We love the villages in England. Chuck often talks about the 3 building town…the pub, the church and the everything else building. Usually the towns that are slightly larger than villages have a High street that is also called town center. Here you find the market place which is a little like the Big Pine Key swap meet on Saturday morning. Here at the market I got a new watch band for £3 (about $4.50), Chuck got an English made leather belt for about $10 and in the past we purchased the amazing cold weather jackets that clog our Miami closets. Also the market has home (farm) grown local vegetables, cheeses, and meats. The charity shops are out on high street also. A little like the Habitat shop again on big pine key. People donate their stuff there, and English "stuff" is likely to be amazing little antiques. Several times I have mused, "How much Kathie would love this shop." All sales go to various charities especially cancer and children. Today I will be going to the charity shop near our hotel to donate shoes and some pants. One pair is too big, one pair is too tight. Odd. I wonder if at the last minute I did not try stuff on. Actually I am also dropping off a pair of sneakers I wore for 2 months and are getting thin on bottom. Have a spare pair to wear today! Heat wave outside so I am in shorts and sleeveless shirt. Unheard of for Peabodys to be hot in England! Off now for a final pub lunch. Tomorrow lunch on the Queen Mary II while Red Arrows fly over. Pip pip. God bless you.
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