We've had a nice weekend in some beautiful English countryside. Friday we were still in the Lake District. Tyler has wanted to go climbing ever since we arrived in the UK, so we did that with him on Friday. (Really we watched him and enjoyed the scenery while he climbed, or "bouldered".)

These rock walls are along a lot of the country roads. This one isn't too close to the edge. Sometimes they are right up against the pavement, and it's REALLY tight (sometimes impossible) for 2 cars to get through.

Like in this pic from Dave's phone

The boulder waiting to be conquered!

Josh, having a go at it.

Janae and the countryside

Dave & Michelle

Go, Tyler, Go

Tyler did it.

After that we drove back to Uncle Mick & Aunt Marian's house. It was nice to return to their home. It felt a little like "coming home". :)


Yesterday, Saturday the 26th, we went to the town of Eyam with our friends, the Hughes'. And later they treated us to dinner at an Indian restaurant "Herb and Spice". It was delicious. We had our first Popadoms, which are a round, crisp flatbread that you eat with a variety of sauces. They were yummy.

Eyam is an old village that is really cute, but it was hit hard by the plague. The people agreed to stay in the village to prevent the disease from spreading to other Northern England villages. It has a plague museum and has plaques around the village to tell about the people who died there. Honestly, we were a little creeped out by it. But we had a fun time with Peter, Claire, Jasmin & Jonah (Sariah was doing something else during the day). We had a nice lunch there, too.

"Doctors" tried all kinds of remedies to cure people who had the Plague 

So sad

Where we enjoyed lunch with the Hughes'

After visiting Eyam, the Hughes' had to go home, so our family went to a town called Bakewell. It was quite the happening place. A little bigger - more shopping, etc. There were a lot of people walking around on the streets.

The Bakewell version of the famous Paris bridge with locks on it :) We didn't know this was here, so we are faking it. HAHA

Haha Janae :)

At "Herb and Spice" with the Hughes'. MMMMmmmmm.

Today was a lovely Sabbath day. We attended church in Ashton again and enjoyed the meetings. Dave ordained Josh a "Teacher" today after church because he has turned 14. It was pretty memorable for him to be able to have that happen in England. Here's a picture of those who participated:

Member of Ashton ward bishopric, Bro. Greathead, Dave, Josh, Tyler, Peter Hughes

After church, we've been visiting a lot with Uncle Mick and Aunt Marian, playing games, eating delicious food, and eating chocolate! We also enjoyed visiting with our kids in America. Happy day.