Day 7

This is our last day, we will be leaving early in the morning so will have no chance to do any last minute visits or shopping. My mum had mentioned silent valley on several occasions during this holiday and on our last visit to Ireland so I thought this would be a good place to visit. David was being particularily anti this morning and insisted on playing the most irritating music he has at its highest volume, ignoring all my pleas for clean air space. It is very misty this morning and I stop the car on the way to the valley to try and capture this hovering a few feet above the car. I make friends with nice chestnut horse; it doesnt help when I am trying to take his picture and he keeps walking towards me.

Even when David turns his music off the silent valley is not. But it has a number of relaxing country walks and a quite spectacular overflow drain on the dam. The water level is very low, I think they need more rain.

We go for our last shopping excoursion to Newcastles only shop an manage to get most of the required number of gifts. It rains whilst we have coffee and we get a little damp on the way back to the car.

We make our last visit of the holiday to take flowers to aunt Eunice. I explain to them that I have been writing this blog and that Uncle Fred says hi. Yvonne shows us her scetches, she has been taking a class recently. We retun to the cottage for our last, early, night and my mum chats to the owner for a while.