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- We visit RHS Wisley
- John continues with his walks, including the nearby bluebell wood
- Liz and her recorder group play in St Laurence church, Alton
- Liz helps set up the Pop Up Prayer shop in Petersfield
- John does a street collection for Christian Aid
- Liz takes Nutmeg for a walk
- We have visitors from Australia
- We take Wren to Marwell Zoo
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| RHS Wisley: We visited these lovely gardens with John, Penny and Martin and were taken with animals made from wire and wicker. |
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| A footpath on the way from The Shoulder of Mutton to Petersfield |
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| We were a bit early for the bluebells this year, so there weren't so many in bloom |
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| Liz and her sister Chris played, with other members of Ladies of Note, in the St Lawrence Church in Alton |
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| A reenactment of the Battle of Alton |
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The musket holes in the door are visible to this day |
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The Battle of Alton of the First English Civil War, took place on 13 December 1643 in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England. There, Parliamentary forces serving under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack on a winter garrison of Royalist infantry and cavalry serving under the Earl of Crawford.
At dawn on the 13th, as Waller's army approached Alton, Crawford fled with the cavalry to Winchester, leaving Colonel Richardus Boles to defend Alton with only the infantry. Outnumbered and overpowered, Boles's men were soon forced to seek refuge in the Church of St Lawrence, where they made a desperate last stand. Boles was killed, along with most of his remaining men. The Parliamentarians won a clear victory, losing only a few men and taking many prisoners. |
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The battle of Alton is known as one of the "most savage encounters" of the English Civil War. Musket holes from the fight can still be seen in the south door to the church and inside, where so many cornered men were killed and captured. The Battle of Alton was also the first battle in the English Civil War to use leather guns, employed effectively by Waller before and during the battle proper
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| Liz joins in with the team preparing for the PACT Pop Up Prayer in Petersfield |
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| John does his bit, collecting for Christian Aid on Petersfield High Street |
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Liz does her bit, taking Caroline's dog, Nutmeg, for a walk beside Petersfield Pond |
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| Jim and Jean, our friends from Australia - we took them for a meal at The Shoe in Exton.. |
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... where we had taken Bruce and Eliie, our friends for Canada some years ago. |
| The neat thing is (as they say in Canada) that Bruce and Jean are bother and sister! |
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| Liz joins in! |
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We took Wren to Marwell Zoo - where the shark was delighted for such a tasty snack! |
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| She got her own back by strangling a seal! |
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And squashing a giant tortoise |
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| But she didn't seem at all afraid of the dinosaur - maybe because it's made of Lego bricks! |
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| Wren has a go at Lego |
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Eventually she got the hang of it! |
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| Everyone's favourite - Mere Cats |
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