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Published: July 14th 2022
Beautiful Patchwork Paddocks
This is one view I never tier of looking out over a lovely valley not for from home. Love the gentle countryside.How time flies when we spend it with our Norwegian family. As explained in my last blog, life in Bergen with the kids is full of events and sport, with interesting places to be and some lovely family occasions. Great family meals with the kids. Great evening pancake Fridays at Rune and Lillians, and the opportunity to celebrate Sofia's birthday at Thomas and Anne Lena's house. So fortunate to be included in these family get togethers. The day before leaving Bergen we celebrated Lilly's 15 birthday as we would not be there for that occasion, and they would celebrate it in the sunshine in Spain. Our 6 weeks just disapeared but the memories of all that we did will remain with us. So, so nice to catch up with everyone and enjoy being part of the family 24/7. We are so lucky to be able to do this.
Now here we are in England with plenty planned for the next 4 weeks catching up with Pete and Helen, Alex and Georgie. Of course I will be in my element walking the English countryside on the walkways and lanes. I find the countryside so peaceful and beautiful. Pete and Helen have
got the house and garden looking so lovely as always. Visited Alex and Kevon's new house which was great to see. They have developed the grounds so well considering they have only been in there for 15 months. Nice to see them settled and planning their next moves in their careers. Georgie picked us up from Heathrow Airport to drive us down to Corsham and also took 4 days off her duties in London to spend time catching up with us. So nice to see everyone after 4 years. Plenty planned for the coming weeks.
Have walked and walked around our local area, down country lanes and walking tracks through this beautiful area. Lucky to have the use of one of Pete and Helens car to get to some areas. Of course we have had a couple of trips into the wonderful city of Bath which we have got to know very well from our previous visits. We don't tire of it at all. Met up with Alex one day and she drove us to Margarets new house, then drove to a lovely village called Wedmore for a stroll around and morning tea. Market day was on so all
streets were closed and lots of people and interesting stalls to look at.Then onto Glastonbury famous for the Glastonbury rock festival. {Missed that by a couple of weeks} Very interesting area and township. On a very nice day I caught a bus into Bath and then walked the Kennet And Avon canal path from Bath to Bradford On Avon, about 10 miles, so it was a 4 1/2 hour walk. Of course there was a refreshment stop of a beer and chips sitting at an old pub overlooking the Avon River. Magic. So our time is really taken up with visiting old villages, walking, getting lost driving the small lanes and generally enjoying ourselves.
Sometimes when I walk late in the evenings I startle a couple of deer feeding in the paddocks or a group of young people having a swim in a stream. Also, I run into so many other people out for a walk and quite often end up talking for a while. That is a part of travel that I love. Meeting people. On a few occasions I will sit down in a pub garden and will be soon having a discussion with other patrons, about
various things. I meet some extremely interesting people who enjoy talking about local history and local happenings. The history of these places is fascinating and I do enjoy reading about it. Cheers to all. Pip/Rod
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