On Monday, we left Brighton and lugged our luggage onto the train to Reading where we were collected by Maarten, and driven to Benson, near Oxford, where he and his family are living. It was lovely to see them all again and their house was very cool - it is part of a converted barn, the biggest such building in England.
On Tuesday Kath was home as well so they treated us out to a yummy lunch at a pub. The pub itself was significant as it was the location of the making of the Midsummer Murder television series. Maarten dropped us home and went to watch Ben's rugby, and Kath took us into Wallingford to the supermarket (to stock up on provisions for our flight), the post office and some of the local shops, which were very quaint.
We had our last night's sleep in England and Maarten took us to the airport on Wednesday, for another very long, boring flight.
The pub.
The barn.
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