Saturday, August 23, 2008
Staffordshire,Coventry,Cheshire
Rain and more rain, but luckily when we are travelling around the weather has been great. We spent 3 lovely days with Trish and Barry on their canal boat. Lovely little villages, with fascinating names. Miss Worthingtons Field, Coven, Acton Trussell, Great Haywood. The canals are very busy,holiday here, We would park the car and then travel on the boat, with our bikes and then bike bake to pick up the car and move it up to the boat. Lovely rural countryside and not as many locks as was in the Birmingham area.
We had a delightful day with Valerie and Alf Youall at Coventry. They are the benefactor of the Blenheim Trust, of which Vern is a trustee. Alf is 95, and sharp as a tack. They took us out to lunch and we were able to look around their beautiful property in Coventry. We hope to return again to visit them, its only 1 1/2 hr drive on the motorway.
Tony king is visiting us at present, wow!! hes a great visitor, has been working in our huge garden with great avengence. Up with the larks as we sleep on!!
We went to Chester on Friday, tried out the park and ride, which makes visiting a tourist town so simple. A fascinating place eith Roman walls, we walked right round it, lovely views, we also went on the hop on hop off bus.
Yesterday we went to a local A&P show, wow!!wish you could have seen the vegetables, huge and looked delicious One of the carrots was over a metre long.
today we are meeting up with 2 other kiwi couples for lunch, they on other estates close by.
We had a delightful day with Valerie and Alf Youall at Coventry. They are the benefactor of the Blenheim Trust, of which Vern is a trustee. Alf is 95, and sharp as a tack. They took us out to lunch and we were able to look around their beautiful property in Coventry. We hope to return again to visit them, its only 1 1/2 hr drive on the motorway.
Tony king is visiting us at present, wow!! hes a great visitor, has been working in our huge garden with great avengence. Up with the larks as we sleep on!!
We went to Chester on Friday, tried out the park and ride, which makes visiting a tourist town so simple. A fascinating place eith Roman walls, we walked right round it, lovely views, we also went on the hop on hop off bus.
Yesterday we went to a local A&P show, wow!!wish you could have seen the vegetables, huge and looked delicious One of the carrots was over a metre long.
today we are meeting up with 2 other kiwi couples for lunch, they on other estates close by.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Leo the croquet champ
"My Turn"The cot escapist!! how we missed him when he and Kath went home.
Went to sleep on the last 5 minutes of a 7 Hr flight. every crew member knew his name!!!
Fossicking in Wales
Vern has had the OK from the Cardiac rehab nurse, that’s the end of him slacking around!! He’s into mowing the lawns and fixing the machinery. Much to my relief is driving the car !!!
We’ve got the lawns ship shape , boy they grow fast, with all this rain, and warm temps!! Eat your heart out NZ!!
Last weekend we went to north Wales. Through lovely narrow valleys, quaint towns, all with flower boxes and narrow narrow streets. We stopped often and walked and fossicked. Drove along the coast from Prestatyn to Great Ormes Head, thousands of holiday makers, and many caravan parks and camping grounds, all looked a bit bedraggled in the intermittent rain .Great Ormes Head has a huge fort like stone wall, we walked around it, started out in sun shine, but soon we were bedraggled too in the pouring rain and wind. Stayed the night at Conwy,in a YHA, a fascinating walled town with castle. The next day went down though Snowdonia, deep valleys, slate and copper mines. All very interesting.
We now have purchased bikes so the next instalment will be how we manage them and the traffic.
We’ve got the lawns ship shape , boy they grow fast, with all this rain, and warm temps!! Eat your heart out NZ!!
Last weekend we went to north Wales. Through lovely narrow valleys, quaint towns, all with flower boxes and narrow narrow streets. We stopped often and walked and fossicked. Drove along the coast from Prestatyn to Great Ormes Head, thousands of holiday makers, and many caravan parks and camping grounds, all looked a bit bedraggled in the intermittent rain .Great Ormes Head has a huge fort like stone wall, we walked around it, started out in sun shine, but soon we were bedraggled too in the pouring rain and wind. Stayed the night at Conwy,in a YHA, a fascinating walled town with castle. The next day went down though Snowdonia, deep valleys, slate and copper mines. All very interesting.
We now have purchased bikes so the next instalment will be how we manage them and the traffic.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Our work place. Tedsmore Hall
6acres of park like garden and lawn. 500 acres farm and racing stable , these are leased. Notice how well the lawn is mowed!! 2ce a week!!Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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