Gwyn our American friend left this morning, after stopping off with us for a few days on her way back from Uganda. We loved seeing her again, talking about Mukono and our friends there, and about "returnee" issues - and giving her a few very English experiences, (including a Royal Jubilee, which of course we laid on especially...)
The quintessential glimpses of English life we enjoyed with her included carrying on, determinedly, in wellies and raincoats in spite of the continual rain...
Others were:
a walk and picnic in the Gloucestershire countryside...
A visit to a Tudor castle, Sudeley, near a Cotswold village called Winchcombe...... followed by a "Cream Tea" - mmm... (= scones, cream and jam and a pot of tea)
Next day we had other visitors whom we had known in Uganda - so it was a real Mukono-fest. Then we went with Gwyn to the Slimbridge Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust (bird sanctuary) and had a very wet afternoon enjoying the ducks, swans, geese, flamingos, etc...
In the evening we went out for a meal to a 500 year old pub called the Golden Heart. Pub dining is really the best way to eat out in England: cosy, beamed, stone-walled rooms with old wooden settles and chairs and a roaring fire, and, delicious food.
Then on Weds we did a tour of Gloucester Cathedral including going up the tower, followed by a roam around the town and docks, ending with a spot of clothes shopping - Gwyn bought a dress in White Stuff! (Blogging allows you to tell things about your friends, right?) We even fitted in a movie and popcorn, and a game of Settlers. I think we managed to do quite a lot during those three days...
Thanks Gwyn for coming to visit!
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