ate bolognese with fusili pasta and Tuscan Chicken. IT WAS VERY YUMMY! Tayesha and I slept in the 'Green Bedroom' which had two separate green beds.

I woke up at 7:43 on Friday and for breakfast we had bacon baps and scrambled eggs (which was super good).  At about 11pm we got into the Mercades and  drove to a place called 'Royal Stafford' where we painted for 4 hours although we were only supposed to have 2. I painted on a pizza plate, my mum painted on a bowl for Truffe and Tayesha painted a mug and sideplate (which looked AMAZING)! These clat pieces had to be fired in the kiln so it was scheduled to be with us in a few weeks. My grandma said she would pick them up from the shop for us and give them to us when they next see us. Once we reached home, we had lunch which was the remnants of yesterdays bolognese, pasta and Tuscan Chicken. We chilled until 7pm when we drove to a Turkish restraunt for dinner, we all shared 2 plates of an assortment on chicken and meat. We couldn't finish all of the dinner so we had to pack a whole plate! At the end, before we left, they gave us Turkish Delight which they call Lokem in Turkey.

I woke up at around 7:30, when I went down breakfast was on the table. For breakfast we had oatcake and chicken stew. At around 10:00, we went to drop Tayesha and Amma to a concert that Tayesha wanted to go to. Eappa, Appa and I went to Wolverhampton to buy some samosas but we also bought som fish pakora, Which was probably the BEST fish pakora i've ever had! We head back home and pick up Tayesha and Amma as well, when we get home lunch is all out on the table so we all eat something small. At 18:00 Tayesha's best friend Tanisha comes to the house for dinner. I ate paratha, erachi and chicken curry. Tanisha's family only leave at around 22:30 - 22:45 so I only get to bed at around 00:00.

I woke up at around 7:00 on Sunday as the clocks had just gone back so it was actually 8:00 when I went down, I had a samosa for breakfast and we were supposed to leave at 10:00 for church but we left a but late, we still reached church on time. It was our first time in this church and there were only about 2 other people -besides us- who were actually there for the service. We reached home at around 13:00 and left straight for lunch. We went for lunch at Wolseley Bridge PUB where I had the Sticky Crispy Chicken for starters and a Crispy Buttermilk Burger for mains, we didn't have desert as we were all too full! After finishing up in Wolseley Bridge, we went to a garden centre very close to the PUB and we spent about 1.5 hours there. We reached Ashe House at about 15:00 and we just chilled until dinner. For dinner we just had the remnants of Saturday's meal! For that night I fell asleep in Appa's room so I just slept there that night.

On Monday I woke up at 7:30 in Appa's room, when I got up I went to get changed and then went straight down for breakfast, once again I had 2 vegtable samosas for breakfast (as I wasn't that hungry). Amma, Appa, Tayesha and Eamma all went out to town for a couple of hours but I stayed at home because I didn't like shopping. Eamma kept saying that I was home alone but really Eappa was with me (apparently Eappa doesn't exist). While they were gone, I was reading one of the books that I found on one of the shelves for a bit and then I started working on the Truffle section of this website.  They got back at around lunchtime. We all ate lunch together which was some Kebabs, Pitta bread, salad, chicken pastry and samosas. I had the samosas and some chicken pastry as I wasn't that hungry!