May 19, 2018 — Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding day

Ah, the day of the Royal Wedding has arrived and that is the only thing on tv right now. The sun is shining so we’ll assume good weather and pack our raincoats in the trunk. We cleaned the house, packed up and loaded the car and called our landlady for checkout. She was there before I figured out how to hang up the phone.

We set off on our next adventure hoping all England would be at Meghan and Harry’s wedding but no such luck. We had traffic. We got to Lacock in jig time so parked for free at the National Trust parking lot and walked through the very pretty town. While walking, we checked menus and decided on The George Inn when the time arrived. There was a local art exhibit going on so we went in and discovered the Sacramento Fine Arts Center (SFAC) has better exhibits, but there were a couple nice pieces and it is always fun to see new art.

Noon arrived so we walked back to The George Inn and opened the restaurant. Ed got sea bass and I got duck confit. Both were incredibly good but came with different sides than were listed on the menu . . . strange. Ed got the Eton Mess for dessert and I got a chocolate brownie with chocolate sauce and chocolate ice cream. You can’t ruin a dessert like that. It was a good lunch in a beautiful old building. Especially fun was a mill-type wheel that is a dog-wheel. In olden times, a small dog ran inside the wheel to turn it which in turn rotated the very large meat rotisserie in the huge Inn fireplace. I hope they gave the poor dog a piece of the roasted meat for his efforts! The George Inn, 4 West St, Lacock, Chippenham SN15 2LH; tel: +44 (0)1249 730263; thegeorgelacock@wadworth.co.uk; Click here for The George Inn web site

We walked back to the car and drove to Corsham to find the church which we did with only a few wrong turns. Then drove back to the cottage to check in. Ten minutes early and no one was there so I telephoned the gal who was supposed to meet us and left a message. She showed up immediately, gave us the key and showed us around. It’s very nice but the kitchen is downstairs and the dining table is upstairs . . . a bit inconvenient but it’ll work. Our landlady is off at a family wedding today, not the Royal one! We unpacked and relaxed until time for church, then drove back to Corsham to get a precious parking place. They were just setting up for Mass so we were greeted profusely. It’s a very friendly church and they have lots of children so should be around for a while.

After church my phone refused to load Google Maps. This is the second time. We’re not on Vodafone here; we’re on EE and they seem to have problems too. I hooked up our Garmin GPS and it actually worked and got us back to the house.

We’re thinking of Bath tomorrow . . .