Pure White Plumage

You have all heard this name before, maybe even a few of you can actually pronounce it:
Worcestershire Sauce.


Now here is the town Worcester, where the sauce was made some 290 years ago, but the town itself dates back to activity in 400 BC.
The town is built almost entirely of red brick, and it very cheerful in appearance. When i hear people saying the name it sounds like "Wooster". Over Christmas we had on BBC Worcester radio station and Chaplin quickly learned how to say it as "Rooster".

Grandma Fran picked our Family Saturday Outing.



First stop on the treasure hunt, Worcester City Hall.
Courtney you will know where this is - it's in Reindeer Court.
Chaplin has his back to the camera because he was watching a brawl by the local re-enactment society. The red jacket man is an actor. Everywhere we went there was another re-enactment going on. Probably hundreds of people involved. And i just don't get the appeal to it!

Second Stop - OH NO I forget what this is! Fran do you remember?


Third Stop - River Severn. This is the longest river in Great Britain.
This scene made me feel like I was in a fairy tale! it was so romantic and beautiful with hundreds of swans paddling around. And... did you know that swans find a mate and pair for life.

The swans are owned by the Queen! Fancy.


Followed the path along the river and over to the the OLD REC for lunch.

We took some of our crusts from our lunch and went back to the River Severn and feed the swans some bread. I expect a thank you note from the queen any day now.

Resume treasure hunting.
Our fourth stop was the 12 century Worcester Cathedral, and you can see it in the back of the picture.


Chaplin took this photo.

I took this photo :-)

NEWS ALERT:
According to Chaplin this treasure hunt is missing an important part.
TREASURE! he wanted to get shovels and start digging!


prayer candles.

Inside the Cathedral another re-enactment staging of fair maidens sewing and weaving.
AND on their table Chaplin spotted a tiny treasure chest. Rod spotted a large chest.

Here is the lady showing Chaplin what is inside the treasure chest.
She even gave Chaplin a dark blue friendship bracelet, and about five minutes later he lost it.


End of treasure hunt and time to go home.
Fran disappeared as soon we got home, she found us in the garden room watching TV and do you know what she had made for Chaplin? the same style of treasure chest he found at the Cathedral and inside it another friendship bracelet! What a great grandmother. Chaplin took the treasure chest with all the trinkets inside home to show his daddy. He missed his daddy and was excited to go home to Liverpool, but did let Grandma and Rod know he had a good time visiting. Thank you Rod and Grandma!