Yes, it's been a while since our last post. Since arriving in England we've been pretty busy, too busy to update the blog! But as we have a little time up our sleeves now, we'll see if we can bring it up to date.
Day 129 - We have settled in to our lovely summer house in Anita and Laurence's (we'll call them A&L from now on) back garden, just outside the nice village of Backwell near Bristol. We spent the day catching up on 4 and a half months of washing, finally we have access to hot water and a washing machine! During the morning M went with a walk around Backwell with L - the English system of public footpaths means anyone can walk through a farmer's fields, as long as they stick to the path. Later in the afternoon we headed off to Cardiff, Wales to have a lovely sail on A&L's yacht. We went through the barrages on the mouth of Cardiff Bay and out to the ocean, before heading back to the harbour and parking our yacht using the same "pay and display" ticket system that you use to park your car. A pretty late night (early morning) for K and A as they attempt to catch up on the last 16 years.
Day 130 - Today we hired a small car for the next few weeks (only around $27 per day). We enjoyed a walk over the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, one of Bristol's key landmarks, before collecting our hosts from their tennis lesson and then having a nice dinner at our first English Pub.
Day 131 - Enjoying our new found freedom of having our own car after nearly four months of public transport, we headed into Bristol to take in the SS Great Britain (once the largest ship in the world) and the Harbourside area before visiting the stately mansion of Tyntesfield. Unfortunately the mansion was closed but we were able to tour the extensive gardens and associated buildings.Day 132 - First stop today was a suit hire place so M could arrange a suit for A&L's wedding. Then we headed to Cabot Circus to do some shopping, where we were very pleased to have some nice Thai food for lunch after four months of African and Turkish food (in fact we enjoyed it so much we went to another Thai restaurant for dinner). We dropped into Tyntesfield again on our way home, but all tickets to enter the house had been sold for the day.
Day 133 - We are getting rather lazy but enjoying the break from constantly packing, climbing onto buses for long trips and trying to work out where to go next. It feels like we have gone home for a break as everything is so easy and familiar and apart from the occasional person who struggles with our Aussie twang everyone understand us! Today we started with a trip back to Cabot Circus to by an iPad for K (M is still not convinced that it's a good idea ....), some wedding present shopping at another Mall outside town, then back to A&L's house, we had a lovely afternoon and evening in the sun enjoying a BBQ in the garden with L's extended family.
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Buying an iPad, is sooo NOT a good idea, I am with Mike on this one....(and obviously, other ones as well,,, hahahha)
I mean, after so many years I still do not understand what is iPad and why people buy it,,, you can't even make a call from it.
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