July 6 & 7, 2008 England

Forecast - rain, rain then more rain. Good thing we only had about an hour motoring to return the boat, and a couple of hours in the car to get to Stratford-upon-Avon. Then, of course, the sun came out and we had to debate about carrying around the umbrella. As it was, we nixed the umbrella as we were in and out of a double-decker bus to visit Shakespeare's birth home, his Mom's (Mary Arden) and his wife's (Anne Hathaway) places. We finished off at a lovely pub for supper while it started to pour then off we went to a B&B in Worcestershire which was along our way. Sunday we headed off to Stonehenge and stopped at Woodhenge as well. Unfortunately, the weather didn't hold up for us as we had been starting to expect, and had to rush through. I was a bit disappointed with Stonehenge as it has been fenced off and you can't get in to the centre any more. They did supply an audio machine with lots of information, but really nothing new. We spent the night at another B&B in Bracknell with a lovely couple, and were up early in the morning for our flight back to Cyprus.
Our social calendar is full this week as we try and get back to 'normal'. We played bridge last night; had an Aircrew Association luncheon today; are helping teach bridge tomorrow then out for dinner; and Friday we are attending an archaeological lecture which is to explain what we will see and do at a dig on Saturday. It is good to be back and catching up with friends here. We are also trying to catch up to emails and computer work, laundry and finding time to jump in the pool as it has been 30+ degrees all week, and it is expected to continue indefinitely - it is so nice to be warm again after England and Wales.
So, now we are caught up on our latest adventures. Thanks for keeping in touch, and we will continue to do the same.
Love,
Laurel