After a day spent visiting some of Katherine's family in Oxford, today - Auntie Anne's last full day in England with us - was spent at Windsor Castle. We started with our favourite breakfast - proper porridge at Pret a Manger. It is the best porridge ever. We suspect it is made with larger amounts of cream and butter, but porridge is healthy, right? Even if you top it with jam and honey? It's porridge! The mark on Miss R's eye is from an unfortunate Bouncy Castle accident yesterday... Seriously, if you are ever in England, find a Pret a Manger in the morning and try the "Proper Porridge". Then we spent 2 hours in the rain standing in line to go and see the castle. Well, we took turns going and shopping a bit while someone held our place in "the queue". Rhubarb and custard, apple and blackberry and pear drop sweeties were bought, clothes for baby Camreigh and Neal's Yard products are all in our bags now. Then we went...
We've packed in a number of visits with Katherine's extended family - which means Clare and Rachel have a whole new batch of cousins to visit with! First -some of the Kellys This is how poor little Rachel got the bouncy castle injury.. and then some of the Kneales/Abrahams no injuries in this bouncy time Our city girls spent some quality time loving the farm they called it "the maze" And a seriously cool swing:
The rain stopped for a few hours one morning so we made the most of it! Katherine and Beth went for a run in the countryside (we take turns, we don't actually abandon the children), while Clare and Rachel finally (!!!) got to go in the paddling pool. We made the most of the morning sun: Bathing beauty picnic lunch that ended when the rain started... And then a trip into Reading. Katherine broke a tooth while eating salad (and is only going to eat bacon, meat pies and alcohol for the rest of the trip. Fortunately the UK has a National Health Service density and private practices - sometimes in the same clinic. This means that foreigners can access the dentist by paying the private system. And even more fortunately - their rates for an exam and a filling are very, very reasonable. Here's hoping the travel insurance we paid for covers it! Reading is between 2 rivers - the Thames and the Kennet - and they have made the most of t...
i can make summer pimms...winter pimms...whatever takes your fancy. yum
ReplyDeleteYes ... Green & Black's ice cream as well as other products by them are available in Toronto.
ReplyDeleteI will give you a list of vendors when you return to Toronto which we are all looking forward to!
What a relief, now we can come home.
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