Day 43 30 August

Today we met Patrick, eldest son of Pat and Mary Gibson, and Cathy, only daughter.  Anne invited them for morning tea.  We enjoyed chatting, especially about the life of their recently deceased mother, Mary.  Patrick also shared snippets of the life of Pat, an RAF pilot.  It was so good and we look forward to meeting the family again tomorrow evening at dinner.

This afternoon we again took to the footpaths and walked, browsed and shopped.  We called into the Railway Hotel and photographed the displays featuring golfer Bob Charles, winner of the British Open in 1963.  Simon remembers it well.

We have begun preparing for Ireland, really thinking about the places we will be visiting and where we will be staying.  Looks good on paper!

The temperature has dropped a notch but still very pleasant. Anne's garden is in full bloom.  Today she harvested a bucket of lavender which has pride of place on the hearth, delicious perfume and very pretty.  The bees love it too so there is still heaps to cut back.

And so concludes another day in this very beautiful, peaceful place.  Love to all.