In the morning Mum and I went with Daniel on a walk along the railway track to the lost station of St Maclou. Daniel climbed the fence and could see the whole building. Mum and Daniel saw another snake at the willow and Daniel saw a third one on the track. Later we had a last supper of roast chicken.
I saw deer and the adder on my railway walks today. We took family photos on the steps in a brief downpour. In the evening we had a BBQ by the pool. I baked a bublanina cake. I also had a read in the posh drawing room.
Fi and Pete did a lovely beef stew. I managed to take pictures this time.
We also found a small exhibition about the history of Le Havre - impressionists painted it, dignitaries developed it and there was once a really stinky street known as 'the street of the flying excrements'. Even today the town struggles to control the toilet activities of the inhabitants. This is the kind of interesting info that feeds the children's hunger for knowledge.
We ate in the arts centre which looked like a big white volcano. Then we popped in the library. We went back to the car and some groups returned to the house but Ed, Nonie, the girls and I stayed at the Natural History museum to have a proper look round.
After breakfast we took all the kids to the natural history museum in Le Havre. We went over the Seine on a fantastic suspension bridge to get there. The natural history museum shut after 20min for a two hour lunch break! Viva la revolution! We walked around a rainy town and visited another museum of shipping that shut after 10min for 2 hours. They did let us have a nice look round and recommended a nice arts centre to visit.
Ed and I went for a walk in the rain along the abandoned railway tracks in search of the lost station of St Maclou which we found. We also saw tha adder again and heard a buzzard.
In the morning I played dixit with the kids.
In the evening Carol and Joe did fajitas and delicious brownies and tiramasu.
