Thursday, February 4, 2010

Canterbury Museum

Feb 4

It was after 8am when John came to this morning. Life had started without him. People were up and doing thinhs while he was sleeping.
When he caame out, Val was reading in her living room. John said that he feels so good and so comfortable and he is sleeping so well.

He didn't have a lot on his genda today apart from arranging and reserving a rental car to take him to his Dad's family in Essex next week. Alan had wannted to loan John onw of his cars but his insurance could not cover anyone who did not have either a British or European driver's license.

John looked through the phone book and the Inrternet and came up with fve possible companies. Two of them didn't meet his needs and one had a bad number. He got two quotes and the second one met the other's price and agreed to pick him up and drop him off at Val's. So he booked it on the spot.

Sandra came in and asked Val and John if they wanted to go into Canterbury as Alan's flight lesson for 9am had been rescheduled for 2pm due to weather. John said he would get ready right away. It turned out that Sandra could get ready faster than John, a new experience for him.

They set off in Alan's Range Rover and went into the city. Alan and Sandra dropped them off in the shopping district. Since John did not expect any good shots in the rain he did not take the videocamera.

Canterbury's shopping district is a working area but it has many of the original Tudor-age buildings so it is extremely picturesque. The two looked for a Roman museum but it seemed closed. So, they visited the Museum of Canterbury (click here for the link).

It showed the considerable history of the city from the time of the Iron Age through the Celts, the Romans, the Anglo Saxons, the Normans, the Middle Ages, the Tudors, the Industrial Revolution, as far as the Blitz in World War 2. It was extensive and very interesting. So much so, that John left a favourable comment.

The museum even had a Rupert Bear museum. John's teddy bear was a Rupert Bear and he had a number of Rupert children's annuals that he loves to this day. So, he was delighted to see some Rupert memorabilia. Once again, John thought that he should have taken his camera.

After an extraordinary visit, they left and went to a coffee shop where John had a coke zero and Val a hot chocolate. Then they went back to the bus depot to get a bus back to the village.

Val went into the local flower shop and bought some flowers - John ordered some to be delivered to her tomorrow to thank her for all her kindness.

After arriving home, John went out to practice using the GPS that Alan has loaned to him for his drive and while outside saw Alan coming back from his flying lesson and they had a long talk about it. It was Alan's first landing and that is always a thrill!

Val had cooked a dinner of ham and chips, with peaches in brancy topped with cream for pudding. It was sooo delicious. They ended the day watching TV while I was left writing the blog.

TRB

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