They have arrived at their cottage! It was a bit more remote than Janet had been hoping for, but it's not too far off the main road and about 8 miles to the closest town that has all amenities.
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| Living room with steps to kitchen. Seriously, Janet! Even this is out of focus?!? |
Bedroom with king size bed.
The traffic jam varies between morning and evening. There are three cattle gates from the "road" to the cottage. Each trip in and out involves dodging animals that lay across the road and may or may not move out of your way. If they don't you have to creep by them very slowly and hope they don't change their minds. Morning traffic jam: cows!
Evening traffic jam: sheep!
Delicious latte outside in the autumn sun.
They started out the day late and without a plan. Bad move, not that anyone was blaming the other person. If you believe that, you don't know these two idiots!
They drove to Leek, which had a nice town centre and tons of old buildings, but at the same time was kind of a time warp.
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| Check out that gigantic squash! All of the veggies and most of the fruit were local. There is a huge local food movement in the UK, which Janet thinks is excellent. |
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| They weren't sure what this was. It looked like broccoli, but was a really pretty purple colour. |
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Today, they went to a AA suggested pub called The George in a small village Alstonfield. It was a very small village and the pub was excellent.
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| Kitchen herb garden. |
There was also a beautiful church in this village that proudly displayed their handmade kneeling pads.
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| Janet thinks they are incredible. |
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| Sheaves of wheat in the church. |
Costco! Much the same as at home, with a few exceptions.
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| Seriously, who needs 1250 tea bags? Even in the UK? |
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| Kiddie size Hunters for $60. |
They enjoyed Costco, but it wasn't the culture shock they were hoping for.
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