We had a special treat last Thursday! Barbara invited us to go with her and her civic society group to tour the Morgan Car Factory. It was so cool! THANK YOU Barbara! :) From their website: 

The Morgan Motor Company Ltd. was established in 1909 by H.F.S. Morgan with the design of the Morgan three-wheeler. A four-wheeled model began production in 1936, and Morgan cars have long become famous the world over for their unique blend of charisma, quality materials, craftsmanship and performance.

Every car that they build is individually ordered. A person orders one of their cars from a dealer, and then chooses EVERY detail of it, from dashboard to interior leather, including detailing color of the thread, to paint color out of 40,000 options, to floor color, etc, etc! There's a waiting period of about 4-6 months or so for your car to get built, once it has been started, because they are hand made! I want one! :)

Dave, Janae, Josh, Tyler

They are made with wood frames!

Michelle & Barbara

The final process - under UV lights to detect if there are any imperfections!

In the museum

A replica of the first Morgan car. 

Janae, Josh, Barbara, Peter, Tyler, Michelle
This is a hydrogen fuel cell car that Morgan Cars created in preparation for the future, in case cars start using it.

How cool is that??!!

After the tour we were invited over to Caroline's house for lunch. She made a delicious lunch of lasagne, salad, garlic mini rolls, and a fruit tart with custard. It was great to spend more time with her. 

This is her AGA. It's an oven that stays on constantly and is very large and heavy. Apparently, they have become more popular since the TV series "Downton Abbey". :) Caroline said that it took a while to get used to it, but she loves it!
Tyler, Caroline, Michele, Janae, and Joshua

Elaine, Caroline, Dave, Tyler and Barbara

After lunch and a nice visit we drove up through Malvern Hills which is right by Caroline's house. This is the place where 160 years ago Wilford Woodruff dedicated the surrounding land for the preaching of the LDS gospel. Soon after, the missionaries had incredible success.

Haha. The kids were thrilled to get out and take another picture! :)

For the rest of the day we drove to Wantage and got settled in our new digs.

Other fun memories of staying with Barbara and Bill:
Learning the game "Wist" from them. It's a lot like the "Ah Phooey" game that we play.
Teaching them to play "Ripple Golf" and "UNO".
Watching rugby games.
Interesting and engaging conversation about economics, politics and the general well-being of the world. :)
Learning different ways and customs of English people.
It's been great!