another day of everyone being in different places.
jane spent most of the day tidying the house, but had time for lunch with two of her really good friends Jan and Lin from the village in our favourite local pub.
esther spent the day with Ruth which including going to a pantomine with Ruth’s grandchildren.
Kim went to her friends’s hannah’s then joined esther for the pantomime which was enjoyed by all
but the day started with us all driving in to Reading to pick up our hire car (we had to give the old one back to the Ports who want both their house and car back this evening).
i then drove the car through howling winds and rain to Bath to meet my cousin Chris. or ‘cousin Chris’ as he’s known. to me at least.
we had a really great time with lunch in a 300 year old cafe and a tour round the pump room before going our separate ways after a very speedy 3 hours. the drive home was less dangerous as the wind had calmed down. the pump room are some Roman Baths built around a hot pool. a bit like what we have a few minutes drive from our home. but a bit more old and solid. and less like a 1960s holiday camp.
i collected jane (via a computer shop for another card for my camera) and we picked up the girls and said goodbye to Ruth who we may not see for the rest of the week.
we spent a lovely evening with the Shiptons who are always great company.
and then finally we came back to jane’s parents who are providing us with lodging for the rest of the week.
(by the way, i’m about to add a couple of pictures to yesterday’s post of jane’s race and esther’s climb)
a couple of today’s photos are from Cousin Chris.