Grandma's Visit - Ely

Grandma is here, to much rejoicing from the children. She has been wandering around Cambridge getting her bearings and now it is time to make her look at stuff! We took her punting on the Cam and over to Ely to see the Cathedral. Ely is a lovely spot, plenty of space for the kids to riot in!
Little M is doing a project on the Victorians this term at school so there was more than usual interest in the Crimean war cannon.

We stopped at Devil's Dike on the way home so Grandma could see something Saxon. This is long ditch and mound (runs for about 10miles) dug to keep out the locals by saxons. There are quite a lot of them about east anglia.
We had a beautiful day for punting, lovely hazy autumn day, not too many people out on the river and the leaves on the wall of St Johns are stunning red. Even had a pair of swans to accompany us!

Quiet year so far...

We have been staying fairly close to home since moving in to the new place. We get wonderful sunsets from the loungroom window (smog over the M11 helps with the colour!).

M has been to the US and Aus, just back this week. She brought her mum with her, so the kids are over the moon with Mummy and Grandma to play with. Mummy and Grandma are still going to sleep about the same time as the kids, and up early to talk to J so it all works rather well!

One of our old friends from Tasmania, Scott, has been to stay for a few days and sampled the delights of a Cambridge autumn...we took him to the local museums and down to see the air museum at Duxford. Most importantly of course I took him punting and down to Grantchester for a scone. Heading into birthday season now...my birthday next week and J's just after. J wants to go to the zoo with just 6 or 7 close friends which could be a bit wearing. Probably have to go to London since his best friend at the moment gets really car sick really quickly and we can go to London on the train.