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00:00:21
Good morning, my darlings. You can't even see me.
Here I am. Oh, probably better that you don't, 00:00:28
actually. and just focus on the view because I am
fresh out of bed pretty much. Welcome to Vlogmas 00:00:36
day 10 quite possibly. I think my brain has got a
little bit of frostbite as you can see. It is the 00:00:45
most woo cold hands. It is the most beautiful
morning here at the grove. I stayed over last 00:00:52
night. Um, it was the Joe Malone Christmas event
here last night and boy oh boy did we have such a 00:01:01
fun evening. They really know how to put on an
exceptional event. So, so much fun. And I did 00:01:09
think I might quite fancy going to the gym this
morning, but then I opened up the windows and 00:01:14
saw this incredible view. I think the last time I
was here it was frosty as well. Um, but not this 00:01:22
beautiful. And it's such a gorgeous place. This
is a massive golf course. But as it's still fairly 00:01:31
early, there's no golfers out yet. So I'm not at
risk of meeting up with a stray golf ball. I'm 00:01:38
actually going to have to put you away cuz my hand
is freezing holding the camera. So I'll catch up 00:01:42
with you when I'm back in the warmth and heading
for the iconic Grove breakfast. Can't wait.00:02:07
Merry Christmas.00:02:45
Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey.00:03:08
A proper good morning, my darlings. I am just
about defrosted, but only just. I feel like 00:03:16
I've got cold all the way to my bones. I think
I was out walking for about an hour and it was 00:03:23
minus one outside. But what a beautiful start to
the day. So, if you watched um yesterday's vlog, 00:03:30
you'll know that I came to the Grove Hotel with
Joe Malone. They've done a massive takeover again 00:03:36
this year. We had the most incredible evening last
night and I'm about to head down for breakfast. I 00:03:42
did a few stretches here in the room this morning
wearing my pajamas with my heatless curls in with 00:03:48
my LED mask on and then I thought instead of
going to the gym I'd go for a nice walk and I feel 00:03:54
really really good for it. Just need to defrost.
Doing my makeup with practically numb fingers 00:03:59
was a little bit tricky. I think I just need the
tiniest bit of dry shampoo. I bought the lovely 00:04:05
uh what's it called? Velvet Amber one from Living
Proof. This is also really good if you just need 00:04:12
a little bit of grit if your hair is maybe a
bit clean. I don't usually have that problem. 00:04:17
The volume is giving Hermione Granger, but I don't
mind. I always think it does look quite nice down, 00:04:22
but um that volume doesn't last unfortunately
and I have to have my hair clipped away from 00:04:27
my face when I'm eating. Anyway, my darlings, I
am ready for my morning coffee. So, let's head 00:04:33
down to breakfast. Just thought I'd capture this
room while there's no one in here. This is where 00:04:37
we had our afternoon tea yesterday and it was so
lovely. A lot of the decor in here is Joe Malone 00:04:45
themed. You can see the boxes under the tree.
They've done a huge huge takeover of the hotel 00:04:52
this year. Um this is a great outfit of the day
mirror. Although I'm so cold I've popped my coat 00:04:57
back on. But I've got my same Lily silk cashmere
that I was wearing yesterday. And then um this 00:05:03
is actually an old Oola Johnson skirt, but I was
going for the Mrs. Claus kind of look. And again, 00:05:09
my um that's the one problem with this coat. The
tie doesn't attach at the back. So you have to 00:05:14
just grab it and thread it through the arm when
you take it off. Um viva boots cuz it was pouring 00:05:19
with rain yesterday. And these honestly just
go with absolutely everything. So how gorgeous 00:05:25
is this room? I love it. Need a big mirror like
this in the entrance hall. That would be great. 00:05:31
Okay, let's go and get Oh, that's a nice idea.
Sparkly Amarillis in a bulb. In a bowl. And then 00:05:38
this fireplace is beautiful as well. There's so
many gorgeous lounge areas in this hotel. How 00:05:44
lovely. It really is such a special place. Look at
this. This is the famous breakfast buffet. Got the 00:05:50
fruit station over here. The full English section.
They'll make your eggs fresh. Tempted to get an 00:05:57
eggs florantine. It's something that I would never
really make for myself at home. All the buns look 00:06:02
delicious. We've got a cereal and nut station
over here. That looks rather lovely. They look 00:06:10
incredible. Peacon maple swirl. Oh my gosh. More
treats. Then we've got a whole shakuterie section 00:06:19
over here. That was such a perfect breakfast.
I just fancied the egg florantine, which is not 00:06:27
something that I usually go for, but um it felt
healthy and indulgent all in allin-one. Um and I 00:06:33
also had that little pumpkin cake, a slice of bri
French toast, and a bowl of yogurt with nuts and 00:06:40
seeds. I think maybe cuz I was eating a little bit
later. Um I was just very very peckish. So feeling 00:06:46
very satisfied. Now I'm just packing away. Sorry,
I'm just doing it with this little bow. I've got 00:06:51
like a waxed thread on this skirt and it's really
cute. So, I'm just packing away my bits and bobs 00:06:57
and I thought I would just highlight a few things
which um I think could be really lovely gifts and 00:07:02
especially I think there is something so lovely
about personalized gifts. So, this is my um you'll 00:07:10
have seen this in the Abu Dhabi vlog because
I think I rummaged through all of the bits in 00:07:14
here on the airplane. This is my technology pouch.
