St Albans

June 05, 2018

Recently I was lucky enough to be invited home for dinner by one of the lovely ladies that I work with. I'm currently providing Speech Therapy services in a school, and one of the nursery school teachers had been offering dinner invitations since my first day on the job.

So one afternoon, I hopped in her car and made the hour+ journey back to her home in St Albans.

Goodness gracious me.

I had no idea of what to expect, other than lots and lots of food. Which was certainly forthcoming - her son is away at university and I think I may have activated the 'mum' gene when I walked in the door. I could almost see the wheels turning in her head; 'I have someone to feed! Excellent!'.

So dinner was absolutely delicious, and I am so grateful to both herself and her husband for hosting me. For privacy reasons, obviously, that is as much as I will say about them, lovely as they are.

Instead, let me show you St Albans.

St Albans was a Roman town, Verulamium, that later took it's name from the first English saint, St Alban. Or so the story goes. In any case, there is an absolutely gorgeous cathedral that apparently has some medieval ?paintings ?designs inside. We didn't get to go in, which is a pity, but just means I will have to return!

The town has been in many films and television shows, and you can see why - it's absolutely lovely. Shout out to my mum - it's even been in Foyle's War!