Somerset

We had a lovely time in Somerset staying with my cousins Janice and Len who made us very welcome. We caught up with all of their family including grandchildren who we hadn't met before so that was very special for us. We were also made very welcome by Margaret and Steven my other cousins who live nearby, and again, we met up with their family and grandchildren. We have seen photographs of all the family but to actually be there and talk to them was fantastic.

We had a lovely afternoon in Bath whilst in Somerset, it is such an interesting place and very pretty with all of the hanging flower baskets and sunken gardens alongside the river Avon.

It was nice for the cousins to have lunch together at The Riverside Inn, the river Avon flows alongside and we saw several long boats passing by.

A drive to Bristol to see the Clifton Suspension Bridge was very interesting, it has a graceful appearance about it and the engineeering aspect was of particular interest to Len and Michael.

The photograph of Michael standing in the gorge of the rock was taken at Mendip Hills. It is of special interest because this is where the Rev. Augustus Toplady was inspired to write the words to the well known Hymn, 'Rock of Ages Cleft for Me'. Apparently whilst walking through the gorge he was caught in a storm and took shelter in the Cleft.

We felt sad about leaving Somerset, it was really lovely to see everyone. We left with very special memories.