And I keep everything in here from my memory card 00:07:23
readers because I've got the new MacBook which
only has a USBC and I need memory card. So my 00:07:29
memory card reader lives in here. I keep obviously
the phone charger in here. My camera battery 00:07:36
charger is still charging. I normally have a where
have I put it? I normally have a power bank as 00:07:44
well, which comes in very, very handy. And I al,
this is random. This is not really technology, 00:07:50
but I've got a whisk. This is just in case. This
is a little batterypowered whisk if I want to 00:07:56
make a frothy coffee or a matcher. Then I've
got my emergency whisk stash. And just in case 00:08:04
um I'm craving it, there is a little pouch of
matcher in here as well. And some Neuropen. just 00:08:10
the kind of emergency pouch. The pouch itself is
from Elizabeth Scarlet. And I just think that a 00:08:18
personalized makeup bag or pouch is such a sweet
gift idea. It's a really lovely brand. They've got 00:08:25
the most gorgeous embroidery. You can get your
name in or your recipient's name in silver or 00:08:29
in gold. I love the ruffles. you'll have seen um
possibly my big pouches as well which are padded 00:08:37
and almost they've almost got like a a lining
which is a bit water resistant. So, I'll probably 00:08:44
show you when I get home cuz actually they make
really good gifts for people that like to travel 00:08:47
with a lot of liquids. When I'm going abroad,
I'll put my SPFs in them. But because they're 00:08:51
very padded, I also use an Elizabeth Scarlet pouch
for keeping my drone and camera equipment in when 00:08:58
I travel. And it just means that when I'm at home
and I'm deciding what I need to take with me for 00:09:04
certain trips, I know what's in each pouch. So,
I can grab my technology pouch. I can grab my 00:09:10
hair pouch. This one here has got all of my hair
essentials in it. So, I'll keep my shampoo and 00:09:16
conditioner, my dry shampoo, my um hair oil, and
the amount of times I've come away and forgotten 00:09:23
a hairbrush. But by keeping it all in this pouch,
this one is more subtly um personalized with JI 00:09:29
here. I love the green velvet, beautiful sun
embroidery, and it opens up nice and wide. I 00:09:35
can see everything, all of my products, and then
it just zips up to keep everything neat and tidy. 00:09:44
And you've got this little uh handle on the top as
well. So, I'll grab that pouch. I'll grab my tech 00:09:49
pouch. I'll grab my drone if I need it. My liquids
pouch. It just means that I feel super organized 00:09:56
when I am traveling and for me that makes a
really really big difference. So I'll leave 00:10:00
the Elizabeth Scarlet page link down below. Um if
you fancy treating yourself or a loved one to one 00:10:05
of these I think gifts for daughters, for friends,
for moms. I just think it's very very sweet. If 00:10:12
you know someone as well that likes to change
handbags quite a lot, it's quite a good idea to 00:10:16
just have you know your essentials that you always
need with you. For me, that's a torch, my camera, 00:10:22
a spare battery, and it just means that whatever
handbag I'm taking, I just grab the pouch, and I 00:10:28
know that I've got all my essentials with me, and
it means I can rotate my handbags far more easily. 00:10:33
Oh, also in here. Okay, this set of earphones,
they are from a brand called Raycon. I again, 00:10:40
I mentioned these on the Abu Dhabi vlog,
so I was wearing them on the airplane. 00:10:45
They are very jazzy little earphones and they're
not they're not actually normal. Let they are they 00:10:52
are special. Let me show you. Okay, I have to tell
you I feel a little bit like Oh, sorry. My music 00:10:57
is playing. As long as you're mine from Cynthia
of Wicked. I feel like Britney Spears, especially 00:11:04
when I just wear one of these. It's because I
touched it. My music started playing again. So, 00:11:08
these are the Raycon Essential Open Earbuds. And
what I love about these is if I show you closeup, 00:11:16
um I went for the lilac color because I thought
it was very very jazzy. This little bit here is 00:11:21
the speaker, but it kind of goes like do you know
um those really jazzy you can get like spectacle 00:11:27
versions. They go you can hear the music but
your ear is still open. So, if um for example, 00:11:35
you're going on a taxi journey, like I came here
yesterday and I I didn't want to be horrendously 00:11:42
antisocial and not be, you know, able to hear the
driver if he asked any questions or was chatting, 00:11:47
but at the same time, I did need to do a little
bit of proof editing of uh the Vlogmas video. So, 00:11:52
these are perfect because you can still hear the
outside world, but you can listen to your music, 00:11:58
listen to your podcast, or do your editing,
whatever you need to do. So, if perhaps you like 00:12:03
to listen to music when you're out on a walk, um,
or you like to just kind of be working on the go, 00:12:09
you could be taking work calls while you're out
on a walk, but you don't want to get completely 00:12:14
discombobulated and switched off from the outside
world. These are absolutely amazing for that. 00:12:20
They're also really, really lightweight. The case
itself is super lightweight. It charges with um, 00:12:28
my USB iPhone charger. They're actually waterproof
and have a mega mega long battery as well. And 00:12:36
the best part is they are super um affordable
comparative to other earphones that offer the 00:12:44
kind of tech that these do. I have taken calls on
these before and I have to say from the recipient 00:12:50
point of view the quality is really noticeably
better because it actually by some magic gets 00:12:57
rid of any background noise and gives extra
clarity to your voice plus the fact that you 00:13:03
can still hear what's going on around you while
you can also hear. So, it's more like having a 00:13:08
real conversation with someone that's just walking
next to you because you're fully aware as opposed 00:13:13
to being completely plugged into your call. And
I personally, as someone who likes to connect 00:13:18
with the outside world, I personally much prefer
that. So, yeah, these are what I've been using for 00:13:23
um car journeys, for walking out doing calls and
things like that um from Raycon. They because they 00:13:31
are such a great price point as well. I will leave
these linked down below, too. And I feel that they 00:13:36
would make an excellent um really really nice
stocking filler. The music quality is amazing. 00:13:42
The battery I'm so so impressed with. So, I'm
going to pop those back in my gorgeous little 00:13:47
pouch. Such nice gift ideas. I feel like that's a
couple of really thoughtful things that you could 00:13:52
gift someone this Christmas. If you are tempted
by any of those bits, then do be sure to check 00:13:58
um the links in my description box. you'll always
find any discount codes there. For example, 00:14:03
with my Raycon um earbuds, there is the
link itself will actually instantly get 00:14:09
you 30% off. I think it makes them around £44,
which is absolutely incredible. For my pouches, 00:14:15
I will leave each of the individual styles.
These two, I'll leave them linked down below. 00:14:19
And like I said, when I get home, I will show
you um my other ones that I highly recommend, 00:14:25
but these are the two that I brought with me,
keeping me very, very organized. So sadly, we're 00:14:30
actually leaving the Grove very, very soon. But
um after quickly dropping all my bits off at home, 00:14:37
we are going to be heading back to Adterbury
to where our holiday cottages are because I've 00:14:42
realized I've still not really explained what's
happening at cottage number one. Um and the 00:14:47
carpets went down yesterday and they're finishing
off this morning. So, I'm going to be able to give 00:14:52
you the big reveal and finally tell you exactly
what secret we have been keeping for so so long. 00:15:00
So, let's get going. Just wrapping up all of the
goodies that were so generously left in the room. 00:15:07
And I just had to show you this one because I feel
like this is going to be the scent of Christmas. 00:15:11
Joe Malone Ginger Biscuit. They had this in a
perfume last year, this one here. Um, but this 00:15:17
year they've also bought it out as the candle
and it smells so good. It's sweet. It's warm. 00:15:23
It's cinnamony. I just think that bottle fragrance
avalanche the bottle. Look at that beautiful color 00:15:30
in the light. It's absolutely stunning. Really
beautiful ambery. There's just such a gorgeous 00:15:35
warmth to it. And this candle, ginger biscuit
candle. What a lovely gift. And yeah, as I said, 00:15:42
oh, I've just noticed that is exactly how it looks
at the front of the hotel. I'll show you now. 00:15:46
They've got a bow at the top with the Joe
Malone gifts. Joe Malone van is parked up 00:15:50
here. It really is such a lovely collaboration.
And if you didn't see my full room tour yesterday, 00:15:56
um it's just been I've been so lucky to
have such an incredible room. Um I mean, 00:16:03
this is just the living area. Obviously, it's a
bit discombobulated now because I've slept in it. 00:16:09
Oh, it looks a little bit messy. I always like to
leave hotel rooms looking fairly neat and tidy. 00:16:14
Um, this unit at the end of the bed is a TV.
