Space

 Zoe had the day off, so Ellie was at home today. We had a lazy start to the day.

Once all of the morning ablutions and minor chores were complete, we donned our jackets and headed to the bus stop. We were going into space. Lift-off was uneventful and flight through to Chichester was remarkably quick and we did not experience any periods of weightlessness. Getting off the lander at the Sea of Cattle Markets, we made our way across the cratered landscape (damned potholes) to the Cathedral.

The Cathedral (where Gustav Holst is buried) is currently exhibiting Mars. This, like the previous exhibit of the Moon, is a 7m orb with detailed photos of every aspect of the planet which have been stitched together and rotates slowly in the nave.

It was a brilliant display. We had planned to visit yesterday with Ellie, but she said she wasn't interested.

(It was clear that the photos were taken part way through the process as they hadn't yet coated it in chocolate).

We left the Cathedral via the cloisters and made our way to South Street to find the new "Piccolino's" restaurant. I used to eat at their branch in Bristol and found them to be very good. This branch opens next week so we will have to give it a try.

We wandered back via Crew Clothing (where we were waylaid and only able to leave once we had selected a bag of new apparel) before stopping at Cote Brasserie for lunch.

Back home by early afternoon, we settled down with our Kindles for a while. Before it got too dark, I headed out for walk and then returned to my book in the Orangery.