It's pleasing to know that people actually read the blog because I get complaints when I don't post every day now.  I didn't post on Saturday or Sunday because we didn't do much on Saturday actually.  Helen went for a run, Stephen & I played Twilight Struggle, we watched the first game of the IPL, we watched some Master's Golf and we ate breakfast, lunch and supper. We did have a traditional Southern Shrimp Broil for...

My family (or at least some of them) complained that I failed to mention what we had for supper on Thursday night and so my blog was incomplete.  So here's the completion: We had lamb shanks.  Now I can move on to yesterday! Everyone got up at different times - Helen and I were up first (which is not unusual).  Helen decided to go for a run around the area.  At 8 degrees (feels like 2...

We left Bourton-on-the-Water yesterday to travel down to my parents. As we were in no rush we had a late breakfast (9am).  Helen had wanted to go to a wool shop in the village but they were closed on Wednesday (randomly).  Everything only opens at 10am in most UK villages and so we had to wait for 10am anyway.  Helen discovered that the owners had friends with them and so decided to shut the store for...

As we were spending the day in the Cotswolds there was no pressure to get up earlier. Most of the museums and shops only open at 10am. After having breakfast we headed to the model railway in the village. While the shop opened at 9:30am, the railway only opened at 11am so that plan was thwarted. The Woolen Mill shop was fortunately open and so we headed in there and did some shopping - well I...

We left last night from Cape Town for the UK.  It is my Mom's 80th birthday on Sunday and we decided to come over and celebrate that with my parents.  It is actually the first time for a while that just the family is traveling together.  The flight over was pretty uneventful except for Chloe being asked for her ID to prove she is of drinking age when she asked for champagne before take off. That...