Leaving North Wales we took the scenic route towards Surrey where we would again be imposing upon Andrew (remember, Nick's third cousin) and Alex's hospitality. First stop was the mandatory Pershore, where we met again with Sheila and Barbara who took us to Pershore Cemetery to see some of Nick's forebears resting places, and then to the rather magnificent Pershore Abbey where Nick's great-Grandmother and nearly every relative remaining in Pershore since has been married. Then we were off to Somerset to the small town of Kingsbury Episcopi....which according to my Dad is the town of my forebears past, although I'm pretty sure it was long, long past. The village was small, had a church and pub (bare minimum for 'village' qualification) but has probably been ambling along that way for quite some time as Kingsbury
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