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Our stay in Surrey was a short one followed by another short
stay together in Worthing (
Sussex)
and finally we made our home in the beautiful
county
of
Gloucestershire, in the town of
Cheltenham.
Cheltenham also known as
Cheltenham Spa is a large spa town situated on the edge of the Cotswold. It is
famous for its music, the composer Gustav Holst was born there, it has the
biggest racecourse and during the Cheltenham festival the town comes to stand
still as the whole to
Ireland,
lover of horses invade the town for few weeks. There is also the ladies college
which is popular with the rich and famous who can afford to send their
daughters to the college.
What
Cheltenham
failed to have was a good public transport and here I had to learn to drive in
order to have my own independence. So at the grand age of forty and with help
from my partner and the driving instructor I finally got my licence to drive a
car, old worn out Mini,
Eureka!!
Until
his visit to
South Africa
last year my partner has never been out of his comfort zone, (comfort zone
being Europe and
North America). After moving
to our new home I was happy to show him my beloved
India
where there is a lot of cricket and
Thailand where there is none of
this silly game? So we set off for a month in October 1990 away from cricket ( after the season's play) and our new home in Cheltenham.
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