How cool. Definitely need to recreate this at 00:16:20
home. I know I keep saying that, but we really
do. My Oh, there's a doggy. Oh, it's a sausage 00:16:24
with a fluffy tail. Oh, I'm having the best day
ever. Can you see that little angel? So cute, 00:16:32
but so frosty on my tiny little paws. That was
such a beautiful walk this morning. Um, and then 00:16:37
the bathroom. Just left my robe in the tub. It's
just I mean, my bath last night was heavenly.00:16:54
Okay, I am home again. That was such a funny
journey because honestly the taxi driver must 00:17:01
have thought I was going a little bit mad
because I was listening to um my therapist 00:17:08
ghosted me podcast which is Joan McNal and Vogue
Williams. Um that was such a bad Irish accent. It 00:17:16
was Joan and Vogue. It's their podcast they've
had for years and years and I was catching up 00:17:20
on a few back episodes. I was just listening to
it while also doing some work. Um, and those two 00:17:26
ladies are so funny that I just kept bursting out
laughing and obviously everything else in the car 00:17:33
was completely silent. So, I think the driver
thinks I'm completely bonkers. He wouldn't be 00:17:39
entirely wrong. This is a new brand of tea and I
think it's got like chaga mushroom in it as well 00:17:45
as ginger, lemongrass, and other bits and bobs.
I wanted to show you, like I mentioned earlier, 00:17:51
how I just organize my entire life pretty much in
Elizabeth Scarlet bags. You can see on the inside, 00:17:57
this is what I meant about it being almost
like wipe clean. So, if you did take your 00:18:01
travel liquids with you, and it's got loads of
different um pockets in it. I keep my laser hair 00:18:08
removal device and all of the various apparatus
that come with it, which is just basically the 00:18:13
plug in this one. As I mentioned downstairs, I
keep my drone in one. I keep all of my gel nails 00:18:20
in another. If you just like to be organized, then
these pouches are the best. Elizabeth Scarlet also 00:18:27
do really beautiful eye masks. They do loads of
really lovely travel pieces. So, definitely have a 00:18:34
look at their website. I have got changed into um
something very practical. I will confess to you, 00:18:40
I've actually had these leggings on since first
thing this morning. I put them on for the frosty 00:18:45
walk and then I was so cold, as I mentioned, I
was so cold that I actually ended up putting on 00:18:52
my skirt over the top and then thinking, "No one's
going to know if I just keep my leggings on." So, 00:18:56
these have been on me since 7:00 a.m. Um, and
I'm still wearing the same Kashmir top as I was 00:19:01
before. This is a really nice fleece. I think
you've seen me wearing the cream version from 00:19:07
Holland Cooper. Little leather toggle. Um, the
button detail. Great layering piece. Great for 00:19:13
great for dog walks. Great for um well today
it's for furniture moving. Just what you want 00:19:20
to be doing when you've got your Christmas party
starting in 6 hours. Nad. Um but I'm going to 00:19:25
head over to the cottages. I really have to help
Charlie because we've got loads of furniture that 00:19:30
we've been storing up in the store that needs
to now go into cottage number one. And then I 00:19:36
will fully explain what is going on and um yeah,
show you around. Can't wait. So, uh, I feel like 00:19:45
possibly my lovely coat I was wearing earlier is
not suitable. Oh, let me just quickly show you as 00:19:50
well. I've got a new pair of glasses. I'm really
loving um, to be honest, Smart Buy glasses were 00:19:57
actually really generous and they sent quite a
few pairs and I'm just loving them. So, this pair, 00:20:02
Dolce and Gabbana, they've got a really beautiful
swoop and they're a cat eye. And I think that this 00:20:09
shape is quite good for me. I think I suit ones
that go up like this. Um, I just feel a bit more 00:20:17
confident when I'm driving with these glasses on.
My vision like longterm seeing into the distance, 00:20:24
it's still fairly sharp. It's like minus0 point
something or other, but I do sometimes feel a 00:20:29
little bit of strain. So, I'm going to drive
in these. Okay, let's get going. Let's go.00:20:41
Okay, just before I head out to the cottages, um
I'm just I just went to collect the post for the 00:20:48
day and we've got our delivery of Smith and Mson
flowers. So, I thought I'd quickly get these in 00:20:56
some water. Like I said a few days ago, I think
a flower subscription would make such a nice 00:21:04
Christmas gift. And these are grown on a family
farm in the UK. And um at this time of year, 00:21:11
it's liies. In the summer, we had roses. We had
peies in late spring. And we have tulip season 00:21:17
to look forward to. That'll be maybe that will
be next. Um I just love tulip season so much. I 00:21:23
don't really have time to arrange these right
now. So, what I'm going to do is hack away at 00:21:30
the bottom of them. And I'm just going to get them
in some water. Quickly removing the lower leaves. 00:21:38
And I'm actually going to leave these here in the
kitchen quite close to the ara because the warmth 00:21:44
will almost put them into fast forward mode.
