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| Windsor Castle |
Yesterday we all woke up incredibly early so the day started then!
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| Looking away from Windsor on The Long Walk |
Martin and Sarah took up to Windsor and we did the "Long Walk" to the castle. We actually parked nearby and got to the long walk about in the middle of it, between the statue mentioned in the link and Windsor Castle. It was a great walk, warm and sunny day and we took a break about halfway so Junior could play with a bunch of dogs that were having a great time together.
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| Looking toward Windsor |
Alan and Skye had turned back much earlier. Skye is still a very young dog and with all the playing around with Junior and then long warm walks, it has been a bit much for her. And this is also a good excuse for Alan since he has a sore knee that walking is not helping with.
I have been to Windsor twice before, once in a tour bus with Mom when I was 12 and once in the car with Alan. I imagine we parked sort of outside and walked in. But the way the long walk arrives in a part of Windsor I had never seen. There are darling pubs and gorgous houses to feast your eye on.
We took a break and had a coffee before heading back. Where we sat, I could see just a bit of Windsor Castle and joked that if Alan had been with us, he probably would not even have sat down for a break but continued on to take photos of the castle......well, I finished my coffee before my son and his partner so I decided I needed to get closer and take some photos too. Why be in Windsor and not even look at the castle? That is when you know you are local.....and I am not!
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| Windsor Castle |
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| Our son and granddog |
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| walking toward the castle |
It was a long, hot and tiring walk back to the car and all of us fell asleep in various places, mine was outside on the patio seats with my jacket over my shoulders! This was ok except we had plans to meet a dear friend at 5pm for dinner and we all started waking and moving around at 4:55!!!!
We literally ran to the Dog and Partridge, where our friend had been patiently waiting! The rest of her family, husband and children were at a birthday party and meeting us later. Isn't it lovely to live in a place where you can walk to go out to dinner, birthday parties and friends' homes? This friend is literally family to us all, but in a very creative way. My mother married a man with children and this gave me the privilege and honour of having the title of "Aunt", since I am an only child and so is Alan. So by default, he is also lucky about my mother's choice so he can be an uncle! Take this further, one of my darling nieces married a man who calls one of his cousins "brother". This brother also calls me Aunt. He and his wife now live near our son and we literally had a family reunion over dinner and then at our son's house, when Alan and I finally got to meet their children! I don't think it gets better than that. And yes, I did hug them....First hugs of the pandemic. It just felt right.
Oh, by the way, dinner was fabulous too. All but one of us got a Sunday roast, either chicken or beef and they were wonderful. Both dogs were with us and presented with dishes of roast beef when we sat at our table. I think they hope we go back soon!
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