Spent the week between Kent and Devon, besides the jaunt to London, mainly clunking around Magpie Cottage, working on the garden, mowing the paddock, weed whacking and freeing trees from the stranglehold of vines. Also cooked a few nights for mom and Lance since they have been so good to us, and baby.
"Squirrel Den" is the area of the property that the girls found intriguing from the start, and when the rains let up, we finally got out there to uncover old stone paths and patios, stairs and other treasures buried in the dirt and overgrown hedges. Someone did a lot of work in this garden, who knows when, and it's been buried by time. So we have had fun with the girls working solidly right beside us helping to rediscover it.
The friday before leaving for Devon and the Dartmoor National Park region, Netty and Jonathon invited us out to the town of Oxford to go out for drinks and dinner. Very good time. They came over and picked us up, while dropping off their daughter Sienna and all of her princess outfits for the girls to play with. Elena was literally shaking as we were getting her dressed up in princess clothes for the first time in weeks. Pretty funny.
We went to Oxford and saw what all the fuss is about. That would be a fun place to go to school. Tons of universities, with the big one in the middle. Street after street of ancient buildings, shops, bars, pubs. And lots of youngsters running around. It was getting late when we got there, so none of my pictures really turned out. Plus we were in a hurry to find beer and get on to dinner. So first we popped into this really old pub. Had to duck the whole way through the place, very small, and table listed to one side. Just like you would think it should be.
Had a few beers then off to a small side alley to a door into a buried medieval building for a great Thai dinner. We closed the place down (literally) and then headed back home. Great time with Netty and Jonathan. Motorhead fans we come to find out!
Off to Devon the next day...much longer journey that I have looked forward to for a long time since grandpa used to talk about it and show me pictures.... didn't dissapoint.
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