{"id":9922,"date":"2023-09-21T22:51:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9922"},"modified":"2023-09-22T14:40:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:40:17","slug":"days-out-elsies-vintage-tea-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9922","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT: Elsie\u2019s Vintage Tea Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was out delivering for Amazon\/Morrisons today, around Peterborough, when I stumbled upon this place, Elsie\u2019s Vintage Tea Room. In a little out of the way village called Nassington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Wow!\u2019 was exactly, and all, I said, on stepping inside. After admiring the superb exterior, I really wasn\u2019t expecting the interior to trump it. But it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For me the cheeky cherubs are perfect\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 as this really is heavenly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Amazingly, I was heading the wrong way, in my dinky little motor, thinking about how I might execute a u-turn, without also executing some Lycra clad oldies, all togged up for cycling. And, just as I made to go into the turn, I spotted – at an acute angle – a flash of my very favourite<\/em> shade of green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more the sublime green adorned what was clearly a nicely formed wooden shop front. Even though I could only see it as a thin foreshortened sliver, it really drew my eye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tried to capture the whole, pano\u2019 style.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dig the gorgeous rug!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Olde-fashioned tuck-shop bliss!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The attention to detail is nonpareil!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I grabbed a hasty lapsang souchong and battenberg slice. Both lovely. And then had to resume my rounds. But I made a promise to myself – and the proprietor – amidst fulsome gushing praise for his wonderful establishment, that I\u2019d be right back, with the mrs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so it we\u2019re booked for lunchtime tea this Saturday coming, at 1pm. I\u2019m so excited. Particularly as I\u2019m keeping it all as a surprise for Teresa. I hope she\u2019s as blown away by it as I am!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gotta love this little fiddler fella!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The devil\u2019s in the detail. SndGraham and Clare clearly understand and appreciate that. What a job they\u2019ve done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is where I sat. Taking in the sun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Blah\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m so glad my timing was spot on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Very often I discover places like this either when they\u2019re shut. Or, worse still, when they\u2019ve permanently closed. To stumble upon something so pitch-perfectly delightful, and it be open both there and then, and as a going concern to be returned to, and thereby savoured and enjoyed? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What bliss!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was out delivering for Amazon\/Morrisons today, around Peterborough, when I stumbled upon this place, Elsie\u2019s Vintage Tea Room. In a little out of the way village called Nassington. Wow! \u2018Wow!\u2019 was exactly, and all, I said, on stepping inside. After admiring the superb exterior, I really wasn\u2019t expecting the interior to trump it. But … <\/p>\n

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