23/09/2017; Ashridge Farm Caravan Club Site (contd)

Saturday, 23rd September 2017


Cloudy start to the day, with the occasional light shower, sunshine by 10:30 which lasts for the rest of the day.

A (food) shopping trip to Baldock, for essential supplies. We have the same cheery bus driver as Wednesday, and, some of the same passengers.

In the afternoon, a stroll to the church in Ashwell, so Kathleen can check service times, for Sunday, note, Service Times, not Mass times, although the church has been here since before the Black Death, a couple of centuries later, it was the subject of a hostile takeover by Henry VIII, so, is now a Church of England establishment.

It would appear there is not a Catholic Church in practical travelling distance.

In addition to the "normal" streets and roads in the village, Ashwell is criss-crossed with public footpaths and byeways, one of which leads us to Ashwell Springs, from which, it would appear, Ashwell got it's name, and, which are the source of the River Cam, as in Cambridge.

Sunday, 24th September 2017

Another day of sunshine and blue sky, 20C by lunch time.

Sunday means church for Kathleen. There is no Catholic Church within practical travelling distance, so, she attends the C of E Church in Ashwell, of Black Death Graffiti fame, eat your heart out Henry VIII !

After a very pleasant Sunday Lunch, we go cycling, following a route suggested by the very helpful and friendly site warden. A brisk 12 - 13 miles in brilliant sunshine.