And they may even start to open by um by the 00:21:52
time I get back from the cottages. Not 100%, but
they might do. And the frequency of these flowers 00:21:58
is spot on cuz it was only yesterday that I
actually composted our last bunch of flowers 00:22:04
from Smith and Mson. So that is perfect. I love
them. My favorite liies. Um I have to be honest, 00:22:12
liies are actually not my favorite flower. Um, but
my favorite of the liies are the ones that don't 00:22:18
have the stamon in. If they do have stamon, I must
confess, I take them through to a drawing room, 00:22:23
uh, dining room and put them on the table there
because that stamon really stains and it's just 00:22:28
risky business. My next delivery that I want
to unbox quickly before I go out is from Laura 00:22:34
Mercier. And the reason I'd like to unbox it is
because I have a feeling there may be something 00:22:40
edible in here. This to me, I mean, I could
be setting myself up for disappointment here, 00:22:46
but this to me looks like a box that might contain
sweet treats. And then there's another box here, 00:22:52
which I think may contain something rather lovely
from Laura Mercier. So, let's have a little look 00:22:57
inside. It's so beautiful. We actually, I
don't know if you remember, if you watched 00:23:03
the wedding vlogs, I set up little Laura Mercier
goodie bags and stations in our guests bathrooms 00:23:12
when they stayed in the holiday cottages and for
friends and family members. And amber vanilla is 00:23:18
such a gorgeous flavor. This is their bath,
honey bath. I don't know if I've tried this. 00:23:26
Using the honey dipper, remove the desired amount
and swirl into warm running bath water. That 00:23:33
sounds very nice. And this honey dipper is very
useful. That is a gorgeous gift set. Thank you, 00:23:39
Laura Mercier. And you know what? I think this
is actually makeup in here, not um sweet treats 00:23:44
because it's got a peticissery menu of the
Prime Flawless Treat Duo, a setting powder, 00:23:54
the Caviar Cravings Eye Essentials. Oh no. Has it
been left upside down? Oh. Oh, I don't know. Is 00:24:04
this edible or is it not edible? The suspense is
killing me. I think it's not edible. Darn it. We 00:24:15
have got in here the Indulgent icons setting
powder and puff. This is actually one of my 00:24:23
favorite alltime powders. It really keeps your
skin glowing while you um can also get rid of 00:24:28
any areas that you don't want to be shiny. Creme
de la creme eyeshadow trio. These are such lovely 00:24:36
little stocking fillers. How adorable. We've got
I thought this was a real croissant, but it's 00:24:42
actually a candle. How cute is that? Smells very,
very sweet. In a little Laura Mercier pastry bag, 00:24:52
we got some cute little matches to light
the candle. And lastly, caviar cravings eye 00:24:58
essentials. A little liner and mascara. This
packaging is so cute. How lovely. Thank you, 00:25:05
Laura Mercier. Beautiful delivery. Okay, now
that that's all unpacked, let's finally get 00:25:11
to the cottages. I feel like I've been saying
it all day, but now it's actually time to go.00:25:48
Okay, my darlings, this is very, very
exciting. Welcome to number one Chapel Lane. 00:25:55
I feel like you're getting um very unflattering
overhead lights. I can't I can't get in the camera 00:26:00
there. So Oh, we'll have to ho it up a little
bit. No, I I need you to come and be the star 00:26:07
of the show because this is a project um that
Charlie's been working on for the last six months 00:26:14
or so. And since April. Wow. So I mentioned a
couple of videos ago that obviously we've got 00:26:21
Storop Cottages next door, number two and three
Chapel Lane. And um it was very fertuitous that 00:26:27
number one came up for sale kind of it it became
available for us to purchase and we had always 00:26:34
had an idea that we'd love to do. Um and when
this place came available we thought right maybe 00:26:41
this is this is the one. So do you want to talk
about the renovation and then we'll reveal what 00:26:46
this place is for. Yeah. So, as you say, like
there's three Thatch causes in a row, and it 00:26:51
just organically happened that number two became
available after we bought number three originally. 00:26:56
And both of those are obviously holiday cottages,
as you know, straw causes. And we did initially 00:27:01
think about this third one as another, but the
the the reality is both the cottages next door are 00:27:06
very busy, but really the more demand we're seeing
is for a a bigger cottage. So really it would make 00:27:12
more sense for us to save our money and and plan
hopefully in the future for a more familyfriendly 00:27:17
Thatch cottage to form as part of short costures.
But when this became available and we knew the old 00:27:22
chap that used to live here really nice guy and
it basically became a bit too much for him up and 00:27:26
down the stairs. I'm sure he won't mind me saying
that. when it became available like look this is 00:27:29
too good an opportunity not to have all three and
your brother Josie has a half brother who um is a 00:27:36
bit older and he lives still where you're from in
in Ross on white Heraffordshire and as you know 00:27:43
as your mom's getting older as he's getting older
we've sensed for a while haven't we that really 00:27:48
he's nearly 2 hours away from us uh which sounds
crazy cuz it's not that far and it would be nice 00:27:54
for him to live nearby so this kind of snowballed
quite quickly didn't it? And we're like, actually, 00:27:58
this would be amazing. Wouldn't it be amazing if
we were able to buy the cottage to renovate it 00:28:02
and to have him live here? Now, he doesn't know
this yet. He doesn't watch your channel. It's 00:28:06
a surprise, but he will find out tomorrow. Yeah.
And yeah, it's I would say it's been it's I mean, 00:28:13
we got it. That doesn't know that. I mean, I don't
talk about Jamie that much on the channel. Um, 00:28:19
but I feel like we should say that Jamie does have
learning difficulties. Yeah. So, he's your half 00:28:25
brother. Yeah. and he's he's not had the easiest
life. No. Um and Charlie and I are in a fortunate 00:28:33
position that we are able to renovate and help.
Um so it's not like Well, look, I mean, look, 00:28:40
I think I I'll I'll speak on your behalf in that
we share as much of our lives with our channel 00:28:45
with the channel and our lovely audience as we
can. Like in anyone's life, even as of right now, 00:28:50
you and I have got other family things that are
going on that are not straightforward. No life's 00:28:55
perfect. We're very fortunate with our jobs, very
fortunate where we live and very fortunate to have 00:28:59
each other and we feel very lucky but equally
we're not things are not perfect even in our 00:29:04
life at the moment and and the world as not to
go down a whole tangent but it is a tricky time. 00:29:09
So your we don't talk about your brother because
you know we don't want to share too much that he 00:29:13
wouldn't want. um he's super easy goinging, but
yeah, he he's obviously my brother-in-law and a 00:29:18
second brother to me and we wanted to help him
and this project has been about that. We benefit 00:29:26
because he's going to be nearer us. We can we
can see him more regularly. We can help out when 00:29:30
there are those sort of episodes. It's not for
us to go into what his learning difficulties are, 00:29:34
but the reality is he is on heavily on the
spectrum. He has always had a job. He works very 00:29:39
hard. He gets up at 5:00 a.m. every day. Works
long hours. He's actually now an HUTV driver, 00:29:44
which was always his dream. It's taken him quite
a long time to get there because he's fantastic 00:29:48
driver, but as you can imagine, the theory side of
it was very difficult with his dyslexia. And so, 00:29:53
we're very proud of him. And this project has been
about for me anyway, about hopefully bringing him 00:29:59
closer to you, your mom, and me and having him
on our doorstep. Um, and it's it's brilliant that 00:30:04
he's hopefully cuz Adterbury where our cottages
are even if a house was available in our village. 00:30:09
I'm not sure our village there's enough going
on for him cuz he's a single man. He's in his 00:30:13
40s but you know he's not a big drinker but it's
nice. He likes going down the pub or whatever. 00:30:17
This village has three walkable pubs within 60
seconds. A coffee shop which we obviously love 00:30:23
supporting. A hairdressers if he wants his hair
done he gets his he'll get his hair done where I 00:30:27
do in Chipping Norton and um and then a village
shop. And then obviously it also has more going 00:30:32
on in Bambbury which is 8 minutes from here if you
want you know a night out or whatever. Are there 00:30:37
clubs in Bambbury? I think there must be there
must be I think Bry get actually because it's 00:30:42
a really the parts of Bry are really nice market
town. Obviously we benefit for the train station 00:30:47
but anyway long- winded it's been a project where
we've we've we've essentially had to we approached 00:30:53
it where we're like okay we're on more of a budget
than we are for the other two costages. Um because 00:30:57
of course Jamie appreciates different things
to what maybe our guests next door would be. 00:31:00
But actually as it snowballed we thought no
come on let's do this properly. So we've we 00:31:05
haven't quite rewired it but we put a lot of new
wiring in. We put a lot of new plumbing in. It is 00:31:10
rewiring. We haven't rewired the whole house.
