We spent the w/e in Stretham. Visited Jimmy's Farm outside Ipswich on Saturday on our way back. It features on a tv programme that had just started in NZ. We went in the shop which had lots of yummy food. Did not see the man himself, but bought some bacon and sausages. The bacon was very fatty and strong and melted in your mouth. The sausages were very meaty and tasty. Essex pigs ... very rare apparently.
On Sunday the boys and I went into Cambridge to meet Walter. He took them off for a tour with some of his friends leaving me with 3 hours to look around. The place was heaving with Xmas shoppers. The market was in full swing and has gone upmarket. Got some lovely bread and organic sprouts. Onto the Fitzwilliam to look at their art. We dont see much of Picasso and Matisse in Kaitaia. My favourite was a village scene by Peter Bruegel. It was great walking slowly along the backs looking at all the architecture. It is a very carefully laid out place - manicured. I did not really appreciate it all when I was a student there.
We all stayed at Nick and Karla's house on Sunday night. They have 2 dogs who were a big hit with the boys. Horace and Burt.
On Monday we started North to Leicestershire. Got about 15 miles before we hit the first traffic jam (actually it was the only one - but it did take us an hour to travel about 1 mile.
We will update about what happened when we got there tomorrow.
