Christmas at Clevenden Cottage
he cottage grew closer. I never knew how Tess had managed to find this place, as in
unclipping my seatbel
he snow thaws out soon," she replied, obliv
lisation that Tess may have forgot it. She wa
correct. Come on, let'
oment, we made our way around to the back of the car. Opening the boot, we grabbed our bags from
lume of warmer air into my hands, I hated the cold. With my teeth chattering away, we
s's begging face. "Fine," I caved, noticing the puppy dog e
fire-maki
he woodshed. I'll take our bags up t
astically remarked. "Does this
rning away," Tess excitedly spoke, while movin
d making sure my hat was in place, I trudged back outside in
eet. Grabbing hold of the axe, I placed a piece of wood on the stump and took aim. With one fowl swoop, I missed the log and hit the stump with a thud. Being taken aback
e hints and tips. Realising that I had only one flaky bar of signal, it was no use. We really were i
pieces of wood. It was better than nothing. Not wanting to be out here all day, I continued my determined path of the destruction of turning logs int
, all the while thinking about how much more convenient it w
of Tess, surrounded by an array of boxes and
eamed, trying to get the
have heat in this room," I spoke,
s absentmindedly spoke, stacki
ly fumed, finally being able to remove my hat and
for nothing. It's cos
moving my coat. "Let
as we both wrapped the tree in coloured tinsel and hung shiny baubles from the
was far too 'people-y' for my liking. Although having said that, I suppose it was nic
ched the fairy lights twinkling away on the Christmas tree, with the pop and crackle of the open fireplace
upplies in," Tess comment
t relishing the thought of venturing
have to go on foot because the car is pre
to walk than risk another deat
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