Harlaxton is a school so breakfast is on a strict schedule. And we missed it. No coffee for Helene and Jeff and no food for Nick.
One of the things I've been wanting to do is drive and so Nick had arranged to rent a car. This was also going to make it easier for us to explore the smaller villages around the area. We got a ride from the college van driver to Enterprise rent-a-car.
There was only one agent on duty and apparently she needed to show each driver in minute detail how to operate each vehicle...and we weren't the first there. Quite a while later (I don't remember how long) it was finally our turn. And you probably guessed it, there weren't any cars - at least any that would hold 3 adults available.
Apparently there was one that was supposed to be picked up but there was some confusion and the agent who was the only one there couldn't get the vehicle back. But in the meantime, another guy had showed up and he had some relationship with Enterprise....not sure what. He could take us to this larger car. It was only 10 miles away.
Well, maybe ten miles as a crow flies. And, by the way, there are lots of crows about. And crows' nests...big ones. It turned into a mini-tour of the countryside including stories of northern England. Turns out our driver was a "Murray from the Durry." Nick picked up on his accent and asked him about it. He was very animated about telling us.
We did find the car in the middle of nowhere basically. We headed on with no real plan. We ended up in Redmile where there was this lovely inn and pub. The Peacock Inn where we had a leisurely lunch.
Next door to the Inn is a lovely church, St. Peter's. Nick knows a lot about churches and architecture so described the architectural history from Norman times to Elizabethan and Gothic -- I probably don't have those correct.
At this church we found The Belvoir Angel which has become the logo for the churches of the area. You can see it on this gravestone
From Redmile, I drove. The first thing we needed was petrol (gas).
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