Up and awake (or is it reversed?) at 7:30. The weather today was very suitable. After a little rain overnight and early morning, the sun came out and it was likely 15 in the afternoon. A few of the birds I have seen in the backyard are goldfinches, but they have a red cap; chaffinch, a red breasted small bird and a pheasant that gave a great call and then walked through the yard. There are a lot of feeders.
Breakfast at 9:00 with Charlie and Doreen who left at 10:00 with an offer to visit them in York. Hilary was going to Chichester so I drove in with her at 11:30. Picked up an adapter for my computer charger at a shop for only 3.50 pounds and then headed out on my own. Went down East Street to The Cross, the centre of the city (called a city because it has a cathedral). Right across from the cathedral was a post office where I picked up some stamps and mailed a letter of thanks to the Art in Memory folks. Went down to South Street onto the Visitor’s Centre where they were very helpful. After pointing me to a pub with a WIFI connection I headed to The Fountain with a promise to return for the City tour.
At the pub I ordered a pint of ale and a BLT for 8 pounds. This is nearly $16 back home. I hooked up my computer and cleared off my email. Lots from Carol which was great and I had her forward others from my Dinosaur email to me which worked fine. I updated my blog and added a few pictures from yesterday at work. Before I logged off, I tried to connect to my Dinosaur account and was able to read the ones Carol had forwarded to me. I couldn’t understand that but could only think that it had to do with the fact Carol had read them.
Back on the street, I wrote up my diary and ran into a fellow who took one look at my hat (Tilley) and said, “If you had a belt and a couple of guns to go with that hat, you be perfect.” I went on the city tour at 2:30 which was led by a lady who had just played the organ at a funeral this morning for someone who was from Canada and she recognized my accent by listening to people who had spoken at the service. At any event, the tour was excellent if not a little overwhelming. Chichester was invaded by the Romans about 43 AD and many of the buildings are on foundations dating from that time. There is an entire Roman wall surrounding the city and tomorrow I plan to walk that. The Cathedral is also spectacular and I expect to tour that as well so more on those topics tomorrow. There were only 4 people including me on the tour and we were a friendly group with lots of conversation. I have enough suggestions on places to go and things to do to last me for six months. We saw some amazing architecture including many flint buildings. This is a common stone found throughout the area and is actually a problem for agriculture. It is very hard and makes the ground difficult to work. There is a method of decorating buildings which is called Gilletting. It includes the use of splintered sharp pieces of flint being placed perpendicular to the building sticking out to present a fine design.
Tonight we are leaving at 6:3 to go with the Rotary Club of Midhurst for a supper social event. I am looking forward to meeting a new group of people. The event was an International Dinner hosted by the Midhurst Club. There were about 200 people in attendance and considering the club has 39 members that was very good. I came from the farthest distance. They raised about 3500 pounds which was all donated to a charity. I met many people there, both Rotarians and not and am looking forward to attending their Monday evening meeting this week. We arrived home about 11:30 after helping them clean up.
Breakfast at 9:00 with Charlie and Doreen who left at 10:00 with an offer to visit them in York. Hilary was going to Chichester so I drove in with her at 11:30. Picked up an adapter for my computer charger at a shop for only 3.50 pounds and then headed out on my own. Went down East Street to The Cross, the centre of the city (called a city because it has a cathedral). Right across from the cathedral was a post office where I picked up some stamps and mailed a letter of thanks to the Art in Memory folks. Went down to South Street onto the Visitor’s Centre where they were very helpful. After pointing me to a pub with a WIFI connection I headed to The Fountain with a promise to return for the City tour.
At the pub I ordered a pint of ale and a BLT for 8 pounds. This is nearly $16 back home. I hooked up my computer and cleared off my email. Lots from Carol which was great and I had her forward others from my Dinosaur email to me which worked fine. I updated my blog and added a few pictures from yesterday at work. Before I logged off, I tried to connect to my Dinosaur account and was able to read the ones Carol had forwarded to me. I couldn’t understand that but could only think that it had to do with the fact Carol had read them.
Back on the street, I wrote up my diary and ran into a fellow who took one look at my hat (Tilley) and said, “If you had a belt and a couple of guns to go with that hat, you be perfect.” I went on the city tour at 2:30 which was led by a lady who had just played the organ at a funeral this morning for someone who was from Canada and she recognized my accent by listening to people who had spoken at the service. At any event, the tour was excellent if not a little overwhelming. Chichester was invaded by the Romans about 43 AD and many of the buildings are on foundations dating from that time. There is an entire Roman wall surrounding the city and tomorrow I plan to walk that. The Cathedral is also spectacular and I expect to tour that as well so more on those topics tomorrow. There were only 4 people including me on the tour and we were a friendly group with lots of conversation. I have enough suggestions on places to go and things to do to last me for six months. We saw some amazing architecture including many flint buildings. This is a common stone found throughout the area and is actually a problem for agriculture. It is very hard and makes the ground difficult to work. There is a method of decorating buildings which is called Gilletting. It includes the use of splintered sharp pieces of flint being placed perpendicular to the building sticking out to present a fine design.
Tonight we are leaving at 6:3 to go with the Rotary Club of Midhurst for a supper social event. I am looking forward to meeting a new group of people. The event was an International Dinner hosted by the Midhurst Club. There were about 200 people in attendance and considering the club has 39 members that was very good. I came from the farthest distance. They raised about 3500 pounds which was all donated to a charity. I met many people there, both Rotarians and not and am looking forward to attending their Monday evening meeting this week. We arrived home about 11:30 after helping them clean up.
Fascinating Stuff!
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