Adjusting to Village Life

The strangest thing about returning to England is that it feels as if I never left: maybe I haven't been long enough in China yet! A post-Brexit Britain is just the same as the one I left last year and life in my small village is more or less the same as before, different faces maybe, but the same lifestyle.

 It feels easy to slip into the old routine of village pubs, local walks and meals out: I should say the odd meal out but since seeing Sarah for the first time in a year I've been somewhat indulgent with this and have been out for a meal about 5 times so far. Reception from the locals friendly most of the time, with a little curiosity, which stimulates conversation! The weather is fine which is very welcome in contrast to China's humidity.

I feel I have missed the landscape, gently rolling hills, green fields and trees, the smallness and intimacy of it all! Never has England seemed so charming!