Dire weather warnings for today plus a meteor shower tonight! Nevertheless, we had sunshine and clouds with occasional light showers right through until tea time. Then the rain started in earnest and persisted into the night.
We walked to West beach and the town museum before lunch, then set out early to drive to Taunton to collect Ann from her train at a quarter to four. We had an hour to look around the town centre, which has some ancient buildings and narrow lanes reflecting a mediaeval town plan at the heart of everything.
There's a castle in the town centre that is now a rather superior hotel. The 14the century Parish church of St James was open, and the nave organised as a vaccination centre. The building has a busy weekday social programme which includes prayer meetings, and just one Sunday morning All Age Service. No mention of a service of Communion. The chancel and sanctuary are converted into a store for spare chairs and other junk. Sad to see.
Despite road works, the traffic was light in both ditections. We got back to Watchet by four twenty and then Clare went for a swim while Ann settled in with a cup of tea and some cake. Rain started in earnest two hours later than predicted, so there was no chance of an evening walk along the port. With a little struggle we got the telly to work and watched the first episode of 'Shetland', a Scottish crimmie series I've not seen before. Lovely scenery.
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