Anybody up for a hamburger?

I can't believe they sell this!!

It always surprises me when I walk through the supermarket either at Tesco, Lidl, Poundland etc that they have these crazy self packaged hamburgers ready to buy here.  They look absolutely tasty hey??

Travels so far:

Sunday 15th Jan - The Salvation Army Cirencester meeting was awesome!  No youth what-so-ever and we would have been the youngest there by far.  But nonetheless, it was a place of worship and it's no about who's there but the saving grace of God.

After the meeting, a quick drive home to put some more drops in Chloe’s eyes and a lazily Sundy drive to Gloucester.  19 miles to Gloucester from Somerford Keynes where we are staying and it was a glorious sunny day.  Not as cold as Saturday as the temperature was under 6 with a -5 overnight.

Gloucester cathedral was just awesome.

This cathedral was being built between 1089 and about 1130 – first being a Benedictine monastery, but in 1540 King Henry VIII abolished the church being a monastery.  Even before it was built, it was a place of worship as long ago as 700 AD.

The stained glass windows – one of the windows here (not this one) on the East is a size of a tennis court – how awesome is that?  While we were here, we got to hear the cathedral choir practice for Evensong and they are in perfect harmony.  It is said here, that the choir is one of the finest in the country.  MSS – you have a long way to go! (joke)

These statues on the top of the entrance – I mean, has anyone seen anything more intriguing as these?  We spent the rest of the afternoon wondering around the streets of Gloucester, dropping into a travel agent about prices for a weekend in New York that may happen in the March holidays.  I mean, you can’t get any closer (yes you can) to Europe/Ireland/America from here can you? 

It has been icy at night, frosty still in the late morning and I hear we may have some snow by the end of the week.   Oxford is on the plans for Tuesday 17^th, washing on Wednesday and what-ever for the rest of the week.

I still can’t believe that we are here, and our family & friends over the other side of the world.  Hope you all are enjoying reading our blog as we travel parts of this country and beyond.

It's too cold to go on, but know that we are thinking of you all.

Bye for now. xxx