Finished

Our Datchet Days are over for now. We are back on American soil and are doing our best to deal with the reverse culture shock.

Since our time in England is finished, I suppose it is time for this blog to be finished as well. From now on I’ll be posting on our Kramarville blog, and I will continue working on my reading list. A word of warning about the Kramarville blog though – the computer we use as a server for it is in transit from the UK, so it won’t be up and running again until a week or so from now.

Ta!

Sad day for Datchet

We are on holiday, so there isn’t much happening for us in terms of “Datchet Days”. However, today we got news that our friend Janet Piggott died on Wednesday evening after a brief struggle against liver cancer. She was a lovely lady and a integral part of life in Datchet and St. Mary’s church. Our family all had associations with her through choir, music group, bible study, the Bridge Tea Shop and the village pantomime. She will be sorely missed.

Godspeed, Janet.

Last Sunday at Church

Today was our official last Sunday at St. Mary’s. We were given a very nice send off. Vicky said some nice things about us and we were presented with this lovely framed print. (It is titled Sing a New Song.) After that we had wine and nibbles.

Later Pauline and David Roberts came by and gave us a copy of the book The British Isles published to go with the BBC series of the same name. A very nice send off!

Hay-on-Wye

Right on the border of England and Wales there is a village called Hay-on-Wye. Touted as the “used book capitol of the world”, Hay-on-Wye is a treat for book lovers. We spent a delightful day browsing bookshops. I’d highly recommend this quaint village for any book lover. To see some of our photos from the day, click here. (There are also some photos of Arthur’s Stone. As we were coming home we saw a small road sign that said Arthur’s Stone and pointed up a small winding road. We followed it and found it at the top of a hill with a lovely view.)