Leaving Salisbury behind
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Swans beside the supermarket
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Salisbury cathedral
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We were heading for our friends, Michael and Marilyn Messent, (and Tabitha their cat), who live in a village called Mickelmersh, near Romsey, a few kilometres north of Southampton.
Marilyn comes from New Plymouth, and Friends Plus used to visit her mother, Marjorie, when I worked there. Then, while Margaret was working at Rhapsody Rest Home, Marjorie had to move in. So Margaret got to know Marilyn, who would visit her mother on trips from the UK.
We found their house, Pond Cottage, down a little lane off the road running north from Romsey.
Here is Marilyn sitting in the garden in front of their house. The first segment was built in 1691. It stands in a beautiful spacious garden, with elves at the bottom!
As the photo shows, this is an absolutely amazing house. Some parts display features indicative of its age such as the large, low beams in the kitchen/dining area, which hold up the ceiling;
They made us so welcome; we knew we were in for an interesting weekend with them. Our bedroom was in the upstairs part of the right-hand segment, above their comfortable lounge.
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