Having looked through the book of money off vouchers given to us on check in, decided to go to the Old Mill Pancake House for breakfast. Took some finding but, once we got there, it was the usual big smile and welcome.
Carol went for the stack of 3 buttermilk pancakes while I decided the Plantation breakfast was more my style - bacon, sausage (two ways), biscuit (savoury scone), home fries, two eggs, grits (??!!) and two buttermilk pancakes. Forget any memories of the buttermilk pancakes we make at home - these are the size of dinner plates!Suffice to say, neither of us finished although we enjoyed it all. Note: don't bother with grits!
Then it was off to the dreaded timeshare presentation.Very slick, very professional but...we came away not owning one of their timeshares (we already own 2 weeks) and with our 3 day passes for Colonial Williamsburg. Mission accomplished to quote some President or other!
One of the supposed benefits was that we could park at this resort and walk into Colonial Williamsburg - so we did. It's about 1 mile long and 1/2 mile across (we later learnt) and anyone can wander round at will - the tickets are needed for access to talks, presentations and the historic buildings. So we wandered for a while then headed to our favourite supermarket - Fresh Market (they must open a branch in Tonbridge - I will write to them!).
The range and quality of their products is amazing - about 20 different mustards, for example. On this occasion, we decided I would cook at the apartment and, in the end, we chose NY Strip steak, baked potato and salad with ranch dressing as our menu. The steaks!!!!!! Carol had the thin one, at only one inch thick! And at $11 a pound, they were cheap.
To get ourselves ready for dinner, we decided to return to CW to attend church in the Episcopalian Bruton Parish Church. An original 17th century church with very plain interior and typical box pews. Made very welcome and, at least for me, it was strange worshipping in a service based on the Book of Common Prayer. However, we took part in the Eucharist and felt good. Carol felt more at home after her years in other churches - but it were nowt like St Stephens!
(Post meal note: the steaks were cooked perfectly and tasted delicious!)
We then phoned home using Skype on the iPhone - just hope it worked properly and didn't cost me on Vodafone! It was great to talk to everyone and especially to be able to wish Bert "Happy Birthday" for tomorrow.
Then beer and telly then bed.
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