SATURDAY
AUGUST 5, 1961 - YPRES,BELGIUM to DOVER,ENGLAND
Got up this AM (Ypres) and
got breakfast. Paid our bill, walked across the street and bought some cards. I
addressed them & Chas. mailed them. George walked along with Chas. Went up
& got packed, put the stuff in the car & came back to the hotel to bid
the owners goodbye, Mr. & Mrs. &
son. They surprised us with a special treat, a good-bye drink, champagne no
less. They joined us in a drink along with George & we sat and talked for a
while longer. We were surprised & honored since no one else was treated
like this. George said this was his first taste of champagne. Saying good-bye
to George was not easy, a little old man of 65, that has neverhad any Jim until
just now. He almost broke Dad‘s hand saving good-bye & to me he said “Goodbye
my lady” & kissed my hand. Made me feel like a duchess. I gave him one of Dad‘s
ties for a memento. We headed for Oostende & boat for Dover, England. Lucky as usual, we were the last car on & the first
off (cost $33.00 for car & us). We arrived in Dover about 5:30 PM &
headed for London, but got tired of driving & stopped at a small hotel just
about 10 miles outside. We had beer & ham sandwiches & meat pies for
our dinner & headed for bed. Dad‘s cold is somewhat better but he’s quite
tired. If all goes well we should be in Scotland in the later eve tomorrow.
We’ll do England on our way back to the boat, nite-nite.
SUNDAY
AUGUST 6, 1961- FARNINGHAM, KENT, ENGLAND
Left our hotel about 10 AM
at Farningham Kent & headed north, first through London onto 1A. the great
northern route. What a tremendous improvement on the hwy. almost all the way it’s
“dual hwy”, now real great driving. Since it was Sun. & everyone was going
the other way to the beach, we hit very light traffic. We went north through
Doucaster, Darlington, Newcastle. Morpath & now we are’ looking for a room
in a very busy town. Hope our luck holds out. Chas. is tired & shouldn’t drive so long, but he’s “dour” & wouldn’t
stop sooner. Some real nice fellows gave us a AA handbook which can’t be bought, you must be a member. All 3 were
English, the fellow, that is. We had dinner along the road & it was quite
expensive but on the highways they do hook you. A Swiss restaurant. Found a room at Morpath, a small inn but
pleasant. We went down to the bar for beer & it was full to the hilt. Beer
drinking time is from 7-10 on Sunday. Decided we wanted a ham sandwich with our
beer & they were fresh out, so a fellow in the bar offered to run down the street
& pick up a couple for us. Really friendly, sandwiches were really good. Made
many friends here & before the night was over they were buying beer for us.
We stayed up to 11 PM, being a resident here we were allowed extra time. One of
the men gave me a rose corsage. He raises flowers, very nice too. Another Scot
helped us locate the proper tartan for the Manclarks. Gave us several to choose
from on the side of Mann & Clark??
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