Roast dinner and other things

David's dad took us out for Sunday lunch today. We went to The Swan at Forton, a very nice pub with good meals. We had the traditional carvery, plus desert which was delicious . Dropped Tom home for a snooze and we set off to do our last  sightseeing. We decided to go to Hawkstone Park Follies , it is well worth reading about the Follies - an amazing historical woodland fantasy, with beautiful trees, rhododendrons, cliffs, crags and a series of extraordinary monuments built well over 200 years ago. It is constructed around sandstone cliffs which rise abruptly from the Shropshire Plains.quite spectacular . It was lovingly restored and reopened in 1993.
We drove into the grounds and walked up to the entrance to the "Follies" I did wonder at that point about the wiseness of attempting this strenuous  walk after such a large lunch, however in no time at all we had walked off the lunch, it wasn't too strenuous  and it was worth the climbing, the walking, the cave exploring, the crossing of the tiny  Swiss  Bridge,  the grotto and the climbing of the 150 steps to the top of the Monument, erected by Sir Richard Hill in 1795 to commemorate Sir Rowland Hill the first Protestant  Lord Mayor of London!! from the top we could see 7 counties and the welsh hills. A lot of exercise but well worth it.
We toasted each other with a celebratory G&T back at the pub a great adventure, my only wish was that Fergus, Zac and Koby had been with us, they would have loved it.
This is probably the last blog posting while on holiday, tomorrow we say good bye to David's Dad and head over to Stoke on Trent to spend the last evening with David's Nephew. Tuesday morning we will drive to Manchester Airport to hand back the car then fly home via Dubai.