California in the UK

Fisrtly, an update on the last post: After a week we received an email this morning from our medical insurance in Switzerland. They are now sorting out the cancelation for us. Apparently they did receive our notice to cancel and sent the papers to their head office. Head office said they never received it so just helped themselves to some more of our money! They will give the money back soon they say..

It is still unbelievably sunny here. So on Sunday we packed a picnic lunch and went to a nearby park called California Country Park here in Finchampstead.

No, the park was not named after the American state. It was actually named in 1761 which is apparently 15 years before the state, California, in America was named. 

A long long time ago people did coach trips from London to this park and it became such a popular destination that they started a caravan park so people could stay over. Which is now an hour train ride must have taken them much much longer!

We saw this mommy duck with her 10 babies and I'm sure we'll be back for Andre to do some more bird photography here.

Of course we had to have a braai (BBQ) this weekend with such stunning weather!

(That's me doing a pedicure there in the background!)