Came back from Surrey this morning and Ernie had left forAustralia the night before, so the flat was mine. Caught upon my washing and other chores and packed to go to Hertfordshire the next day.
Caught the train this morning to Luton Airport Parkway and was met by my firends Joan and Bill. I had worked with Joan in Brent in the early 70's and we have been riends ever since. she has recently retired from the University Library in Luton. Bill does some work from home- he was originally an interior designer. They live in a small village called Breachwood Green . We went to a pub in a nearby village (as you do) for lunch . the countryside is beautiful and it was great to be away from the hurly burly of London. We spent a quiet evening in and after a a splendid dinner cooked by Chef Bill we settled down to watchQuiz shows on TV. As I had not seen any television up to this point it was good, as it gives one a fell for the 'culture' of the country. Must admit, if you thought 'Deal or no deal' is puerile in Oz, you should see the British one. However, they made up for it in the high standard of some of their other programs , which could become addictive !
On Wednesday Joan and I went into St Alban's for a look around. The weather was cold and rainy , but we were not daunted. Had a look around the St Alban's Library
http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/where/libs/sta which was actually quite ordinary and a little shabby.
We looked in the shops and had a peep in the Abbey, which I had been to before ,several times and headed home after lunch for another of Bill's famous recipes for dinner (fish pie) and more quiz shows etc. A fishmonger comes to the village in a van each week and Bill is a good customer.
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