21st August 2018 - Twyford

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Kms today = 0
Kms to date = 9,505

We got up around 8am and I called Penny & Hugh Baylis to see if they would be at home today. Hugh said that Penny was playing scrabble at the "Club" and would be back by midday so I should come then.
Colin and I did some washing as we were down to the last pair of undies. It was a nice sunny day so should dry quickly. At 11.30am I headed to Penny and Hugh's place in Henley on the motorbike. They are tucked away in Wharf Lane near the river. They have sold the Old Mill in Bray and bought a house in New Street, Henley just round the corner from where they are now. The house in New Street wasn't big enough for all of Penny's junk so they are renting this house in Wharf Lane. It is a single level house but has lots of rooms. I reckon it had the same floor area as the Old Mill. When I arrived Hugh was on his own so we had a good chat before Penny arrived from scrabble. They belong to this "Posh" club next door. Unfortunately I couldn't go as I was wearing my jeans and the dress code doesn't allow them. We had a good chat (mainly Penny) and everything was very Posh! Hugh still plays golf at the Temple course near High Wycombe. His speech is still a bit slurred from his stroke. He says he has lost his French, Spanish and Russian which is a bit sad. He gave me details of his Australian ancestors, Enoch William Rudder who arrived from Birmingham in 1834 and established the town of Kempsey on the North Coast of NSW. His story is told in the book "Magnificent Failure" by Lionel J.V. Rudder (1986).
Penny and Hugh in their garden.
Is this the blind leading the blind???
I headed back to Twyford around 3pm where I found everybody sunning themselves in the garden so I joined them. We had a very nice fish dinner cooked by Margaret.
Margaret and Sheila enjoying their fish dinner.


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