20 July 2007
Day 21
Rugby:
Today we traveled to Rugby, about 1 ½ hours northwest by train to visit my cousin Hugh and his wife, May. We had a wonderful reunion and discussed all the family things that have occurred since our last visit 3 years ago.
After a wonderful lunch (beef burgundy, scalloped potatoes, fresh vegetables, trifle (for dessert), assorted cheese with grapes and wine!) we piled into the car for a tour of the area. It turned out to be cool and quite cloudy in Rugby, but we enjoyed exploring some of the back roads and even stopped at a little pub in Ashby St. Ledgers, a little village with thatched-roof homes, to stretch.
A local gentleman suggested that we check out the Norman-built church. When he said it was always open and contained some drawings “over 1000 years old” I was hooked! It turned out to be wonderful advice! I found a website below that describes the little church better than I ever could. However, we immediately felt a sense of intimacy with the heavy, moldy gate, the dark-thick door and the small group of pew boxes inside the sanctuary. Unlike many of the other elaborate cathedrals we previously toured, this one was modest but somehow comforting—almost as if it invited us to sit quietly and consider all that has taken place over the centuries since its beginnings. Truly, this was a treasure of a find!
http://www.ashby-st-ledgers-church.info/
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Well- forgot I had to sign up before I could 'post'- oh well new to all of us, BUT it sounds like you are not spending a lot of time in your 'dorm' and seeing a lot!!
June and Stu Wesbury will be in London- mid august with yet another 'elderhostel'- taking the Queen Mary over and staying at some 'Horsegarden Hotel'?? do you have a phone?? of how would one contact you??
Gail
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