We have now been away from home for over two
months and in that time have had some wonderful experiences. We are being watched through our blog to see
what we say about those crazy Brits, but be assured we still love you all, with
the exception of some of those soccer fans I have seen.
Denise and I have both had quite birthdays
while we have been away. I even got an
orange for my birthday present and it tasted great.
We said goodbye to Emma on
Wednesday before heading to Oxford. We had
a delightful time with her. We will now
not see her for some time.
We had a lazy day doing very little before
heading off to Oxford and Newport for a few days followed by some time in the
Yeovil area catching up with family friends.
On the way to Oxford we went via
Stratford-upon-Avon to try punting, but unfortunately the Avon was in flood, and
we tried to catch up with Will (Shakespeare) - not home.
The whole day was scattered showers and rain.
Oxford is a nice town, and once again went to
try punting but unfortunately the Thames was in flood, but at least this time
it was sunny.
Travel from Oxford to Newport was by back
roads going through Cheltenham, then south of Gloucester where I realised we
had been through the same place a few weeks ago, then on to Ross-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye
(many bookshops) and Symonds Yat which was through another beautiful hilly
section on the border of Wales and England.
The sun stayed with us for most of the day with only the latter part of
the day becoming cloudy.
The next day Denise went for a massage to
attempt to ease some pains (no, not me) he is one of
those pains that can’t be treated with massage, before heading back to
Crawley via Gloucester. Other than my aliments, we visited Tintern Abbey. Wasn’t that awe inspiring! The township also had the most amazing ice
cream! This is starting to be a trend.
On our second visit to Yeovil we caught up
with people we have heard of for years, and some we had met before. It was a great night. Then it was back to Crawley via Newport. Absolutely fabulous
night with delightful people. A shame we
couldn’t have stayed longer. I could
have even managed to get a photo of black lambs but again Peter distracted me,
so I missed them.
The next part of the adventure begins
tomorrow when we head off to Ireland and Northern Ireland for two weeks. I will send lots of
Photos to Facebook.
It looks like we are the bearer of rain in
the last few weeks, so anybody coming to England next week should get great weather,
unless of course Ireland is too close.
Much love to all
Denise and the boy
PS he is coming down with a cold
and if I get it I will be very unhappy with him!
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