Stickwick in the Snow!

[aloysius_bear]

Last weekend, my primary human and I travelled down to Devon for a writing retreat at Stickwick Manor:

There was no hint of snow the day we arrived. By Sunday, however, it was deep enough for a bear den:

My human was happily writing away, looked up after a few hours and the whole world was white:

One of the other writers there asked me to pose with her book, and I was very happy to oblige. We all needed some strength to keep focus with such distracting weather!

The manor's playground wasn't really accessible for entertainment:

So we had to find other outlets for our creative energy when taking a break from writing:

Needless to say, it was rather chilly, so I attempted to warm up on the aga when we came back in:

When that didn't work, I tried snuggling up in the window seat:

Eventually, there was nothing for it but to retire to our lovely bed, up in the attic:

We had a wonderful, and very productive week. We met lots of lovely people, and enjoyed Charlie's wonderful hospitality. The snow disappeared just in time for us to have an easy journey home, but we're missing Stickwick already. We will definitely be going back later in the year, if we can.