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Me doing my ironing with a view of the Skirrid in the morning.08:58:06
Chie taking in the view from the bedroom window.09:00:39
Outside power points. These are great.09:05:08
Erika in her pyjamas on the rocking chair on the veranda.
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Breakfast.10:18:13
Lovely poppies etc in the garden.
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A bee on the lavender.10:35:43
Erika watching telly.11:05:58
Robin came to pick us up and we quickly popped in to visit White Castle vineyard.
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Their still Pinot Noir / Pinot Noir Precoce wines were very good.11:18:44
The old barn where they old events at White Castle - a friend of Robin's had helped to restore this.11:19:46
The vineyard at White Castle.11:19:57
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The barn from the outside - a lovely building.11:20:41
Close up on the vines.11:20:44
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Erika and the vineyard dog.11:22:51
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The gate.11:28:51
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After picking up Vera we set off again for another vineyard - this time Sugar Loaf, where we also had lunch.12:18:39
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Good old Seyval Blanc.12:19:16
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Me out amongst the vines.
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Our lunch - a cheese platter and accompanying wine tasting platter.
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Our table.12:30:59
Our table again with me crouching down to give a sense of the view.12:34:04
The list of wines.12:58:46
Their sparkling wine.
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On the way back into Abergavenny Robin dropped us off and we had a look round the shops.15:16:33
I was keen to actually try one of the sparkling wines I had been collecting while we were in Monmouthshire so I had bought two bottles of the White Castle.16:37:48
Vera and Erika watching telly.
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Later on back at the cottage after Erika went to bed I tried to get a nice lineup photo of all the Monmouthshire sparkling wines I had collected.21:06:37
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