The First Week...

There is no doubt that the first week was packed full. There was a lot of driving, history, scenery and roundabouts!

After getting settled in our hotel room we went to Avis and collected out vans. They were both 6 speed, manual diesels. Reet had a Ford CMax and I had a Citroen Picasso. They were fun and interesting. They were very mini, mini vans. While the McLartys and Bryan Burks were with us it was going to be a very tight squeeze to get us all in the three vans (Jim Shelton also had a Citroen van).

The activities for the week were:

. eight Mike walk through the Cotswolds. Walked thru fields of barley and rape seed. Finished with a steak and kidney pie for lunch. Started and ended the walk at Burton-on-Water. Stopped in the village of Bibury on the way back.
. visit and tour of The Kilns, home of C S Lewis.
. exploring Oxford
. murder mystery night run by Reet's friend, Dan Reynemi.
. sent to church at Corby. Ian Grant worked there for a little while. Had a pub lunch after church.
. stopped in at Lutterworth and visited the church where John Wycliffe preached. Participated in their contemporary service. After, the priest took us up thru the Bell tower and out onto the roof of the tower.
. a visit to J R R Tolkein grave - Beren!
. the henge at Avebury, the barrow at Castle Combe, Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral
. First business visit - Clinipace.
. Packed our backpacks for Scotland. We could only take one backpack each because of the limited space in the vans.