That's a huge expense. Um we're lucky that the 00:31:15
roof was reached when we did next door. So today
the carpets went down and suddenly it feels more 00:31:21
like a house. There's still a few things left to
do. Um, the kitchen is the one thing that we left 00:31:25
from before and we've kind of spruced up like
in a dream scenario with what we love and our 00:31:31
aesthetic. We of course would have loved to put a
new kitchen in, but it's we had quotes and it was 00:31:34
just very expensive. So, it's actually been fun to
do it on a slightly smaller budget. You don't have 00:31:41
to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to make
a cottage look beautiful. I think what would be 00:31:45
really nice is if we um I'm going to change my
battery and then we'll give you a little tour, 00:31:50
a very quick tour, and then um as we go around,
I will also insert photos on the screen of what 00:31:57
it looked like before Charlie started project
managing the renovation. So, um yeah, let's 00:32:02
let's have a little tour. So, this is the living
room where we were just chatting with you. So, 00:32:07
what have you done in this room, darling? So, in
here, we've we've ripped everything out. I guess 00:32:11
the key thing in here is it's it's a space that
he'll use a lot. And this all three cottages are 00:32:17
quite similar layouts, second floor and third
floor, but the downstairs are very different 00:32:21
in all three. And I always thought this one would
lend well to being somewhere for someone to live 00:32:26
fulltime, albeit the ones next door are still a
nice home, but they're quite small lounges. This 00:32:31
is quite a big living space. So, this is obviously
not fully furnished. We've put a stove in which 00:32:36
is a big thing which you know to help him with
bills and also you know a stove just brings so 00:32:41
much warmth into the room. So have kindly given
us this stove. This is the country one. Oh so 00:32:49
we have the country No, no it's not. It's the
island one. We have the island three which is 00:32:55
the big one in our lounge and the island two in
our bedroom. So this is the first time you've seen 00:33:00
the smaller one. It's such a nice stove. It's just
in classic black. hasn't been cured yet. And um 00:33:07
that's going to be really something for him. Mhm.
Then Yeah. Then obviously then to be honest, we've 00:33:12
been reusing things that we've either had at the
cottages before or, you know, and and elevated. 00:33:18
Your mom found this on Etsy or eBay. TV's going
to go on there. We've got a coffee table, I think, 00:33:24
an old Neptune coffee table, which will look
really nice. And then a sofa's coming in here. 00:33:27
Mhm. Uh which is a sofa bed. Um, the thing I can't
wait to get up, but I don't know where it's going 00:33:32
to go is, as we said, Josie's brother is an HTV
driver and he's obsessed. This is a signed Eddie 00:33:38
Stobar print. Signed by who? A driver or Eddie?
By Eddie Snow. No way. He's no longer around, 00:33:44
right? Can you explain the lamp behind you?
He also has an obsession with lava lamps. So, 00:33:49
um, I got him a lava lamp. That's awesome. So,
yeah, I think we hopefully we're going to get 00:33:53
the sofa here tomorrow. I don't know whether we've
had new carpet in today, which is a local company. 00:33:58
It's an artificial sizer, which is what we've got
next door. Nice. Which is hardwearing and it's 00:34:04
carpet's carpet. It's easy enough to clean. Can
you just talk about what's hidden in the beams? 00:34:08
Yeah. So, I took me a while to figure out what
these are, but these are like why. Sorry. They're 00:34:13
all loads of old coins and basically what we think
is the previous owner wanted to keep an eye on 00:34:19
the cracks. So, obviously, if you put a coin in
there and then it falls out, you know, the cracks 00:34:24
got bigger. M um I mean there's nothing to worry
about. They're solid oak, but I thought I'd leave 00:34:31
them in there for a bit of character. Okay, your
2 minutes is up. Got a nice big mirror. Next room. 00:34:35
Gorgeous. Pot gray in Morton. Nice. Okay, show us
the kitchen. So the hallway here, we've got a nice 00:34:42
runner which will be once, as I say, we still have
Sorry, I said not that. No. So we still have like 00:34:50
a week and a half's worth of work left here. So,
this area is still where there's a bit more of a 00:34:55
building work going on. Hence, leaving this down,
but it has lovely old terra cotta tiles in here, 00:34:59
which I like. Yeah. Um, I think the kitchen's
really starting to look quite homely. Yeah, 00:35:05
it's a lovely kitchen. Yeah. So, we've before
it was silver sort of quite um old-fashioned 00:35:12
handles. Question, just cuz it's even more obvious
on camera than it is in real life, can we replace 00:35:16
the light bulbs in these with a slightly warmer
tone? Could do. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz it's very clinical 00:35:20
in here. Yeah, could do. I mean, it's important
to have a bright kitchen, but definitely. Yeah, 00:35:24
but it's just giving blue rather than giving.
Um, we've replaced all the window furniture. 00:35:27
We actually had to replace that window cuz it was
totally rotten. And now it's beautiful. So, that's 00:35:31
a nice oak window now. The tiles were already
here, which I actually really quite like. I love 00:35:36
them. We've put a new sink in. We've kept the old
worktop. Look, the worktop's not my favorite, but 00:35:41
I think our hope would be if we can get our heads
down, we'll maybe get your brother a new kitchen 00:35:45
in 5 or 10 years, unless someone's watching
that wants to give us a new one. But you've 00:35:48
changed these. Yeah. Oh, you put nice cutlery
in there. So, home cuter. Oh, he's a lucky. So, 00:35:54
we had that left over because when we discovered
Charing cutlery, which to be honest is another 00:35:57
level. I was like, so we put the so home in a
cupboard and he's got that. Nice. Um, and yeah, 00:36:04
he's got an oven, fridge, freezer, which currently
where he lives, he has a small fridge, like an 00:36:08
under counter fridge. He doesn't have a freezer.
So, having a freezer, as we know, with the cost of 00:36:13
eating and stuff will be a game changer. New
sink, so that looks nice. And yeah, in here 00:36:18
it still needs a final decoration. All the light
switches are from Corston Architectural. Beautiful 00:36:23
and and as are the handles and stuff on here. Very
nice. We have some lovely light fittings from Jim 00:36:28
Lawrence. They kindly gave us a discount um on
those which was kind of them. Um and then these 00:36:34
this window furniture in here is Jim Lawrence
which just it's just such good quality. And 00:36:39
then we've got um coen window furniture elsewhere
in the cottage. Nice. Cute that he can see his 00:36:45
wreath on the door. Yeah. And a nice little
seating right there. This this is very much 00:36:49
where you have to use your vision in here. Um,
but this has been quite a big change in here. 00:36:54
The acoustics are awful. We've got a skylight in
because there it was very dark in here before. It 00:36:58
was like a plastic roof. It's just a storage space
really, isn't it? Well, so we've got oak and rose 00:37:02
coming are kindly making us a boot rack. So, he'll
have like shoes up to the ceiling here. Fantastic. 00:37:08
We've got a nice oak strip that will run here
with little pegs for coats. I was thinking we put 00:37:13
a piece of artwork here and then he can have his
vacuum cleaner plugged in here or even like a full 00:37:16
length mirror there. Well, there's going to be
I don't think so cuz there's going to be a glass 00:37:22
glass door here. I don't think you'd have a mirror
just beyond the glass door. No, I didn't realize 00:37:25
there was going to be this door's got going to be
a glass door so that it lets light in cuz this was 00:37:29
just a normal door before and the kitchen's so
much darker. Obviously, it's it's dusk at the 00:37:34
moment, but copper pipe here for hanging pans,
which will look quite nice. Um, the door is going 00:37:40
to get painted the same as this all the same straw
top straw top green that we've got, which is vera 00:37:46
green. I'd say that's low priority. It looks quite
nice as it is. It's just primed. It needs to be 00:37:50
painted. Needs to be painted. And do you want to
show the patio area quickly? Mhm. There it is. So, 00:37:55
this is his little patio garden area, which is low
maintenance, which is the key thing cuz he's not 00:38:00
got a lot of time. He's not got a green thumb. No.
