The weather seems to have settled into cold nights but clear blue sky days with the temperature ranging between zero and 8 degrees. Church Green pond has almost completely frozen over and the ducks can be seen walking on ice.
Today we consulted our National Trust b ook and found a site to visit just 30 miles away.It was Wimpole House and Model farm. We took Odette with us (she is the girl from West Australia who lives iin Flat 3) and enjoyed an interesting day. The property had been in one famillies possession for hundreds of years, but in the 19th century one member went through the money by living the life of Riley. Sadly the whole estate went into disrepair until it was bought by the daughter of Rudyard Kipling. She spent some years trying to restore the house and farm to their former glory, but finally gave up and it was all bequeathed to the National Trust.
The Model farm is fully operational and maintains a number of critically endangered breeds of horses/goats/cows and other animals. Several species were introduced by the Vikings back in the dim distant past. While we walked over to the house, we did not go in as it would have cost Odette 10 pounds although we would have been free as members. The estate is extensive with beautiful park like grounds surrounding the main house.
Drove back to Huntingdon and had coffee and sandwiches and ran into Ed, the Canadian guy from Flat 1- so gave him a lift back. His heating had closed down on Friday and he had been sleeping over at Odette's, but we managed to get up in the loft and reset the system last night. And today we have a new hot water tank thank heavens as the hall carpet was gradually becoming totally wet.
Sarah (the Kiwi girl in flat 3) left for Peru yesterday to walk the Inca trail before going home to NZ.
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