After four days of fun with Emily, it’s time to head south to Devon and catch up with my walking buddy. Thursday, Emily and I relaxed in the morning, as she had also just arrived home from Albania. Later in the day, a nice walk along the Thames and a couple of pints of Guinness, was just what the doctor ordered. Friday, we became more adventurous and rode bikes for 20 ks to Richmond and shared fish and chips in the white cross pub. Sounds more like the name of a church,bathed in 30 degree weather. Friday night we met with a couple of Emily’s friends. A pasta at an Italian restaurant, which was really nice, a pint at the Falcon, and a stand up comedy show. I,of course  opened my mouth, and became the fall guy for a lot of jokes. It was a lot of fun. Saturday, more fun at the Polynesian food festival. Lots of singing and dancing in authentic costume and great food. Sunday, I joined my daughter in church. The roof was looking a bit scary, but was still in tact by the time I left. If you’re in England on a Sunday, you have to go to a pub for a Sunday roast Sunday night, we again joined Emily’s friends and had the most delicious, humungus roast. It consisted of, roast beef,pork and chicken. Roast tatas,carrot corn,peas and gravy,and wait, there’s more,Yorkshire pudding. Washed down with a couple of pints, I’m glad we walked the 3 ks back to Emily’s hoos.

White cross inn, in the background