2 posts tagged “fall colors”
Here is our Stake Centre in Norwich, and hour drive from our home. We made the trip for Saturday evening session, doing our errands beforehand to make the most of the trip. We met President and Sister Foulger of the London Mission, who welcomed us to attend gatherings of senior missionary couples, even though we are not technically under their wing. On Sunday, the building was packed, new converts, investigators, and the recently reactivated seated on the front rows.
Our Stake Presidency, all native English, have an oratory style of speaking that lifts you right out of your seat. It was a wonderful Conference.
On the way this morning, the sun was bright so we took a few moments of video of the drive along A11 from Thetford to Norwich, both of Norfolk. Here it is:
The A11 is an excellent highway, maximum speed is 70 mph, it is smooth and well maintained. In this little clip you see a typical "roundabout" sign (green sign with circle and radiating spokes) and see us navigate it. We are continuing on the A11 so we basically go in at the bottom and out at the top of the circle. These roundabouts always slow you down and so are a bit of a pain. However, they obviate the need for overpasses and traffic lights and usually you move right through them so they are, except during heavy traffic periods, very good at keeping everyone moving. For this reason, we suppose that gasoline burned while waiting for traffic control in England is much lower than in the US.
Today after church we decided to take some videos using our cell phones. This first one is how the fall colors look through the windscreen of our car moving at 65 mph through the countryside in Old England (as opposed to New England).
We will have to take a few stills around town and post them later on. The old town church on the right here, is especially picturesque. Every town has at least one stone church that looks very much like this one: large square bell tower with chapel extending from one of its sides. There are literally hundreds of them.
You will hear our GPS navigator tell us "In 2.4 miles, turn right on Little Oulsham Drove". That is the turn onto the street where we live so you know how far we live from these scenes.
One of the things we especially like about England is that there is almost no shopping available on the Sabbath. Families get to be together without job obligations interrupting them.
