Arriving in Plymouth from France we caught a train to our friends house in Elmore, Gloucestershire.
We have been busy ever since! On Sunday we were fortunate enough to be invited to a VIP tent at the prestigious Henley Regatta rowing finals day. Even more of a treat was witnessing Mahe Drysdale winning the premier single sculls event. What a magic day, the atmosphere of the occasion with people dressed up in rowing colours and families picnicking along the banks of the River Thames rowing course.
A day of reminiscing about the early 60's rock climbing days followed with a visit to Wintours Leap, a limestone rock outcrop in the Wye Valley. Trevor and Chas thought it looked stepper and scarier than it did back then!
From there we continued on to the ruins of Tintern Abbey.
Today we caught the bus to Oxford. The whole place oozed history, from the various university colleges, to the place where penicillin was developed and Alice in Wonderland was written. Oxford is a vibrant busling city, a centre of international academic excellence.
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