Spent the lion's share of the day exploring the town of Winchester, where the famous cathedral is located. Took tons of pictures, had lunch is the world's oldest tavern, and walked my bloody legs off!

I guess that's OK, after all this is England. I went for a ride down to Kingston this morning to drop off my two cousins for a day of shopping. They cam back five hours later with many bargains. I spent the day booking my car for the trip to Leicester on Thursday. Then I stopped over at Jo's for a spot of tea and a chin-wag. Back home now for ( Read more... )

Went for a walk along the Thames in the Kew area. We took Stan-the-Man with us so he could go nuts chasing squirrels. Spied some new riverfront apartments which were selling for £660,000 a pop! Way too much money if you ask me.

It is good! I am getting more onto British time now. Last night was fairly normal, although I read for a long time and finally went to sleep around 2:00. BBC Radio 4 is something in the wee hours.

I stayed on the computer until a little past midnight, then read until about two in the morning, then got a reasonable night's sleep until about 9:30 when I got up and started the day. Had some tea, a scotch egg, a melted cheese and tomato sandwich which Lydia made me, then a cup of coffee. We walked Stan-the-Man on Palewell Common for about 45 ( Read more... )

I don't know how well I shall sleep tonight, but I will give it a go. It is going on 10:30 PM here now, but it is late afternoon in Indiana time.

But the body thinks it four in the morning! I am about to have lunch in a few minutes, then off to Richmond for a little shopping in the high street. The WX is very English this year, we had heavy rain and bouts of hale yesterday after I arrived.

I am putting the final belongings into the suitcase now. This time tomorrow, I will be lunching in East Sheen.

I had a local radio shop install the radio I bought on Ebay in my GTI. When I picked it up, I was upset to find out they connected all the speakers into one channel! The prior radio was hooked up that way, but it was mono! I was so pissed, I fixed it all myself, which, in retrospect, is what I should have done in the first place and saved the $

The temps have dropped back down into the 30's today. The trees have just begun to blossom, but I fear I shall miss most of it this year. I could catch them in England, but in Southern England (London) they are a good month ahead of us, so the leaves are probably out in force already.