We are being driven everywhere in the UK by Philip. We have British driving licenses but prefer not to drive here as here cars drive on the left, have steering wheels on the right side of the cars and drivers here are very aggressive if you make a mistake. When we all want to go somewhere (Liz, me, Philip, Gylmara, Lucas & Luis) Philip swaps cars with Pastor Ben's 7-seater car.
On Saturday we went to Alresford which is a half-hour drive from Basingstoke. Alresford is a small picturesque town with a population of 5,300 which is a district of the city of Winchester. We went for a lovely walk alongside the river where we saw Mallards and Swans galore as well as Wood Pigeons, Magpies and Crows plus a Great Tit, a Pied-Wagtail and a Grey-Wagtail. Grandson Lucas photographed a Long-tailed Tit. Along the river path I was stung by stinging nettles which I had forgotten existed! I also walked in socks and sandals in true British style! We ate a cheese and onion pie at the Alresford train station where we saw 2 old trains, one diesel and the other steam, on what they call the Watercress Line. On the walk by the river we saw a lovely old fashioned thatched house underneath which the river flows! (see photo)
QPR were beaten 7 x 1 on Saturday away to Coventry! This puts us firmly in the relegation zone where we will probably stay. ðŸ˜
Yesterday we had a lovely day at Portsmouth Naval Museum seeing the recovered Mary Rose ship which had sunk in 1545 and was recovered in the 1970/80s together with a hoard of artefacts, human skeletons and even a dog's skeleton! We then boarded the HMS Victory which was victorious in the 1805 battle of Trafalgar when Lord Nelson was killed. Finally we boarded the HMS Warrior which is an 1861 steam-powered armoured frigate from the days of Queen Victoria. We ended up the day eating fish and chips at Oliver's in Old Basing in a celebration of popular British culinary culture!
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