Monday.

Yesterday (Sunday) we took Ruth and the girls to our local Chinese restaurant for lunch, where they do a good buffet lunch on Sundays. The girls have been there with us before and liked it.

This is the main course, set on a 'Lazy Susan' centre, so that we could all revolve it and help ourselves. All three courses went down well, as did a pot of China tea at the end of the meal.

This morning we decided to go for a walk along the course of the  old railway track. On the way there we passed the above house. It has carving to most of the windows and door frames, and the remains of 'pargetting' to the plaster work.  It is known locally as 'the beards and bosoms' house, as most of the caryatids carved around the windows features figures carved with both these attributes. There is a date carved above the window in the photo of 1653, which was in the middle of our Commonwealth, and I don't know how, at that date, the carver got away with such excesses!

The above small farmhouse is one of my favourites. Nothing special about it, but the proportions are somehow very pleasing.

Took the above snapshot of Tuva, Ann, Ruth and Freja on the Railway Walk.

A bit further along, to the top of the bank we saw the above trackway with a three foot high round hole through the bushes at the top. We discussed what had made it, and I suggested it was a hobbit hole. Tuva said that as it was a round hole it was obviously a hobbit hole.

Back at home Ann, and the two girls made an early supper, with jelly for pudding. Ann has several old jelly moulds which most of our granddaughters like using. Ruth was fascinated by the light the red jelly relected, and took the above photo of Freja eating red jelly which seems to be reflected in her mouth and eyes!

                                          Good Night All.

P.s. I'm enjoying playing with the new camera - as is obvious, I suppose. Just hope I can remember all Ruth's taught me about it's use when she and the girls go home on Friday!