"MEMOS."

Fri. Nov. 14

The weather is terrible, cold windy and rainy. Met Pat Agar, house keeper at the flat, she knows several people we do and visited Corning 2 years ago. Spent the day resting and watching BBC.
Keith and Sandra picked us up for supper at 7:30. Drove to Durham. Dinner at Royal County Hotel, which has housed kings and queens for 500 years (Mary Tudor, Charles I, Queen Victoria, et al.) Had very tasty Mushrooms Provencal (with onions and tomatoes), pigeon, which was tough but very tasty and trifle for dessert - not the best trifle however. Also had dry cider which was very good. After dinner we walked narrow twisting cobble stone streets to Durham Cathedral (to be a city you must have a cathedral) and Durham Castle. The castle is now used as a college dorm - imagine living in rooms 900 years old!! Just as we arrived at the beautiful Gothic cathedral the lights went out. Then as we arrived at the castle they went out there. What power we have!!