It has been a busy beginning to November as on Sunday our local grandchildren joined us for Sunday lunch together with one of our grandsons who was passing by with his partner on their way back from York to Reading. I didn't take photos on that occasion as it was a short visit.
Our daughter D who lives in Berkshire has had a two week holiday as the particular school where she teaches was closed for the half term break so we drove down to stay with her this week and have just got back to Sheffield. We haven't been able to get down to Berkshire since before the pandemic so it was a change of scene and an opportunity to see where two of our daughter D's sons and their partners live as they're now settled in their lovely new homes. Both couples invited us for an evening meal and chat.
Before that we enjoyed the drive down and it was sunny all the way. The new car is more economical to run and the journey there and back home went smoothly.
The beech woods in Oxfordshire near Nettlebed were looking beautiful.
No sooner were we on the outskirts of Reading we stopped to stretch our legs and have something to eat in a pub we know well. It was good to see references to an aspect of my home town heritage in the wall decorations, that is, Huntley and Palmers biscuit tin lids memorabilia and reference to the riding scene in Berkshire.
