England Tour, Legs III/IV ~ Taunton/Bristol

Greetings, my friends!

Here we are then, continuing where we left off in Taunton ...

So, barely having digested my dinner, I slept, ate breakfast (!), and then headed to lunch! What a life! Pat and Tony fetched me and after picking up Kath Buckell we headed for the Fox & Goose in Taunton. There we met up with Anne Forrest and Tony Bourke. Tony is the husband of my dear friend Karen of Serendipity Dragonfly. Sadly, Karen passed away earlier this year before we had a chance to meet, but I was so happy to meet her Tony and I know she would be ever so pleased that we met!

Here we all are:

From the left: Tony Moore, Pat Moore, me,

Kath Buckell, Anne Forrest, and Tony Bourke

And here is a close-up of me with Anne (left) and Kath:

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The fun-loving Kathy K. of the Purple Princess Diaries arrived to take the carriage driver baton from Tony. We whooshed on our way ... well, not prezackly. Traffic in and around Taunton/Bristol was pretty much of a jam for reasons no one could understand, but Kathy soldiered on and she was an excellent tour director all the rest of the afternoon, pointing out highlights as we made our way.

After freshening up, I enjoyed a requested pub experience with excellent beer and grub with Kathy and her husband Steve:

  

On Saturday morning, Steve and Kathy collected me and brought me my clean laundry (great hosts or what?) and away we went on a day of marvelous sight-seeing, broken in the middle by a superb chicken salad lunch prepared by Steve. You know, because I was starving! 

As before, I will publish scenic highlights when I get home, but here are just a couple:

Me in front of the Bristol Suspension Bridge

Kathy and I, Bristol Harbour

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For dinner, Kathy and I headed out to meet two other bloggie friends of mine. Please meet the delightful:

Liz Cavill of Crafty Sunflower and Ruth Doman of KangaRuth

Liz and Ruth both live in Bristol, too. We had quite a feast and not a few laughs about this little guy:

Among the dishes that were ordered was a selection by me of "whitebait." I thought it was just a white fish-and-chips-type-fish. It turns out to be wee white, erm, bait fish battered and served up in their entirety. Eyeballs and everything. No, honest, we did not glue a googly-eye on a fish finger! Well, c'mon, who could eat such a cute face? None of us!

Thank you Liz and Ruth for coming to meet me; it was a pleasure! And thank you to Kathy and Steve for all your hospitality!

I will leave you with this incredible photo I took of a home front in Bristol. The colors of the flowers here are so much more vibrant than any flowers I've seen in California!

Tomorrow I head out alone on my first train adventure. Wish me luck! I miss the Mister, but I will really miss the Mister tomorrow cuz I need his sherpa skills!

To be continued ...

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