Thursday.

Motored across to Hertfordshire this morning and had lunch with our good friend Jenny in a small restaurant beside the river Nen.   After lunch went on and looked at the  two clocks, above and below illustrated. The long case was made in Bungay, by Daniel Dade around the year 1790. I had to replace the pulley, which meant resplicing the rope.

The above clock was made around 1740 - 1750 in North Oxfordshire by a member of the Gilkes family, who were well known Quaker clockmakers. Had to disentangle, then repair the chain, and set the clock in beat. Left them both in running order.

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Stopped by the roadside a mile or so from Bury Saint Edmund's and took the above photo of a wheatfield, where harvest was just beginning.

 Been a long day, so am now about to knock off and 'seek the seclusion that a cabin grants'.
Goodnight All.