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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 17. nov. 2023, 10:30
- ☀️ 46 °F
- Høyde: 33 ft
- England Southwark Elephant & Castle Elephant & Castle Railway Station 51.491484, -0.09802951°29’29” N 0°5’53” W
Dag 4
Slow morning
17. november 2023, England ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
I'm not sure if it was too much wine or jetlag or both, but we were both dragging the next morning.

Russell headed off in search of an Asian grocery store while I packed our bags for the next journey. He was using the public bikes but that ended up being a very frustrating experience. He did manage to find some ingredients for the dinner he will be making next week.

After packing, I went off in a different direction and found a really impressive whiskey shop. I bought a bottle of Welsh whiskey as a contribution to the manor house liquor stockpile.Les mer
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 17. nov. 2023, 15:15
- ☁️ 48 °F
- Høyde: 240 ft
- England Surrey Heath Frimley Green 51.300012, -0.72831151°18’0” N 0°43’42” W
Dag 4–6
Train delays
17. november 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
After a quick lunch at the same place we ate yesterday, we headed to nearby Waterloo Station to catch our train.

Unfortunately, when we checked the board, it listed our train as cancelled. Well that's never a good sign. We were told that we needed to board a different train to Basingstoke and then when we got there our original train would now be departing from Basingstoke.

Soon we were on our (slow) way to Basingstoke. I took advantage of the delay to do some research on quaint English villages. Russell took the opportunity to have a nap.Les mer
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 17. nov. 2023, 20:00
- Høyde: 141 ft
- England Talaton Fairmile 50.758486, -3.2926750°45’31” N 3°17’34” W
Dag 4
Arrival at Cadhay
17. november 2023, England
We were two hours later than planned, but we finally arrived safe and sound.

Then we had a lovely fish and chips dinner with old and new friends. And a lot of wine.
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 18. nov. 2023, 12:00
- ☁️ 61 °F
- Høyde: 141 ft
- England Talaton Fairmile 50.757947, -3.29265650°45’29” N 3°17’34” W
Dag 5
Cadhay House
18. november 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
The next morning was clear and mild. We had a leisurely breakfast. Then I decided to take a walk around the grounds, while most people went off on various errands. I heard something about going to the hardware store. I'm not sure what we are going to start building or repairing.

This house was built in the 1500s. The outbuildings have been remodeled into cottages, most of which are available for rent. The current owner of the house lives in one of those cottages, because nobody can afford to live in a house this grand full time anymore. But it is great fun to have it for a week.

There are two medieval ponds behind the house that actually pre-date the house. There are a couple of swans in temporary residence right now. The gardeners evidently try to discourage them from actually nesting here, because nesting swans are mean swans. And messy swans.Les mer
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- 18. nov. 2023, 15:30
- 🌬 59 °F
- Høyde: 141 ft
- England Borough of Torbay Cockington 50.480622, -3.54741950°28’50” N 3°32’51” W
Dag 5
Gin Distilling
18. november 2023, England ⋅ 🌬 59 °F
In the afternoon, Stuart, Doug, Russell and I drove off to Torquay to do a Gin Distilling Experience. We had two stills between the four of us and we got to design our own recipe. We had a lot of fun and came how with four little bottles of gin.

The place was a wine shop, with the gin experience set up in a back room. So Russell and Doug found some nice wines to buy as well.Les mer
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I'm a bit behind following your trip. Roland would have loved experimenting creating "gin". [Virginia]
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 19. nov. 2023, 13:30
- 🌬 57 °F
- Høyde: 141 ft
- England Talaton Fairmile 50.758219, -3.29269750°45’30” N 3°17’34” W
Dag 6
Ha ha
19. november 2023, England ⋅ 🌬 57 °F
The next morning was quite a bit windier. I took another walk around the grounds and explored the ha ha, which is just a confusing term to describe a retaining wall that separates the pasture (where grazing animals might be) and the lawn around the house (where grazing animals should not be. So the lawn has a sharp dropoff of about 4 feet that keeps the animals out, but doesn't mess with the view. It looks great, but I can imagine it would be quite dangerous if you came upon it unexpectedly.

You can see the edge of haha in the first photo marked by a thin cord fence.Les mer
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- 19. nov. 2023, 15:00
- ☁️ 55 °F
- Høyde: 384 ft
- England Ottery St. Mary Ottery St Mary 50.74758, -3.2563550°44’51” N 3°15’23” W
Dag 6
Shopping
19. november 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Then Stuart, Doug, Russell and I went off to do a bit of shopping. Our first stop was a local farm shop that ended up being a major disappointment. We thought there would be lovely vegetables and things like that, but instead there were just lots of doodads like candles and Christmas ornaments. So off we went to the Tesco in the next town over.

Now *that* was a proper grocery store. Russell even managed to stock up on some more wine. Good thing because we are going through the bottles at a prodigious rate. Les mer
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 19. nov. 2023, 20:00
- ☁️ 52 °F
- Høyde: 141 ft
- England Talaton Fairmile 50.758486, -3.2926750°45’31” N 3°17’34” W
Dag 6
Birthday dinner for Rosie
19. november 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Dinner was another amazing feast cooked by Mark in honor of Rosie's birthday. Which was technically yesterday, but since she arrived today, we had the celebration today. Jet lag hit me in the middle of dinner and I just crashed around 8 pm. I got a great night's sleep.Les mer
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 20. nov. 2023, 12:00
- ☁️ 54 °F
- Høyde: 141 ft
- England Talaton Fairmile 50.7586, -3.292950°45’31” N 3°17’34” W
Dag 7
Silver safe
20. november 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
It rained overnight, but the weather in the morning was clear and not too windy.

The owner of the house stopped by and showed us what was behind this mysterious door in the dining room. It looked like a door that just led to another room, but on the other side, there was a bookcase against that wall. I've been reading enough murder mysteries to expect a secret passage.

It turns out it is the safe for the family silver, which they have managed to keep in the family for hundreds of years. The door is both locked and alarmed, so good thing we weren't able to get it open last night after all.Les mer
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- 20. nov. 2023, 14:00
- ☁️ 55 °F
- Høyde: 144 ft
- England Talaton Fairmile 50.755915, -3.28906450°45’21” N 3°17’21” W
Dag 7
Country walk
20. november 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
I went off for a very long walk through several of the pastures that surround the house. I am assuming that the land is still part of the estate. It appears to be used as grazing land at times, but not right now. The pastures I went through were sheep adjacent, but not sheep occupied.

The walk was a bit longer (and wetter) than I had intended, because there weren't gates where I wanted them to be, forcing me to cross several pastures out of my way. Russell joined me for part of the walk and we did find some mushrooms in a field. Doug wisely rejected adding them to his cooking.

When I got back, my "water resistant" shoes were soaked to the point that I was squishing as I walked. But a quick change and I was soon warm. But the walk wore me out so much I needed a pre-dinner nap that extended into the beginning of dinner.Les mer
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