Saturday dawned wet but warm. We didn't get going until quite late and started with returning our thermos and buying two aluminium ones instead (not quite as efficient as keeping drinks warm but at least they are reliable). We went over to Blaise Castle Estate - it is a huge park with a few old buildings. I forgot my umbrella, so shared Harry's which was a little bit difficult as we wandered through muddy narrow tracks. Still, we had a good time and enjoyed looking at the museum. Was a bit disappointed that the castle was closed but it is run by volunteers and I suspect they wouldn't think many people would come wandering through on a wet Saturday afternoon. Apparently the castle was built in the 18th century but all the literature says it isn't a real castle only a mock one - we suppose that means that it was never used as a real castle. Harry is hiding in one of the robbers caves.
We then went to the supermarket (well almost), got caught in a traffic jam (Harry eventually decided to drive over the grass median strip so we could turn round and get out of it), wandered through the mall and then found the supermarket - one car park has 2000 parks and another 5000 so we were glad that our little car was yellow and stood out a bit when we were pushing the trolley back full of groceries (thank goodness it wasn't parked behind a big SUV). For those of you who like shoes - you would love the shops here - the range is incredible - colours, beading, sparkling, high, low - even I was quite impressed.
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