Jubilee!

When we got up this morning we had light rain and 44 degrees. I don't think it got over 50 today, and it was breezy. I ventured out early to get a Sunday paper. At the newstand I made my typical mistakes with the money, and had to have the proprietor take the correct change from my hand. I laughed and told him I should be better at this after a month in the country. The guy behind me in line said, "O, y'l gi' i'."

We rode in the top of a double decker bus to Keswick in the lake district this morning enjoying the splendid scenery. The town is very popular with British tourists and hikers and on this five day weekend is jammed. Most people in town are in hiking gear - backpacks, boots, walking sticks, floppy hats, and gore tex everything. There must be twenty outdoor stores in this town of 5000. The town square is filled with revelers watching the flotilla and other events on a big video screen, while listening to live rock and roll bands and eating take out fish and chips and other goodies from the open air food market.

 

We got pasties for dinner and are eating them laying on the bed watching All The Queen's Horses, a Jubilee event, on the telly. As the guy we talked to in a pub today said, " Thanks to the royals we get extra days off for weddings and Jubilees." God save the Queen!