After hearing today’s news from the States (more on Trump punishing countries for not supporting his desire for control of Greenland and inviting Putin to serve on the Board of Peace for Gaza) I was tempted to start this with an anti-Trump rant. Instead I just want to apologize for our country’s election of this madman and continue to hope that someone or all of us together can eventually (though sooner rather than later would be good) get him out of office and begin to restore a sense of sanity to the office and world at large. I’m not that hopeful at the moment.
But on with the doings of the day, which was a bit of a shorter walkabout to and through Calverley Grounds and then back into The Pantiles area for a quick errand before making our way back to the house.
To begin, Bob found us one of many neighborhood footpaths that headed us in the right direction. The path started in a park before moving onto a paved narrow lane between houses.
as we walked the path in the park. We seem to be up on a rise,
so we walk downhill into town and then uphill out.
Note, Bob is wearing his winter coat.
Our goal was to check out the Claverley Grounds which were recommended to us as an in-town place to visit by our homeowners. It is a park and gardens located just off of the High Street in the town center. It has a nice walking path along the outer perimeter as well as a cafe, toilets, a car park, a playground, and multiple sport facilities.
It was a cute park, but a quick visit. From there, we walked about 10 minutes to the Pantiles area for me to stop into a hair salon that I had contacted online. Since I am due for a haircut and root touch up, I needed to come in for a patch test. This is a thing in the UK where they put a bit of the color solution on your wrist to determine if you will have an allergic response to it. I have had to have this done before all of my UK hair appointments. This is not something that is done in the US, at least I have never had it requested, and I’ve had my hair done in a number of states at this point.
Anyhoo, appointment scheduled for no week, and no reaction to hair dye. Bob and I continued on, as he had two more sites he wanted to see. The first was a food hall in an old auction house building.
cocktails, and baked goods.
Bob also wanted to checkout the big Sainsbury’s grocery store while we were so close. We haven’t had to buy much in the way of food, as our homeowners stocked up for us. In going to the grocery store, we saw another repurposed old building.
that is now a Smith and Western Hotel
with a western-themed bar and restaurant.
After a quick shop, we headed back to the house and saw another repurposed important posting. Bob and I sucked in our stomachs, thought light, happy thoughts, and successfully made it across the bridge.
We were impressed with the signage but are hoping it is known to the NatSav, so that large trucks aren’t having to learn about the weak bridge at this point as it seemed like having to back up on either end would create havoc for the truck and any other traffic.
Peckish Travels 