England's roads are scary and the weather is unpredictable you have winter weather in the morning, spring at noon, summer in the afternoon, maybe some rain and then it feels like fall at night.
We found out quickly that the homes are small, there are no closets except in the newer homes. I found some beautiful English homes with the Ivy hanging on them and large wooden beams inside but the energy rating on them was terrible. I'm cold enough now, I don't want to freeze to death in the winter.
My pictures are not that great I didn't feel like tweaking them but they will do.
The roads are very narrow and there are no shoulders. England has 3 speed limits. 30 mph in the villages, 60mph is the national speed limit, and 70 mph on the larger roads.
This is a small village called Mildenhall. It has a swimming pool, supermarket, schools and market day every Friday.
We would be so lost without our GPS. Funny thing about the GPS you don't generally enter the street name but the postal code. The GPS will also tell you if there is a traffic camera. There are more traffic camera's in England than any other country.
Mildenhall is famous for the discovery of the Mildenhall Treasure in 1942. The treasure was a hoard of Roman silver objects buried in the 4th century. In 1946 the discovery was made public and the treasure was acquired by the British Museum.
This is St Mary's church and it's the largest church in the area where we live. The church is also the tallest building in Mildenhall and it catches your eye immediately.
We ate a small pub on this street and the food was delicious. American's eat a lot different from the Brit's, we ate and left in about 1 hour and 30 mins total time which is pretty fast. The British order their food and have some wine while they wait, then they eat very slowly, and then order tea and dessert and the whole process takes about 2 to 3 hours.
This is Market Cross and the market takes place here every Friday since the 1400's.
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