Christmas in a stable
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 26/Dec/2011 16:07, 34 days ago
The title says it all really. We awoke on Christmas morning after spending the night in a stable that had been converted into a bunk bed style dormitory which could have slept another 30 or more people but we had the whole place to ourselves. The horses had been to another proper stable close-by. Christmas breakfast was taken outside in the warm morning sun, we were surrounded by fields and hills, and little much else. To prepare for our planned feast later on we walked and then walked some more, and returned to a tasty meal of roast beef and vegetables supported by a amusingly named red wine of Fat Bastard. Dessert consisted of an electric mix of freshly picked blackberries (which brought back childhood memories of clambering into blackberry bushes by the roadside), cheese and chocolates. Of course it still felt strange, like last year, to not be surrounded by the Wootton family but the good friends and the unusual location still made it a special and enjoyable Christmas.