Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Hatch

Since London I've spent the last couple of weeks in middle of nowhere on a little farm in worcestershire with my cousin. Its pretty much your typical English country home with plenty of hills, hedgerows, and sheep of course. It's definitely one of the most beautiful areas in England though.

Although I am in the middle of nowhere, I've been keeping plenty busy. I've gone to visit some of the small towns around here which are super cool just because everything is so old. I swear there is a 500 year old church everywhere you look. I've also gone to see some of the more well known places in Worcestershire such as Ludlow, the malvern hills, and Worcester (sauce city). All of which I'd definitely recommend anyone visiting. I've also been able to experience the pub scene fairly well, and with that comes English bar food and warm beer. There are nature walks a plenty out here so of course I've been able to go on a few of those as well.

Also in living out here in the English countryside I've been able to partake in the tradition of plucking/semi gutting a pheasant, which wasn't that bad after I spent 30 mins crying.

Some things i've noticed are that I've had more tea in the last couple of weeks than in my entire life. There is a condiment called brown sauce which is new to me which the English put on almost everything it seems like. Apparently every person in the uk despises Margaret thatcher to put it lightly, they were planning her funeral at one point. Finally, my advice to anyone visiting England is if you're ever served black pudding, don't ask what it is.

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