Cranleigh

Stayed the night in Tunbridge Wells in the middle of Kent, watched a large group heading off to a wedding from the hotel all glammed up, hard case English accents, they don't seem to have any use for some  letters ..'nice otel dis int it?'
We suspect the only reason most of them turned up for breakfast next morning was because it was included in the price...very subdued and hungover but stoically wearing shorts and t shirts cos its summer int it...

Anyway...some more recent family history...decided to drive through Cranleigh and see where Ben had spent a 3 month rugby scholarship / exchange when he was 16yrs. We knew at the time it was a fab opportunity to spend 3 mths in an English boarding school but didn't quite appreciate the scale and facilities of it all. 100 acres of manicured grounds, golf course, stables, hockey turf, squash courts, all the sports pitches and courts you could think of, all amongst very grand old trees and buildings. very beautiful place. Had a coffee in the village at a pub that I am sure Ben would not have gone into as was too young??
Unfortunately it is mid term break (or fortunately for Ben) so there was no-one about at all...we were keen to see the NZ Schools rugby jersey on the wall somewhere that he wore to play against England Schools at Twickenham the following year. Cranleigh School had asked for it along with the team photo and apparently have it framed up on display.

Even though no-one anywhere, we parked under a sign that said 'students and parents cars only'...haha...well he was there for 3 months! Just think, in 100 years time one of our descendents (of which there are currently none!) might be touring around Europe and will visit Cranleigh school and say we had a relative there.