[LMB] Birthday Tixie

[Elizabeth Carabine]

In article <001001c7f6c4$c43f1580$6101a8c0 at NEW>, Dawn Benton 
<zaryushka at bellsouth.net> writes
>Elizabeth, may your birthday be filled with lots of good food, friends, 
>music and what other sundry delights you may enjoy. On behalf of the 
>Bujod List, I wish you the happiest of birthdays and many happy returns.

Thank you, I had a lovely birthday - started with a cocktail, ended with 
chocolate birthday cake and in between there was a terrific dinner with 
most of my family.
My birthday came at the end of a fortnight's holiday. We started in 
York, at my brother's, travelled on to Salisbury and Bath and returned 
to York.
My parents were with us, the weather was glorious and we visited lots of 
lovely places.
We broke our journey in Coventry for a visit to the Cathedral(s) which 
are well worth a pilgrimage no matter which religion, if any, you are. 
(should have brought To Say Nothing of The Dog)
Sat in the grounds around Salisbury Cathedral and just soaked in the 
view and the peace.
Had a picnic lunch at Stonehenge.
Took afternoon tea at the Pump Room in Bath (and reread Persuasion, 
though not at the same time).
I spent most of my time in Bath trying to remember whether a place had 
been mentioned by Jane Austen or Georgette Heyer. Though Royal Terrace 
was pure Oliver (Twist).
Altogether a great fortnight with unexpectedly great weather. We came 
home to a wet grey autumn and I promptly went down with a bad dose of 
sloth hence my late reply.
Thanks again,
Elizabeth
-- 
Elizabeth Carabine