The two of us came in after lunch today to catch up on some rest. Not much interesting in the finds dept after that crazy day yesterday. I found a pretty little watch winder, one of my favorite things we find here, plus a few buttons, chunks of lead and a couple of interesting doodads. Tonight, the hard core guys will be picked up at 8pm and we will all go to one of the local pubs for dinner. Mindy usually cooks fabulous dinners for us but she gets a night off tonight. We are staying at a place called Rye Farm. It is an actual farm with a flock of sheep and lambs right outside our door. This particular building was once a storage area for farm equipment. The owners converted it to a vacation rental for the Londoners who want to get out of the city. Clarence and I are staying in the one bedroom handicapped accessable unit. We're beginning to understand why they gave the old folks this unit. We have floor to ceiling windows facing the fish pond with lots of semi-wild coots and ducks and three guinnea hen who like to come up and peck on the window in the morning. Mindy and Sarah are sharing the other one bedroom unit with two twin beds next to us. Upstairs, the three guys are sharing a two bedroom unit with the largest lounge area. We had popcorn and movie night up there last week. All units have a full kitchen, leather couch and TV. We combined the small table and chairs from each unit and set them up in Mindy and Sarah's unit. That is where Mindy fixes us hot breakfasts and dinners each day and we all gather. Right next door is a neat old barn that the owners have set up for us to clean our metal detecting finds and set them all out to look at and ID the unknown pieces we dig up. The barn is the first stop when Mindy drives the van in so we can leave all our wet and muddy rain gear and boots out there. There is an additional refrigerator and freezer out there for us, also. After breakfast, everyone makes their own sandwiches for lunch and we pack them in the cooler for lunch in the field. Such is life on a metal detecting tour in England.
Pedometer stats (half day): 10,214 steps = 4.51 miles
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