Staverton Park Daventry

With time rapidly dwindling I went down to Banbury way this afternoon to visit my brother et famille before I leave, taking the opportunity to say goobye to two young nephews - one of whom was able to appreciate some of the implications of what I am doing, "But what if you get sick?" he asked. :-)

Back up to Stoke in the late evening. Last day of preparations tomorrow.

... of the world walk by. But I miss my home and I am glad to be returning.

The flights back home were busy with it being Friday afternoon and flying home always seems like it takes ages simply because I look forward to being back.

Home now though for the weekend, we start it all off again on Monday as we go to Vilnius.

Some say the holiday experience only starts when you arrive at your destination. For me the adventure starts way before that, you see I am one of those people that love to travel. It doesn't matter if I'm driving, catching a train or flying, I enjoy the journey almost as much as I enjoy arriving.

Even the anticipation of travel fills me an ...

... live and work. It overlooks the plains where the Civil War was fought and was built after the war in 1750. It had a lovely lounge in which we had a drink and then drove back and did our packing.







We walked around to the local for a drink by the fire and then ordered Thai food.

... and we laughed at how silly sheep are and how deep their 'baa’ is.

























We got back hungry and exhausted. All the tearooms were full of people so we bought some delicious ...

Brad called & woke me up at 6.30 am... looked outside and there was snow on the cars and rooves.... so pretty. Today was 3 degrees but minus 3 with the wind chill. Stephen and Michele had things to do today so we were entertaining ourselves. We had a lazy start and Nathan did some homework. It was freezing out today and so cold that Nathan just wanted ...

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All the way home we looked for a bakery to buy some sausage rolls for lunch but couldn’t find any. We had a late lunch when we got home at 3.45 pm. Tonight for dinner we bought Indian from Tesco’s Supermarket and heated it up. Really no cooking and so nice.

... picked us up and we went food shopping for dinner. Had a piece of pork and egg pie. Stephen cooked us duck with orange sauce and veggies. We put the dinner on and walked around to his local "The West End" and sat by the fire and had a drink. After our delicious dinner we watched a DVD – “Nanny McPhee” which was fun.

... and ducks and beautiful big old trees and willows, past the Shakespeare Theatre up to the locks and then into town past lovely stores, pubs, Shakespeare's birthplace and lovely Tudor buildings .










We stopped at the Crabtree & Evelyn Tearoom for a hot drink. Tried a warm apple juice with cinnamon – bit ...

... 4 the most beautiful days of my life, watching town around (absolutely gorgeous, one of the most beautiful places I`ve ever seen), going out(cider is a funny British drink), meeting new people, taking part in lectures at Oxford Brookes Uni and just being with someone really important to me. Then came the time for a trip to Glasgow.