I've lived in Hampshire all my life (well, apart from when I was child and our postcode was listed as Surrey, for some reason) and I always laughed when we'd been out somewhere or away and we passed the sign that said Jane Austen County as you enter Hampshire... My friend Tam came to visit last weekend, and we had a nice jaunt around the Hampshire/Surrey border, going to see Jane Austen's house (pictured), making little lavender bags there and having my first cream-tea all year. We also popped into Farnham and made a hot walk up to the castle, which despite having gone to university there, I never went to during my time living there. It's weird how there are these places right near you that you never visit, isn't it?
