Well, the crafty day on Saturday at Wantage was great fun. After a wonderful breakfast at the Regis Guesthouse, we headed back to The Stamp Attic to meet up with Sue, Zoe and Lucy who are friends I had met in an on-line forum for card makers. What special people! We had a great time colouring in stamped images with special alcohol ink markers and swapping gifts, as well as setting challenges for each other. I can't wait to get my hands on my craft stuff to get the challenges done!
Roger spent the day exploring Wantage and visiting us at the craft shop. He went to the local Museum, where he got talking to a lady who was contemplating coming to NZ, chatted to some of the locals and generally made himself familiar with Wantage. Wantage is the place where Alfred the Great was born in 849 AD and there is a large statue of him in the market square.
We had a meal at an Indian restaurant on Saturday night, which was very nice.
On Sunday, we made our way back to Croydon via lots of small villages, before rejoining the M4 and then the M25. Driving a manual car is quite different and I managed to only stall it a couple of times!!!
Monday was a lazy day again after the excitement of the weekend, and we didn't do a lot, except catch up on washing and other chores!
Today was a sunny day initially and as David had some time off, we decided to go for a drive. We eventually decided to go to a village called Godstone, just south of the M25. We went to a 16th century pub called the White Hart for lunch - rather a large one at that! After lunch, Carol suggested we should see if Dai Davis was home. Dai was the principal of the school that I taught at in London in 1989 - Whitehorse Manor Junior. He was home and was most surprised to see us, but we got a warm welcome and spent a couple of hours chatting and catching up on the last 20 years!!
Back home to start packing suitcases as we leave for our 12 night cruise tomorrow afternoon. We have to get a train up to Liverpool St Station, then another train to Harwich. Roger is feeling much better now and is looking forward to the cruise, so it should be a good time!
Not sure about internet connections on board the ship, so will try to update when we can. Photos to be included next time too!
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