30 June 2007

Jennifer still sick, debating whether we should make a run at a Medicentre, but she wants to wait and see. I am staying home with her while Mom and Brian take the train out to Ipswich. She is sleeping now and I just made a trip to the grocery store for some broth and crackers. Hope she wakes up feeling better. She has to catch the plane tomorrow to meet Nick and the boys for the cruise!

4:45--Jennifer feeling much better, we went for a long walk because she was getting antsy, bought some fresh fruits and made a fruit salad and started cleaning this place up so we can leave early tomorrow.

8:30--Mom and Brian just got back from a pretty full day of travel and sights. They hopped on the train from Catford to London Bridge, then the Tube (Underground/subway) to Liverpool Street train station, then by train to Ipswich about 80 minutes NE of London on the coast - home to Doggett family ancestors. They did research in the local county archive and found the handwritten accounts of Bejamin Doggett's 1636 birth and 1664 marriage to Sarah Gerrard. Those folks emigrated to Virginia in the early 1670s and a descendant fought in the American Revolution against the Brits a century later! Then our intrepid travellers went to the 12th c. church in town and took a picture where Benjamin was baptized. After that it was off on another train to Cambridge, where they stopped by St Johns College (where Benjamin studied and graduated), a bridge on the River Cam, and a lovely walk through the medieval part of town. At 6:15 it was back on yet another train back to London, followed by Tube and train home to Catford where they have just walked in! Super day!