Had a good sleep till about 5.30am and then I was wide awake so decided to get up an do my around the village walk but then found out it was raining too hard for that so went downstairs made a cuppa and read the newspaper!!
At 10am I went with Janet and Malc to their local church
The Salvation Army is an international Christian church worshipping and working in 124 countries and has more than 800 local churches in the UK and Ireland.
We believe in openly sharing our faith and the good news of God's love for everyone, helping individuals to develop and grow in their own personal relationship with God, demonstrating a practical concern for all and speaking out against social injustice.
I grew up in the conclaves of the Salvation Army and am very proud that Janet and Malc are after all these years so heavily involved in the Army especially their social programs!!
This is a huge celebratory 4 day weekend for the Queen’s Jubilee and we spent the afternoon watching the below float past it was very moving and entertaining.
Janet prepared a wonderful roast beef and Yorkshire pudding meal and followed by my personal favorite steam pudding and custard!!!
Malc, Janet and two of their children Andy and Sam!!!
I wanted to walk all day but it was just too wet but around 6pm I had to go so got the umbrella out and went into the village!!
Cottingham is rated as the biggest village in England…enjoy walking around with me!!
I liked this sign!!
LONDON -- On a luxury barge festooned with flowers, Queen Elizabeth II sailed down the River Thames on Sunday amid a motley but majestic flotilla of 1,000 vessels, mustered to mark her 60 years on the British throne.
Hundreds of thousands of Union Jack-waving spectators formed a red, white and blue wave along London's riverbanks and bridges, cheering the 86-year-old monarch and her armada of motorboats, rowboats and sailboats of all shapes and sizes. The pageant was a nod to Britain's maritime heritage and one of the biggest events on the river for centuries.
The queen wore a silver and white dress and matching coat - embroidered with gold, silver and ivory spots and embellished with Swarovski crystals to evoke the river - for her trip aboard the barge Spirit of Chartwell, decorated for the occasion in rich red, gold and purple velvet.
The queen's grandson, Prince William, and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge - he in his Royal Air Force uniform, she in a red Alexander McQueen dress - and William's brother, Prince Harry, were among senior royals who joined the queen and her husband, Prince Philip.
After a celebratory peal of bells, the boat set off downstream at a stately 4 knots (4.6 mph, 7.4 kph), accompanied by skiffs, barges, narrow boats, kayaks, gondolas, dragon boats and even a replica Viking longboat.
The flotilla was sailing past some of the city's great landmarks - including the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye and St. Paul's Cathedral - before ending its journey near Tower Bridge. Downriver, ships too tall to fit under London's bridges were moored along both banks of the river.
Large crowds turned out despite cold, drizzly weather to fete a queen who has assumed the status of nation's grandmother.
Hundreds of people ignored the persistent rain and camped out overnight to secure prime riverside spots. Crowds swelled into the thousands Sunday, with revelers in hats, flags, leggings and rain ponchos adorned with the Union flag mixing with burger and cotton candy vendors along the 7-mile (11-kilometer) route.
"It would have been wonderful if it had been sunny like last Sunday but we have come prepared," said 57-year-old Christine Steele. "We have got blankets, brollies (umbrellas), flags and bunting. We even got our glittery Union Jack hats and wigs, and the Champagne is on ice."
The spectacle was a tribute to Britain's past - monarchs used the river as their main highway for centuries, and naval power built the island nation's once-great empire - as well as to its abiding love of boats and the sea.
River processions were once common in London. The last comparable royal pageant was held for King Charles II in 1662, when diarist Samuel Pepys recorded boats so numerous he could "see no water."
Sunday's flotilla included more than three dozen "Dunkirk Little Ships," private boats that rescued thousands of British soldiers from the beaches of France after the German invasion in 1940 - a defeat that became a major victory for wartime morale.
This J & M”s home!!
Would you believe it another Pearson who names his vehicles…this is Stella!!!!!
So when we leave on Wednesday for Europe we will pull Stella behind the car J & M will sleep inside and I will sleep…….wait for it…..in a …….TENT!!!!!!! More about the journey another day!!!
A lazy evening eating, talking watching TV!!!!
Last night my Kings hockey team won again and are now only two wins away from their first Stanley cup!!!!
Thanks to Robin for sending me these two photos of Paola at Casa Hogar yesterday…great to see her smiling face!!
I think I have recovered from the loss of one nights sleep and hope I sleep through tonight.
Good night…Yashi Kochi!!
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