Honeysuckle Weeks where are you?

We've having a great time with the Grahams, as we knew from past experience we would. I enjoy the Cotswolds, I also enjoy watching other Canadians take pleasure from this painfully quaint area. Kathy, who is much like me in her enthusiastic responses and raging optimism, is fun to watch as we pass the beautiful olde worlde sandstone cottages and "Big" houses.

We have rented a car for this two weeks and are getting about a bit. Yesterday we visited Great Malvern, which isn't in the Cotswolds, to attend an Agatha Christie play called, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. It was supposed to star a favorite of ours, Honeysuckle Weeks, but Miss Weeks had pulled out at the last minute. Kathy and I hate her now. Jim and Sheelagh were mildly disappointed. The play was well done, but had some structural flaws that made one cringe in places.

Great Malvern is a pretty town on the side of the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire. It has a 900 year old Benedictine priory with the largest selection of medieval tiles in the world.The misericords, mercy seats, are also some of the best in the world. The monks weren't allowed to sit during services so some bright spark devised these" leaning against seats". In 1541, the local people bought the priory for 20 pounds to save it from destruction by Cromwell's troops. We had a really good lunch before the play and then headed home after. Jim and I are sharing the stresses of driving in unfamiliar territory.