It looks like we are on the move again. Our motel is full and we can’t stay tonight. Oh well, we’ll find something. We went out and got our airline tickets to Torremolinos’s for Wednesday the 24th.
Round to Joan’s for a mugger – then back to the Charlton hotel, a small, 12 Room place - very clean and neat. Dressed for the party and out for supper. The party was in progress when we arrived. It got going quite wild by midnight, and Alan and Peg started us all on dancing and we didn’t stop till 3:30 AM. It was a very successful party. Tom and Syl stayed there the night, but we managed to get back to our hotel.
Sunday, January 21, 1973
A slight hangover, but we put away a breakfast anyway, and went round to Joan’s to say goodbye to Syl and Tom. We’ll see the rest on Tuesday night.
Had a fast drive down to Wales – a pleasant day for a drive, and we got on the M4, which is a beautiful “motorway.”
We arrived at the “Crick Manor” which is a private home (with a farm behind it.) The main part of the house was built in 1271. In fact, our bedroom is the original one – the kitchen and the dining room were added on in “Elizabethan Times”!! It is a beautiful old house. I’m beginning to appreciate “old things” after seeing their home. From our bedroom window I can see a cow grazing.
We arrived and met our host and hostess, Jean and Maurice Weller, who are friends of Steve and Greta Bloomer. Had a lovely dinner as soon as we arrived, then sat in their charming living room and listened to Maurice tell us some of the history of this place.
After supper, we all went out to one of their favorite pubs “The Huntsman” - Very fancy, horsey decor. There were a lot of people around – but the road was so narrow, winding, and with walls on both sides that I was afraid of drinking and not getting back.
We arrived home in one piece and got into a bed – it was lovely there. Their Linda had turned on the bottom electric blanket, so it was a real treat to get into a warm bed instead of shivering for the first half hour!
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