Lovely. All right, mate. You're on 3 minutes. All 00:38:08
right, we go upstairs. To be honest, stairs are
something I would have loved to have replaced. got 00:38:12
mad on them. But budgeting wise, we we decided to
keep them. Carpet looks great up here. Sure does. 00:38:19
You're going to have to have a bit of imagination
cuz the bedroom is no bed yet. But um good job, 00:38:24
Jamie. Also likes green. Some nice curtains.
Got all the nice old light plaster, which is 00:38:28
great. Paul, our fantastic plumber, created, this
was actually a wardrobe, but we took some of the 00:38:35
wardrobe space for the shower, which was a really
good idea. And then we created some nice shelving 00:38:40
here. Yeah. So that's going to look really nice.
And then his bed open in here. And he's quite 00:38:45
lucky really cuz they're not the highest bed
wardrobes, but it's a lot of space. Yeah. Look, 00:38:52
it's a lot of space. Has it got any hanging space?
Yeah. Hanging space. That's fantastic storage. 00:38:58
When you compare the amount of storage he's got
now, this is just incredible. This room and the 00:39:02
lounge are like the size of where he lives now.
So it's going to be hopefully fit for him a lot 00:39:07
more space. M. Um, so that's that. Then I think
we should bring him up to here when we tell him 00:39:15
that it's his house cuz we're going to bring him
in here tomorrow into the cottage as though it's 00:39:20
like another Airbnb. And then we should bring him
in here. I'll set a secret camera up and then he 00:39:27
will see we're going to film it for YouTube. He
will see a picture of him and his boys and then 00:39:33
you could say something like, "Do you think all
your stuff will fit in that wardrobe, Benj?" and 00:39:37
then see see what he says. Um, do you like the
Grumpy Pig artwork? We've got one next door. I 00:39:43
bought them as a pair, but I never used the second
one, so I thought that would be Where did you get 00:39:49
that? Where do you want to say? Where did you get
that? Our website. That's amazing. Yeah, I bought 00:39:54
them as a pair, but the other one is next door.
Yeah, it's called We Grumpy. Um, the room I'm 00:39:59
most happy with is the bathroom. Yeah. Yeah. So,
this bathroom was just a was a had a shower, but 00:40:04
it's been completely jued. It's incredible now. It
feels like a hotel bathroom. Cornstone kindly gave 00:40:10
us the floor tiles and the shower tiles, which
I love. We use these shower tiles in our flat in 00:40:15
London. They are amazing. This is all Burlington,
which we paid full price for. I didn't, you know, 00:40:20
no collabs here. No collabs here. Would have loved
to have wor them, but they gorgeous stuff. This is 00:40:24
great storage. Put that in there. Um, Jim Lawrence
lights. Yeah. Um, which just we've got these 00:40:31
bathroom lights in all three costume now. Um, and
then it is configuration wise come in though cuz 00:40:36
it's I do think it looks really I love that. Yeah,
that he's got a really good quality toilet which 00:40:45
was meant for our house but it wasn't the right
size. Blue. That is a nice toilet. Paul's done a 00:40:50
good job of tiling the sill. Oh, and I think the
design of the shower is quite nice because you've 00:40:56
got the towel rail here. Look. And it makes so
much more sense. So many bathrooms, the tower 00:41:01
rails away from the shower. Is it gold? Yeah, I'm
jealous of this house. It's awesome. Like you're 00:41:07
showering and then the only challenge is Jamie's
a little bit shorter than me. This shower is fine 00:41:11
for me, but this is the challenge of the cottages
that we have. If you were 6T, you'd be here. Um, 00:41:17
but um yeah, so it's such a nice bathroom. It's
It's teeny weeny, but it's perfect for one person. 00:41:25
Yeah. I mean, perfect for two people. He loves
fishing, so I thought those he'd like those. Yeah. 00:41:30
Um, awesome. I'd have to go on my tiptoes for this
mirror. Okay. And then the final F element. Anyone 00:41:39
that is familiar with the layout of our cottages
will be getting deja vu right now. This is this 00:41:44
this is a tighter staircase than next door. Like
you kind of have to go up on your hands. You do. 00:41:51
By the way, all the paints Edward Bull, a lot of
which we had left over from other projects. Great. 00:41:56
So this is uh this is either Olympian green or
pea green. I can't remember. Nice lamb. Is that so 00:42:03
home? Yeah. So this this was so home. We had this
in our snug at home, but we're we're reusing our 00:42:07
snug, so I thought he could have that. Mhm. This
this he's got your brother's got um four boys, 00:42:12
hasn't he? Which we collection of children. We
love our nephews, but it's quite complicated, not 00:42:17
going to lie. Four boys, a lot of cost and a lot
of um energy. Yeah, let's say. So, um, when they 00:42:24
come and stay, cuz they don't live with him, when
they come and stay, we're going to have two single 00:42:28
beds up here. Mhm. And then I think some sort of
small chest of drawers, and then that will work 00:42:33
quite nicely there, too. Lovely. Cuz it is quite
a dark room otherwise. And I think we need to find 00:42:38
a chest of drawers there as well. Mhm. But it's
a good space. It's a good guest room. Just the 00:42:43
astronaut as well. What? Yeah, that was from our
house. I think they got it with a packer send out 00:42:50
or something. Yeah, something like that. Great.
Well, thank you for the tour. Excited to see what 00:42:56
Jay thinks. Okay, we are in cottage number two
next door. Um, and there's actually no room for a 00:43:05
Christmas tree in the living room in this cottage.
As Charlie said, they're all different layouts. 00:43:11
So, Charlie's actually got a real tree in a little
pot here. Um, and we've got it here in the kind of 00:43:19
conservatory area, which is really cute. So, it's
a bit smaller. So, I need to just cherry pick some 00:43:24
of the more petite charms and get this decorated.
It's nice to have a real tree. the hedgehog.00:43:56
Okay, it's a very cute woodland nature themed
tree in here. We've got the hedgehogs. We've got 00:44:02
the defender. We've got the pine cones. So many
of our favorites. It looks very sweet. I mean, 00:44:08
it's I wouldn't I don't know if I'd be thrilled if
it was my only tree in my actual home, but I think 00:44:14
for a holiday cottage. Ooh, spotted a chicken.
