Merry Christmas Everyone

We had a merry morning on Thursday, firstly we had to collect the material for our annual wreath making, a good excuse to tramp around the woods looking for pine cones and other festive greenery. We spent the rest of the time before the Christmas party being creative, it is amazing what you can achieve even if you are terminally cack handed like me! Once you have the knack of weaving the willow stems into a circle the rest is just pushing foliage into the gaps and you can have a surprisingly professional looking end product.
Alyson then came up with the idea of hanging rose hips off the left over stems to create a Christmas tree, along with tiny lemons they look really effective. So suitably festive we had our party, all the estate volunteers and workers feasted on hot sausage rolls, mince pies and mulled wine, including Shandy who had her own made up in a special parcel. Well that's it now for another year, we are heading to the charming sea-side village of Staithes for our festive break and wish you a very merry Christmas from all of us at Norton Conyers, see you in the new year!
"The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it is always young"
Phillip Brooks

That's all for this year folks!