Bedrock

Vacation starts here. We're off to Bedrock today to see Betty & Barney Rubble. Started the day by printing off some photos that Betty had expressed interest in when she last visited.

Got a call from Cousteau-cub. She has had some bad news from her friends in Thailand and is quite upset. She is considering changing her plans, and cancelling her planned trip in January. I'm sure the sun and the diving would do her good, but maybe that's not the optimum location. Maybe she should try Sharm el Sheikh or the Carribean?

We left the Gorse in bright sunshine and headed west to bedrock, only to see the sun consumed by ever thickening cloud. In the ned we were driving through thick mist by the time we went across the Downs.

Had a lovely day. We went off to The Hatch for lunch. needless to say it was very busy with Christmas lunches, but we managed to get a table and had a leisurely and pleasant lunch. We caught up on all of the news, including the new grandson. We also discussed our joint proposed trip Feb/Mar. This had been an idea that we would go away for a long weekend for our birthdays, and the original suggestion was Barcelona. On reflection Barney thought that it was still likely to be a little bleak in late Feb. We agreed to defer that trip until later in the year, and suggested Granada or Seville as an alternative.

Very foggy drive home in the evening, but we stuck to the main routes and arrived home without incident.