Our Town

It occurs to me that not everyone has seen pix of our lovely village of Brixworth, our home or the surrounding area.


Yes, I am obsessed with this church... get over it...

Brixworth is a fantastic village - it has a very quaint older section full of stone houses and a couple of pubs that are from the 1600's. It boasts an old church built by the Saxons in 680 A.D. - amazingly, it is still in use!

Our house is located on a sort of busy corner, but tucked up away from the road in a cul-de-sac (The Croft) with three other similar homes. Our neighbors directly across from us are fantastic, but they are the only people we've met in the Village. We'll be attending a family "disco" at the primary school on Friday - we were stunned to find out that there will be a bar there - gotta love this place!!

We have lots of services, all within walking distance

Green Grocer - fresh fruit and veg, flowers and fish - I stop by there at least twice per week for fresh stuff to serve with dinner -

Check out the brussel sprouts - I had no idea that's how they grew! I'm no more interested in eating them than before, but, very interesting all the same - or not..

Post Office - SO NICE to have one close by!

Convenience Shop - Called the Co-op, has everything from milk, bread, beer, wine, candy, snacks, meat, cheese, frozen goods - like a mini-grocery store. Have I mentioned the fresh bread and pastries that get delivered every morining? This morning I picked up a chocolate croissant and WARM baguettes - YUM

Pharmacy -dropped some cash on allergy meds today - we all have drippy noses here!!!

Hardware store - looks like someone's garage - a little of everything in there!!

Chip Shop - Fish and Chips - then head down to the Co-op for a couple of bottles of beer - nice Friday meal!

And a Butcher and a Baker too (no candlestick maker that I know of - but there is a baby shoe shop)!

Zoe's school is on a farm - can be quite aeromatic some days - but it is a lovely walk to get there...

Zoe's school is the little building on the left.

We also bought a car last week - now I just need to learn how to drive here. Pat has been riding to work a few days per week, and that car just sits here. I don't even have the slightest desire to get behind the wheel. I tried it once with our rental car... it was unnerving at best - terrifying at worst. Its so hard to judge your left side, and the roads are so narrow, and roundabouts and weird signs and and and and... I've decided to take driving lessons :D