Forgot to mention that last Sunday , while walking to Cousins Prue and Ted's that we came across a marvellous ceremony. The Royal Engineers, who had just come back from Iraq have the freedom of the city of Ripon in North Yorks; As we got to the town square so did the Engineers complete with arms, brass band and a welcoming party of the Mayor, councillors and the Bishop and congregation. Very impressive but I was shocked at the youth of the soldiers; The closeness of the church and state was also writ large.
Later in the week Ted delivered information about the site of my uncle's grave in Milan; If you read this Ted, many thanks!
On Friday went into Manchester and got our national insurance numbers and visited an ESOL dept at The Uni College of Manchester. Could be jobs in teacher training;big emphasis on literacy and numeracy and esol seems to be lumped into that basket:. Oh Dear!
Visited Wensleydale and the old pub where we spent our honeymoon.
The richness of the green of England is almost unbelievable. 60 million people here and often in the country the only sounds are the birds and the wheat growing; The RAF is never far away and military bases and jets tend to shatter the solitude. But it's still a great place.
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