Rod and Pippa,
its fantastic keeping us up to date on your trips like this (and keeping me very jealous). Can't wait to hear the next installment.
And keep eating those croissants, chocolates, red wines and cheeses for me.
cheers
Tina xxx
Henry Price
Hey Rod and Pip
Thanks for keeping me posted with your blog and lovely photos! Send me your email address so I can say hi in more detail.
Best wishes
Henry
Katharine
Your weekend in Marlborough was fun, and I wish I had been there to tell you other things! Dad, (Pippi) was born in Savernake, and went to Kingsbury Hill for the first couple of years of his life, and then Ursula and he shared a house with another young Mum and son till the end of the war. Both your grandfathers, all the Wynne Willsons, Wingfield Digbys and 6 generations of Simsons went to Marlborough College. Your great uncle Basil WW was Master there (headmaster!) before being made Bishop of Bath & Wells. Uncle Christopher was art master, which was a pretty good cheeck as he had not been taught officially! (But he had paintings accepted by the Royal Academy) The Uffington White horse was 'discovered' by Uncle Christopher when he noticed white markings after the plough. They scoured them out of the chalk with people standing on the ground yelling (I imagine!) 'left a bit, right a bit, down up etc!' I gather they built the cathedrals by building scaffolding out of wood as they went along, heightening it as they got higher. Apparently you can still see it in the spire in Salisbury, but I have not got the nerve to go up there! Our daily lived in Avebury and had a stone in her garden! Enough, I can tell you more later! Loads of love, Mum/Katharine
