Well the family party went well and now here we are staying in South Stoke which is on the banks of the Thames.
Firstly what of the music I took with me. Well it was all rather strange as I put six new albums on my MP3 player but accidentally had them on shuffle so it was a mix of Dexys, Rumer, Beach Boys, David Bowie, Patti Smith and Neil Young. Difficult to judge them listening that way of course. Dexys shows Kevin Rowlands at his most introverted but a couple of really good songs. Beach Boys can't seem to make up its mind whether it wants to hark back to the old days or just reminisce on times long gone. Actually it does both. It's not a bad album but a bit lacking in originality and some of the lyrics are simply silly. Patti Smith is interesting but Neil Young's Americana is a mess. He's put new tunes to some old American classics. Unfortunately it's a few years since he wrote a decent tune! As for the Bowie - well it's the 40th anniversary edition of the classic Ziggy Stardust album.
Today we walked from our base at South Stoke into Goring on Thames and had a good look round until it started to rain. I have for a long time wanted to walk as much of the Thames as possible and I guess this is a start. Met a couple in the pub where we are staying who could scarcely walk, having completed 20 miles in one go the previous day. So nothing like that for us - just a gentle stroll of five miles or so.
Late afternoon we drove to Henley which would have been lovely in the sunshine. Problem was it was raining heavily so we just had something to eat and then got back to the car. How food and drink prices change. We had two steak meals, a shared sweet and two glasses of wine for £16.50 - what good value!!!!
Firstly what of the music I took with me. Well it was all rather strange as I put six new albums on my MP3 player but accidentally had them on shuffle so it was a mix of Dexys, Rumer, Beach Boys, David Bowie, Patti Smith and Neil Young. Difficult to judge them listening that way of course. Dexys shows Kevin Rowlands at his most introverted but a couple of really good songs. Beach Boys can't seem to make up its mind whether it wants to hark back to the old days or just reminisce on times long gone. Actually it does both. It's not a bad album but a bit lacking in originality and some of the lyrics are simply silly. Patti Smith is interesting but Neil Young's Americana is a mess. He's put new tunes to some old American classics. Unfortunately it's a few years since he wrote a decent tune! As for the Bowie - well it's the 40th anniversary edition of the classic Ziggy Stardust album.
Today we walked from our base at South Stoke into Goring on Thames and had a good look round until it started to rain. I have for a long time wanted to walk as much of the Thames as possible and I guess this is a start. Met a couple in the pub where we are staying who could scarcely walk, having completed 20 miles in one go the previous day. So nothing like that for us - just a gentle stroll of five miles or so.
Late afternoon we drove to Henley which would have been lovely in the sunshine. Problem was it was raining heavily so we just had something to eat and then got back to the car. How food and drink prices change. We had two steak meals, a shared sweet and two glasses of wine for £16.50 - what good value!!!!
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