We began our time in surrey with mums cousin and her kids and their partners. I went with the young ones to Brighton which is a sea side resort style place, full of beach cages, pubs, antique jewelry shops and amusements. They played them, I decided to save my money. We took a train ride that lasted 6mins which we could have walked but it wouldn't have been half as fun and we went to play bowls but actually couldn't as it was too busy. So we took silly pictures instead and had laughs for the day.
While I was there, mum sent the day with her cousin and her hubby doing the nice scenic quiet drives. Much warmer and quieter than Brighton I imagine!
We decided to head to Bath for the next day and had a great day. There is so much to see in Bath but as I drove there in our hire car - and I drive a tad slower than the locals in the UK - we only really had half a day to explore this beautiful place.
We saw the baths that the Romans built and used all those centuries ago, but we didn't go in or taste the water. We didn't even know you could taste the water, but we're told it tasted like rotten eggs so declined this offer. Honestly, who takes this offer up anyway?
We also saw the royal crescent where there were some lovely buildings. Some are businesses, some are houses and there is a magnificent hotel in there too. They can't put signs up but you know when looking in the door what you are looking at. We strolled through the gardens of the hotel and pretended we were staying there, if only just for one day...
We also walked up a street called gay street, so Glynn, being the feminine man he is, posed for us on gay street. Funny tho, just behind him was a Jane Austin museum so there was a guy dressed in the garb of the era behind him which was kinda gay too. Too funny!
We spent the next day with our relos in a small country town called Shere. It is a quaint little village and we had a mooch around and bought some small things cos we can. Our fave thing is to mooch in shops and buy something small wherever we go. There was a stream there and all the kids, and Glynn the big kid, had stick races along the stream. They have a particular name for it here, but I can't remember it. Serious business this stick racing must be tho if there's a special name for it!
There was also an old prison there which is now converted into a house. How cool would that be to live there with all that history and stories! Later that day, cousin Emma and I had a scrabble-off. Emma won and me being the sore loser I am, made her feel really bad when we went ten pin bowling later that day and she came last... It was lots of fun.
Then later again we went to the pub for a pub quiz. We came 2nd but there were only 2 points in it so we were pleased we nearly won. We did won a bottle of wine tho, so the kids can drink this and think of us when they do.
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