Then it's absolutely perfect. Where can our be? 00:44:19
Oh, yeah. That's so cool. Um, final chicken can go
down here. I love the little golden chickens. All 00:44:27
right, we've got to get home because our lovely
chef, Nina, who's cooking for us tonight, is going 00:44:32
to be arriving at ours very shortly. So, let's
go. Oh my goodness, I look like I've been dragged 00:44:38
through a hedge backwards. Good job. I've got a
few hours to um get ready for tonight's party. 00:44:44
As I mentioned earlier, it is our team Christmas
party tonight. So, we've got 1 2 3 4 5 6 eight of 00:44:52
us going to be here at the house tonight. Um can't
wait. And I'm especially excited for the food. So, 00:44:59
we've got a really lovely localish chef, um,
Nenah coming to cook for us. I will leave 00:45:05
Nah's Instagram down below in case you come to the
Cotswwells and you want to have a really special 00:45:09
evening or if you're local. I think she travels
quite a lot as well. Um, and she just creates the 00:45:15
most exceptional dishes. Um, and you don't have
to worry about anything when it's your party. She 00:45:22
takes care of everything. I've been watching
her Instagram stories drooling today because 00:45:27
um our dessert is cardamom poached pear puff
pastry tartletts with a hot chocolate sauce 00:45:34
and she's been prepping them today and I've seen
on her stories the prep and it looks amazing. So 00:45:39
they do most of the prep um before coming here
and then the food will be finished off here in 00:45:44
our kitchen and um then served which will be so
lovely. So, let me um talk through what we're 00:45:51
going to have on the menu. Every year we print
out cute little menus so everyone can see what 00:45:57
they are having and I've got all the menus from
the last 5 years of our team Christmas dinners 00:46:03
in a drawer in there and it's really nice to
look through um each year. So, Nenina has a 00:46:10
lot of very similar kind of priorities to what
we do. So really championing incredible quality, 00:46:15
lots of organic and local seasonal produce. So
most if not all of what she's sourced uh for 00:46:22
tonight's dinner has been sourced locally and it's
all very seasonal and lovely. So are you ready 00:46:28
to hear what we're having tonight? My mouth will
start to water as I talk through this. So for our 00:46:34
starters, we're having a winter harvest noky. I
love noky. Noky with pumpkin. Oh, and by the way, 00:46:42
first there are going to be canopes. And canopes
are my favorite thing in the whole world. Little 00:46:46
nibbly bits of yumminess. Can't wait. So, winter
harvest noky. A noky with pumpkin, gorgonola, 00:46:54
macadamia nut, and thyme is what we'll be enjoying
as our starter. I've actually not had a proper 00:46:59
meal since breakfast this morning, and I'm now
okay with that because I'm going to eat so much 00:47:05
later. The main dish is called the U tide feast
and it's a brazed beef rib, crispy cubed potatoes, 00:47:12
broccoli, toasted almonds and crispy panetta
with roasted cabbage with carowway and bree 00:47:18
filled pastry stars. Bree filled pastry stars.
I can't wait. And for pudding, we've got the 00:47:27
um poached pear puff pastry tartlets with hot
chocolate sauce. How amazing does that sound? 00:47:33
We've printed out the menus. I laid the table
yesterday, thank goodness. So, that's a job 00:47:38
not to worry about right now. But, I'm going to
pop the menus on everybody's place settings, um, 00:47:42
and put things like crackers, uh, steak knives out
for the beef, and just get everything ready. Nina, 00:47:48
and I believe she's bringing an assistant, will
be here in about 10 minutes. And then I've got 00:47:53
a couple of hours to get ready, which is perfect.
So, yeah, let's um, get the dining room ready. So, 00:47:59
luckily, I laid the table yesterday. Um, where
should I put the menus? Maybe underneath the 00:48:06
napkin. Yeah, that looks delightful. Perfect. It's
not the warmest in here. Might turn the radiator 00:48:14
on for a bit. Hello, my darlings. It's a few hours
later or about an hour later. I have freshened up 00:48:23
my makeup. Um, put some sparkly bits in on in
on put sparkly bits on. I put on my Nooks roll 00:48:32
on on my chest. If I'm looking a bit red, it's
cuz I got out the bath about 10 minutes ago. Bit 00:48:37
of highlight, bit of sparkle on the eyes. And
do you know what? I was not expecting the road 00:48:43
um peptide peptide lip treatment to be such a good
gloss. But every time I wear it, I'm like, "Ooh, 00:48:50
this is too good just to go to sleep in." Couldn't
be bothered to do anything with my hair. So, 00:48:55
we've done a little low bun because we are letting
the dress do the talking tonight. I haven't worn 00:49:00
this yet. Well, actually, I have. I wore this um I
was going to say I haven't worn it yet this year, 00:49:05
but I wore it to the Downtown Abbey premiere. And
I adore this dress so much. And I'm not too sure 00:49:12
what other Christmas party I could wear it to.
So, I thought, you know what? Oh, sounds like some 00:49:18
of our guests are here. I'd better go downstairs.
Or maybe Charlie's chatting with Nina and Millie. 00:49:24
The kitchen smells amazing. The whole house smells
incredible mixed with the smell of the fireplace, 00:49:30
which I love. Charlie's lit the fires.
Um, cannot wait for canopes. I've been 00:49:35
nibbling on my little sache of nuts, but can't
wait for the canopes. Millie and Nina are so 00:49:40
lovely. They've actually traveled all the way
from Ascat um in Barkshire. So, not quite as 00:49:46
local as I thought they were. I don't know why.
I thought they were literally just down the road, 00:49:50
but I'm very grateful that they've come all this
way. So, they cover obviously Surrey, Burkshire, 00:49:55
London. Um, so I'll leave Nah's details
down below because she's phenomenal and 00:50:02
um her food is exquisite and she's such a
joy to have in your home, which is really, 00:50:07
really important. Anyway, let's head downstairs.
Sorry, I turned the light off a bit prematurely. 00:50:12
Let's head downstairs and get the drinks ready
for our guest arrival, which technically could be 00:50:17
from in as little as 3 minutes um if everyone is
punctual. So, I'm excited for this evening. I'll 00:50:24
try and capture as much as possible, especially of
our food. Um, but if I don't get a chance to say 00:50:29
good night later on, then thank you for watching
today's vlog. Very, very grateful. Do give it a 00:50:34
thumbs up if you enjoyed it and I'll see you in
the next one. Cheerio. The most Christmy room in 00:50:41
the house is prepared for our guests. Charlie has
lit the candles, lit the fire. We've got the new 00:50:47
joy and peace candle from Dellsford here and it
is so good. It kind of um works quite well with 00:50:54
the smokiness from the fire. A quick fulllength
outfit. Not in the best light, but I just love 00:51:02
this dress so so much. And I've got my gold
Manolos on. Yay. It's one of these dresses that 00:51:09
has just worked very hard in my wardrobe. It's so
sparkly and I'm determined to get as much wear out 00:51:15
of it as possible. Love a dramatic cape detail.
