Today we had a great day.
Beth went off for the day with her Nana for some clothes shopping at Bluewater as a birthday present. This left th boys to do what they wanted and they decided they would like to go to Knowle.

The house used to belong to Cardinal Wolsey until Henry VIII decided he quite liked it – you wouldn’t argue would you, there would be no point if you wanted to keep you head! Anyway … I digress.

The boys had a great time getting very close to the wild deer and on our ‘off the beaten track’ led by Joe one of the highlights was to find a fresh deer skull which is currently being bleached in a bucket in the back garden.

Following yesterdays car quote I decided to program Tom Tom to take us the scenic route rather than th direct M26, M20 route. It took a total of 10 minutes longer and this is what I noticed:

there was less other traffic on the roads
people drove at different speeds
the road followed the shape of the land rather than straight through it
sometimes you could not see around the bend
this gave some surprising and unexpected views
we did not just see cars
we had to slow for cyclists, pedestrians and those on horseback
there were also junctions and traffic lights
usually absent from th motorway

This journey was far more interesting and exciting and I wonder if God is saying something through this experience of mine?