Loitering, shopping and Sicko

Lots has happened since the last entry.
England lost to South Africa in a very watchable rugby match.
We have been loitering around East Anglia. Drove to Wimpole Hall and estate which has lovely grounds and a working farm, few miles from Cambridge. It’s a beautiful weekend get-away. Shopping at a designer village called Freeport, basically a village of shops. Sounds like a shoppers paradise? Well it is.

Found a lovely jacket for cold English days at a bargain price. Yes, winter is approaching though we do feel some warmth and sun now and again.

Other than that, the most interesting factor has been a French comedy called "Les Bronzes font du ski". Hilarious. Still amused by French storylines. Hollywood? that’s for kids!

And watched Michel Moore's account of the American Healthcare system (or rather the lack of it), "Sicko". Don’t know if America is like that but yes, proud to be in Europe. "Vive l'Europe !"

Oranges and Lemon

All for a penny. The shades of autumn are so many!

In spite of the first chills of winter, we managed a drive without the hood in the countryside to visit a friend and watch rugby-France played against England- and lost in the World cup. Coming back to the drive, it was a curious one as the roads (in a canopy of trees) got smaller and smaller once we left the Motorway to bring us to the village. A nice little pub, its own school and cricket team. The house itself being a old school building set in a small garden. The joys of country life... but the chill of autumn evenings brought us back home early!

Villages we went through: Saffron Walden, Radwinter and Great Sampford.
Finding the route is all about gessing the direction in the absence of signposts; and how to manage roundabouts...

Autumn Colours

"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so" said Douglad Adams. We realise its quite right. Our lunchbreaks have been the hightlight of the week that hath passed. Good food and some sun in Madingley, another overlooking the Cam. If one gets the impression food gets a lot of space in the writings, we are gourmands, enjoying a good repast more than many other relishes life has to offer.

This blog was thought of as a window not just of our travels- when one considers that we are all on a permamnet voyage across time- but other stuff that matters to us. Like books. Recently been reading James Herriot, really good change and a good impression of English life, I think. I find it adds to the value of a novel if one knows the history and circumstances of the place in which the pages are composed. So this book, talking, as it were, of a vets experiences in the English countryside are refreshingly pleasant.

There is also another French movie and many more to be seen from Mathieus collection. One of the impacts of having an inter-cultural marriage is the influence on food and culture. I completely enjoy learning about France in its music, drama, books and novels. Maybe the world would be a more knowledgable place if more people broke the barriers of race, colour and followed love, companionship. But thats thought for another discussion perhaps.

For now its the end of summer, beginning of autumn. We see the reds and the yellows around us. And the first chill of winter.