Wedding bells and Worcester
On Saturday 12 August I awoke knowing that I had another trip to go on, driving across country. This time my destination was Worcester, an area I have never been to. The drive was pleasant enough, except a really bumpy section on the M42 which was probably made worse by having hardened suspension on the car! It was fun to be humming during this section of the drive though, as it made my humming sound funnier than normal (I had to amuse myself somehow!). Amazingly I didn't get lost either. Well to be honest, I missed my final turning into the road where my brother lives, but I will blame that on his directions and on the pub that I was looking out for; it had lost its distinguishing factor of having scaffolding outside (was taken down that morning!). Anyway, I made good time and was happy to see the family again.
Lunch was had at the next door pub and of all the places to meet another South African, our waiter turned out to be one! My brother was very good at picking out the accent and we found out the waiter was from Jo'burg too. Small world! After lunch we spent time looking around the village where my brother lives and also chatting between us.
That evening was the event we (folks and I) had made the journey for - my friend's wedding reception. This is a friend I have known since I was about 2 yrs old and although we don't see each other often we do keep in touch, mainly through our moms. The reception was being held at a place called The Nash, a very smart place which dates back to 799 although the house is Elizabethan. When we arrived, the wedding party were still listening to speeches so we went to the lounge with some friends and started catching up on news! Shortly the bride made her appearance and looked stunning! The one bridesmaid also made her appearance and also looked stunning (not surprisingly though as she is the bride's twin) although slightly stressed. I never saw the other bridesmaid so cannot comment on her looks! The evening as a whole was very pleasant. We spent a lot of time catching up with friends and visiting the various rooms in the house to watch the dancing, to dance a little ourselves, to eat and we even ventured outside to watch a fireworks display. I even had the chance of meeting the groom whom I had only heard about but had never even met. He seems very pleasant and a gentleman! At midnight we departed, after wishing the happy couple a blessed future, and headed to our beds!
The next morning we had a brief visit to my brother's to say cheerio to my brother's future in-laws and then we headed into Worcester to have a look around. We had a wander around the Cathedral, which was impressive, and then wandered down a pedestrianised street before landing up in Nandos for lunch (yummy!).
So here are some scenes from Worcester:
Left: some art work flapping in the wind outside the front of the cathedral.
Right: a crooked house...
To finish off I will say that the journey back to Cambridge after Sunday's lunch wasn't bad, although I would have preferred a few more signposts indicating that I was indeed going in the right direction. If there had been more around I wouldn't have needed to do a last minute lane change (it was safe!!) when I glimpsed the sign for the M6 south bound! Who knows where I could have landed up if I had missed that off-ramp!
Thankfully I had taken the Monday off as I was pretty exhausted by the time I got home on the Sunday. But more news on what I got up to on the Monday will follow in the, hopefully, not-too-distant future. For now though, I am going to consider going to bed to read... good night! CJ
(PS: it is now 8:30pm, just in case you thought I was being a lazy so-and-so considering going to bed at 4:30ish pm! Clearly the time indicated on the entry is for when I first started writing this entry not for the time I finally posted it.)
Lunch was had at the next door pub and of all the places to meet another South African, our waiter turned out to be one! My brother was very good at picking out the accent and we found out the waiter was from Jo'burg too. Small world! After lunch we spent time looking around the village where my brother lives and also chatting between us.
That evening was the event we (folks and I) had made the journey for - my friend's wedding reception. This is a friend I have known since I was about 2 yrs old and although we don't see each other often we do keep in touch, mainly through our moms. The reception was being held at a place called The Nash, a very smart place which dates back to 799 although the house is Elizabethan. When we arrived, the wedding party were still listening to speeches so we went to the lounge with some friends and started catching up on news! Shortly the bride made her appearance and looked stunning! The one bridesmaid also made her appearance and also looked stunning (not surprisingly though as she is the bride's twin) although slightly stressed. I never saw the other bridesmaid so cannot comment on her looks! The evening as a whole was very pleasant. We spent a lot of time catching up with friends and visiting the various rooms in the house to watch the dancing, to dance a little ourselves, to eat and we even ventured outside to watch a fireworks display. I even had the chance of meeting the groom whom I had only heard about but had never even met. He seems very pleasant and a gentleman! At midnight we departed, after wishing the happy couple a blessed future, and headed to our beds!
The next morning we had a brief visit to my brother's to say cheerio to my brother's future in-laws and then we headed into Worcester to have a look around. We had a wander around the Cathedral, which was impressive, and then wandered down a pedestrianised street before landing up in Nandos for lunch (yummy!).
So here are some scenes from Worcester:
Left: some art work flapping in the wind outside the front of the cathedral.
Right: a crooked house...
To finish off I will say that the journey back to Cambridge after Sunday's lunch wasn't bad, although I would have preferred a few more signposts indicating that I was indeed going in the right direction. If there had been more around I wouldn't have needed to do a last minute lane change (it was safe!!) when I glimpsed the sign for the M6 south bound! Who knows where I could have landed up if I had missed that off-ramp!
Thankfully I had taken the Monday off as I was pretty exhausted by the time I got home on the Sunday. But more news on what I got up to on the Monday will follow in the, hopefully, not-too-distant future. For now though, I am going to consider going to bed to read... good night! CJ
(PS: it is now 8:30pm, just in case you thought I was being a lazy so-and-so considering going to bed at 4:30ish pm! Clearly the time indicated on the entry is for when I first started writing this entry not for the time I finally posted it.)
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