Kington, Eardisland, Berrington Hall

The late summer heat wave is scuppering our exploring, it's just so hot. We spend our mornings at breakfast deciding where we could go for the day to find shade.

On Tuesday morning we popped out to Kington. We came across the Kat and Fiddle Studio who I happened to already follow on instagram. I spent a little while chatting to the artist Kathryn Moore who produces beautiful works in paint and collage. After that the heat pushed us back into the car for some air con, but not before Roy managed to walk into dog poo with not just one but both of his walking sandals. What we think of people who don't pick up after their dogs would be another rant for another day.

Kington main road

Not the most pleasant of drives back, with all windows open, until we could stop and give his shoes a proper wash in the river, whilst we ate our preprepared picnic in the shade.

After lunch we took a walk around Eardisland, visited another studio of a local resident and headed round to see the church. The amount of time I have spent inside churches on this holiday, especially as a non-church goer, is ridiculous. Not only are they cool inside, but so calming which for one reason or another I am in great need of at this time. I think we've visited a different church in a different town/village nearly every day.

St Marys Church, Eardisland

Wednesday was another scorcher, so we took a picnic and headed off to Berrington Hall National Trust. A stunning building in beautiful surroundings, with lovely big trees to hide under in the blissful shade.