Magical

we live in one world, but different countries. I've been to a few countries but UK has always been a magical place... every village or town is only about half an hour's drive away, and their characteristics are all unto its own, so one is never bored.

how could one be? apart from the beautiful cotswold thatches, the heritage trust properties, the churches who have been there for hundreds of years, the castles that are magnificently old and awesome, we don't forget the people!

they may be white, and mainly old, but they sure come in odd shapes and sizes. we saw the waddler, the giraffe, the dinosaur, shrek, beauty and the beast, Richard Widmark ( I could have sworn it was him, except we had read two days earlier that he had died, but then, we were having lunch in a teahouse that had been there since the 1500s and one side was leaning in).

and the dogs, gosh, they have a better life than many of us. how many of us get the luxury of someone else picking up after us, especially after a poo. and if we were slow to do the honours, our host dog, Sally, would give us the eye. and after a good run in the field, and the mud, Sally just lifts up her paws at home and they will be wiped clean.