Christmas outfits for the sausages. Cucumber with 00:51:24
fillet steak and parvy potato and mustard. Oh my
gosh. I'm going to go for one of the steaky ones. 00:51:29
That's these ones, right? Thank you so much.
Lovely. Thank you. Cuz when you're growing up, 00:51:36
chicken wings are Did you say butternut squash
and sage? Aranchchini. Oh my goodness. Oh, 00:51:43
can't wait. Thank you. I think this might be
my dream starter. Thank you so much for the00:51:53
crackers. Crack the crackers. We're
going to go around. Jake's probably 00:51:57
got a magic trick for it. He'll
pinch. He's going to take me two.00:52:18
That's a great00:52:27
chuck on the fireplace. I am going to read
a joke. What do you call someone who is 00:52:32
afraid of farm Christmas? Chloe. Oh, thank you
very much. Afraid of Clausrophobic. Clausoby.00:52:44
What do reindeers hang on their
Christmas trees? Ornaments.00:52:50
Wait, we had this.00:52:55
Right. Yeah, we did say this.
Yes. This is Nina. The name of 00:53:00
Nina. Should we call him Sam? Sam Sam
the starter. Um this is like gorgenola 00:53:04
um cream with some pumpkin whis in it with
some noky on top which is nice and crispy 00:53:09
and then macadamia nut crumb with a little bit
of parsley and some lemon. Wow. And for you, 00:53:14
Lizzy, obviously doesn't have the cream
underneath it, but everything else is enjoy00:53:24
of beef with some crispy potatoes, 10%
broccoli, bree hopefully pastry star, 00:53:29
toasted almonds, pant, and you've
got a herby crusted. Delicious. 00:53:33
Fabulous. There's no dairy on your
plate, but like Thank you so much.00:53:45
I did already say good night to you earlier,
but we did not want to go to bed without doing 00:53:52
tonight's advent calendar because you guys do
not let us get away with it if we either forget 00:53:58
or have memory card problems. So, I promise you
we won't be missing any more advent calendars. 00:54:03
We've only missed two, I think, so far. Um, but
we have had the most incredible evening. Luckily, 00:54:11
not too late. We are all granny's in team fashion
mumbler. Um, it's only about 11, just after 11 00:54:18
p.m. So, yes, we are very much ready for bed,
but our tummies are very full. Nah's cooking was 00:54:25
absolutely incredible. We had, do you know what? I
always get the most excited about the canopes. The 00:54:30
canopes were scrumptious, especially. We had these
little aranchchinis. You saw everything earlier, 00:54:35
but it was fantastic. I would definitely
recommend. And she was just so lovely as a 00:54:41
person to have in the house as well. Just such a
joy. So darling is Oh, I thought you were putting 00:54:47
pajamas on. Are you pasing Cooper PJs on? You've
got your Drakes. Drakes. Very nice. Did you enjoy 00:54:57
the dinner tonight? I feel really bad. Was it
Nina? Was it Emily? Was it Rosie? Millie? The 00:55:03
two of them were an absolute dream team. It's been
a long day. It's been a fabulous day. We're going 00:55:07
to do the advent calendar now. So, let's do it. Go
to bed. So, number 10. No. Day number 10. Where is 00:55:14
it? Um, every single time. You think they'd be
tired after all? I've said before, but this is 00:55:23
my favorite mazy kind of fruit. The sugary one.
Sugary one. As soon as it's so late, I'm going to 00:55:28
save this until tomorrow. Otherwise, do you find
if you have a sweet just before bed? Yeah. I mean, 00:55:33
I don't sleep very well. I found that eating
I used to mid not midnight snack but do you 00:55:37
remember like historically maybe honestly like
once every other week I'd have we'd have dinner 00:55:41
early and then I'd be like I'm still hungry. We'd
go across the road and and well no even here like 00:55:46
I'll have like just jam or peanut butter on toast
or something and then I'd realize I slept so badly 00:55:51
after doing that. So I've managed to refrain
from that now. Right, let's do this. Okay, 00:55:56
day number 10. Where would Hermione go for all her
research? She'd go to the library. Well, we don't 00:56:03
have a library in this house, but what room has
um the most books? The drawing room cover probably 00:56:10
has the most books. Okay. It's very smoky in the
drawing room cuz we haven't fired it all evening.00:56:21
What's this robbing called? Robert. Rob.
Rob the Robin. We're good at these names, 00:56:28
aren't we? Lights are still on. Yay. Okay. Where
would Hermione go to all her research? Oh, what do 00:56:37
we have here? Sunday lunch at the Wild Rabbit.
Yeah, that's Sunday. Cuz we were saying we've 00:56:45
never had Sunday lunch there. No. Oh my gosh,
that's going to be amazing. And this weekend, 00:56:50
are your mom and dad coming? Not to the Sunday
lunch. Oh, okay. No, it's just the two of us. 00:56:54
Yeah. A So, we're going to go. We're going to
go that morning. It's a Daleford sponsored day. 00:56:59
Really? That morning, we're going to take
mom and dad. They want to go to Dellsford, 00:57:02
but obviously it's going to be very busy
on the Saturday when they get here. So, 00:57:05
we're going to get up at a good time on Sunday,
go to Dellsford together at like 9:00 a.m., which 00:57:11
will still be cray cray. Well, it won't be rammed.
Then go for lunch. Sorry, breakfast at the club, 00:57:18
the nest in the club. Go for a short walk, and
then they'll head back and then we're going to 00:57:23
go for Sunday lunch. It's an early one. It's 1:15.
I am so Thank you. Shout out to my friend Luke who 00:57:27
is the GM there because got him on speed dial.
Got him on speed d. Um for anyone that's also 00:57:32
coming to Cotwell is looking for a Sunday roast.
Um King and Plow. Yes, recommend that. But also, 00:57:38
oh god, let me try and remember where it is.
Heard Toddham. That would be my other one. Yes, 00:57:42
there's Oh, somebody WhatsAppapped me a pal from
the club saying apparently Hill Hy L that used to 00:57:50
be Changorth Manor. Apparently that is incredible.
Well, we'll have to try it. I wouldn't recommend 00:57:54
it until we've tried it. So, let's let's try I'm
just saying like if we need a January roast or a 00:57:59
late December, we could try it. Definitely one
more Sunday before Christmas. We could sneak 00:58:02
it in. That's true. Okay. Right. Thank you.
Let's go to bed. Can't wait. Bedtime. Well, 00:58:09
my darlings, we are positively exhausted. So, I'm
going to bid you good night. Thank you so much for 00:58:15
watching today's Vlogmas. Vlogmas day 10. Wowza.
We are powering through. Also, a quick thank you 00:58:23
to Raycon who very kindly sponsored today's
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for my fabulous open earbuds and that will get
you 20% off sitewide, which is amazing. So, 00:58:38
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thank you so much for watching. I'll see you very
soon. Well, tomorrow for the next one. Good night.Description:
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