Saturday, September 19, In the countryside - Henry Moore's exhibit

THANKS TO TIM AND ADELE FOR A GREAT DAY IN THE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!


Had a lovely day out of the city with Adele, Brian's sister, Tim, her husband, and Judith, a friend of theirs.  They picked me up about 11:00 AM, and we drove through Epping Forest on country roads to Perry Green, where the Henry Moore Foundation display of his sculptures are open to view, in abundant green gardens and pastures.  Fortunately, it was sunny all day, and quite warm.

A restaurant/pub on the grounds of the Foundation.  We ate before walking around the premises viewing the art.

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England is famous for fish and chips.  I still haven't had any since I arrived, but it's on my list of must-eat.

English food - used to be called bangers and mash, but now it's just called sausage.  Boar sausages, potatoes, cauliflower, gravy.  Delicious.  In the 1970s, when I first traveled in England, English food had a terrible reputation.  Now, there's good food everywhere.  Including coffee.  Decades ago, we looked for cups of Nescafe instant coffee, including on the European continent.  Now, there are excellent coffee shops everywhere.  Even pubs serve good coffee.  Not many Starbucks evident, which is fine with me, as I don't go to Starbucks anymore.  Nero's appears to be the most dominant coffee chain.

On the left, Judith, Tim, Adele.  Thanks to Tim for taking his precious time to drive us to the exhibition, even though it's not his cup of tea, and he missed watching a world rugby match.  He's a doll.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The grounds are fairly large, and it's a pleasant walk on a sunny day.

Made friends with these sheep, who walked over to us when I started talking to them in sheep talk.  No response, however, so I guess it was my accent.  They came very close and just stood there looking at us. 

My friend Lucas.  He wasn't any help though.  The silent type.

Judith and Adele in the Foundation office.  One of the buildings was closed, as it was being renovated.

 See Henry Moore Foundation.

It was a lovely drive, a lovely lunch, a pleasant viewing of great art, and, wonderful company.  At Adele and Tim's, we had a beverage, more conversation, and Tim was able to catch up on the rugby match.  On the way home, Adele and Tim drove past Eastbury  Manor, a totally unexpected type of building in the neighbourhood, in the midst of council housing.  The building was closed because we were in the vicinity at 10:30 PM.  Looks gorgeous.  Eastbury Manor website.