DAY 5 It's all relative

/Saturday 13th July

The DJ last night at the George and Dragon certainly had the joint jumpin' with great tracks from Aerosmith and the like, but I much prefer the sounds of the wood pigeons outside my pub room window this morning 

The beer garden from my room at the George and Dragon, Long 

Breakfast at the George and Dragon - eggs will feature heavily here I'll bet!

Frolicking on the daisy lawn (note half dead lawn due to heatwave!)

The beer garden at the George and Dragon, our trusty steed is parked on the right

Next we headed to the ancestral home nearby - Kersey, Suffolk, a totally charming town with gorgeous pub (previously owned by our ancestors), tiny stream across the road (slippery to walk across), gorgeous little centuries old cottages, and village church atop the hill.

This is the ancestral pub, The Bell

Apparently the Bell won't open early for anyone, not even those with a heritage claim to its fine ales.

Inside the church this stone is embedded in the floor, I dips me lid to great, great, great, great, great grandpa

Great, great, great, great grandma

The East family plot

Family portrait

Great, great, great, great aunty Sarah

Reading about our forbears in the graveyard at the rear of Kersey church

Phew, I feel like I'm in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?

Next, we set off for the tiny town of Heydon in Norfolk to meet Owen's parents for lunch at the Earl Arms pub

Marguerite, Julie, Alex, Kevin, Owen and me, focus of attention again!

After lunch we followed the Howells to their home in nearby Foulsham. They live in the old village hall which has been converted into a totally charming house with bedrooms on separate mezzanine floors at each end of the hall. Lovely! 

We decided to take full advantage of our bucolic setting and went for a ramble through some nearby fields which did nothing for the hayfever! I nearly sneezed my wonky spout off!! 

Climbing the stile into a massive cow paddock (the cows, not the paddock!) 

The walk was a lovely end to the day and stimulated the appetite for a lovely dinner in the pub two doors down the road.

"Listen mate, after a big day of meeting relatives, old and new, I feel just like you do!"