settling in here alright, have seen some sites. havent done much of london yet but went to coventry gardens, piccadilly circus, leicester square, buckingham palace and big ben the other day and got all our tourist photos. it rained of course. i wasnt massively impressed with what i've seen of london so far. just buildings and streets in a city. it feels like sydney but with better architecture and double deckers.
i did have one nice moment in coventry gardens. while the boys were in some tragic aussie pub watching the state of origin i wandered around, and there was a string quartet busking in a courtyard. so i sat and had a coffee and enjoyed the music. i really admire good violinists. they played pachelbels cannon which i always like, it really made me wish i'd brought my fiddle. but then i always get nostalgic when i see anyone playing violin live, its the practising i dont like.
anyway while i wasnt too impressed by the city i looooved the countryside. craig took us out for a little drive yesterday. its great, 10 minutes out of epsom and we're driving the narrow country roads, alongside the green fields and ponds, with the weather all cloudy and misty. so wind and the willows.
we stopped at a little town called shere, walked all around through the churchyard with its headstones from the twelfth century, across little bridges over brooks and watched the ducklings. saw some cute cottages, wandered under the trees through a little garden with sweet peas and pumpkins and a scarecrow. it was all so nice and quaint and as everyone knows i'm a sucker for a tree. i love the outdoors. plus we had a delightful meal at the white horse pub, all in all a lovely little day.
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