The drunken shrieking from the pub next door
eventually fizzled out around half past midnight. I slept a bit better last
night, but Bailey had a nightmare which woke me earlier than it might have
done.
I made toast… the toaster in our accommodation has two
settings; “Mildly take the chill of the bread” and “INCINERATE”.
The trick is to go for the most vigorous setting, watch the thing like a hawk,
and pull the plug at the vital moment.
Next time I might just bring my own toaster. I know
where I am with that one.
As I scoffed toast I tried to peruse the geo-map. I
started with Tewksbury,,, and tried a few nearby villages. Everything I tried
gave me the American version. You’d think it would give me options.
We got ourselves and the dogs together and drove off
to find Irene. We all then drove out to Tewksbury where we had a rather good
day. Irene had found a guided walk round the battlefield of the Battle of Tewksbury (no – I’d not heard
of it either). We started with a very chilly and very foggy morning, but
the fog soon lifted and the sun came out. We found our tour guide, and about
thirty of us went on a two mile walk. The leader was not only very
knowledgeable about the history of the area, but he was also enthusiastic and
brought it all to life too. And as an added bonus the dogs behaved themselves
too.
With walk walked we then took a little walk through
Tewksbury. Irene knew quite a bit about the area, and knew the best pub too. We
made our way to the
Black Bear where we sat in the garden on the banks of the river
Avon and washed down a few plates of roast beef with some rather good ales.
From there we drove to nearby Tredington where there
is the fossil of an ichthyosaur in the porch of the
church.
We came back to Chelmsford where we said our goodbyes.
We’d not seen Irene for ages. It was good to catch up and we will do so again
soon.
We came back to base and had a cuppa, then had a
little wander up the road. We had a vague idea to go to The Swan for pudding.
Instead we went to Sainsburys and got pizza and pudding and beer and took it
all back to our room.
We had a rather good evening scoffing and playing on
the Infinity Table. Being a Sunday there was no drunken shrieking coming from
next door…
I
took a few photos today… As ruby wedding anniversaries go it wasn’t too
shabby.
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