Days Out with Friends

A couple of weekends ago, Jeff and I drove up to Cheltenham, just north of Gloucester, to visit the Gilchrist famiy - Kevin and Christina, and their daughters Grace, Rose and Pearl. Kevin is a friend of Jeff's from university, and Christina is from California. We've been trying to spend as much time with them before their big move to Kansas City within a month or so.

They took us on a walking tour of Cheltenham. This is quite a "posh" town where royals, celebrities and other posh people send their kids to school. There are many Victorian-style buildings and houses, as well as small boutiques and cafes.

A week ago today, I got to spend the afternoon with Ally and Jane. Jane was over visiting Ally and Paul from Belfast. I met Jane during our trip to Scotland in March, and again in Belfast in July when the Ardverike group got together for dinner. Ally wanted to take us to a cute village that has a good tea house. "Sounds good to me!", I said. So, we drove to Marlborough, which is about an hour southeast from here. Ally was right... the village was cute and the tea house was good.
We were only there for a couple of hours, but it was fun to spend time with Ally and Jane and to see a new place!