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Day 2, Sandringham and Bury St. Edmunds, continued
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| Before the entrance to Sandringham. Do we look fit to see the Queen? | After the house tour, we had a spot of tea in a garden of Sandringham. |
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| Extensive gardens and parkland surround Sandringham. | Back at Syd and Marian's house in Bury-St.-Edmunds. My feet were cold, so I wore a double layer of Syd's socks when in the house. Marian stored them here in between my comings. |
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| In Rutland's lounge: Marian, Bob, and Marian's cousin Doreen. We had a light supper and entertaining evening's chat with Doreen and Brian. | Doreen's husband Brian, Bob, and Syd |
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Day Three, Tostock
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Lionel has extensive gardens at the edge of the village. We went with him to help gather vegetables. Bob will dig potatoes.
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Here he is, hard at it. He dug a bushel of big potatoes. |
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| Lionel's tool shed is an old WWII air raid shelter. People sunk these shelters into their back yards. | My first job was to pick pole beans. We really enoyed this bit of gardening. |
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| After the gardens, we went to St. Andrew's church with Lionel to clean the bell loft. It's an ancient church building, right down to the key. | Look at the size of this key. |
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| St. Andrew's village church and churchyard. The bell tower was begun in 1350, and the church building dates back into the 1200s. | The nave of St. Andrew's. |
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| St. Andrew's has a six-bell peal, four historic bells and two new ones. | The bells are up on their wheels for storage. Since we were going up onto the frame, Lionel lowers the bells. |
