Making the most of a soggy weekend

It's been a dull and soggy weekend. But with the folks here we've wanted to make the best of it and offer them an opportunity to travel about. For me, this is the first downtime in about two months so I'm feeling rather exhausted despite (or perhaps from) not much activity.

Yesterday we visited the Source of the Thames just south of Cirencester. We visited in December when there was definite water on the ground. It was a different experience this time around. Where there were open fields we now had to wade through 2 metre high corn plants. Where there were shallow lakes the ground was now dry. But is was an interesting experience nonetheless. Having visited the site of the spring you can picture the fields and oaks where the mighty Thames begins.

Walking back to the car the rain started so we made our way to a nearby pub for lunch. A few ales and ploughmans later we called it a day. Photos are here.

Today, we visited Winchester. Its a favourite location of ours - particularly the Cathedral with its medieval history. We also visited the Great Hall to view Arthur's Round Table. Again - it drizzled so we called it s day and headed back for a cosy dinner. James and Dad are reading Yertle the Turtle. Ahh - its good to have them here!