Last week my U3a bus pass group had a trip to Rayleigh, a nice market town and civil parish in Essex. The name Rayleigh is Old English in origin deriving from rǣge ('female roe-deer or she-goat') and lēah ('clearing'), meaning "wood or clearing of the wild she-goats or roe-deer".
First stop was at a pretty little tea room which also sold lots of lovely clothes, jewellery and accessories. I nearly bought a scarf but then decided that I already had more than enough!
The small museum was excellent, documenting the town from Prehistoric and Roman times up to present times
in this little cinema area.
Children's dressing up area
Then on to the windmill before strolling back to catch the bus home.
∼ Be safe and well∼
Polly x
I would have enjoyed that outing too!
ReplyDeleteThe weather was good too - a bonus
DeleteHello Polly, beautiful photos. I love ❤️ tea. I appreciate your sharing this tour.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda
DeleteThat was a worthwhile expeditio, and good to visit with a group.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice going with a group, they are such nice people.
DeletePolly, your group takes some very interesting trips, Rayliegh looked like a great small town to explore and I would have enjoyed the museum, but too bad the cnurch was not open on the visit.
ReplyDeleteWe do go to some lovely places.
DeleteDelightful! A perfect day trip!
ReplyDeleteIt was Marie
DeleteYou do do lovely trips.
ReplyDeleteWe do Liz
DeleteWow, Polly. Sooo many neat things to look at. I'd be there all day with my macro lens just on the little house alone. What fun. Cheers, Ivy.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely little dolls house😊
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