The 2 badgers go it alone

Apologies for not updating sooner, we didn't have internet access till now. We were even looking for internet cafes but no luck.
We are in a hotel at Manchester Airport and they have wireless.
Well, I would not advise anyone to travel here like we did, driving all across the country. Next time we will pick one or two areas and stay there for the whole time. But we did carry out the purpose of this trip which was to see Anne, connect with relatives and go to Cornwall.
It seems like a month since the other badgers left. We had a really good visit with Sue and David in Topshan which is near Exeter. Then we went on to Malden, on the coast east of London, to visit Jo and Peter. They have a really cool house too and a beautiful garden. We walked with them along the river Severn and around a bit of the old (of course) town. The next day they took us out to an old church that was built on Roman ruins, just so neat. Daphne had pictures of that church from when she and Barb were here last, Jo had arranged for a wheelchair so she got to go right up to it. We had to leave that day for Norwich to see Peter and Diane Ferrey, cousins of Aubrey. What a visit that was. They are amazing. Anne, you know what I mean. When Peter met us at the door he was wearing a tie and had one all the time we were there - for all I know he sleeps in one. They are 82, but certainly don't act like it. I felt uncomfortable because they insisted on waiting on us, wouldn't let us help with supper or cleaning up ("we don't let our guests help"). We also met Peter's brother David and his wife Wendy who are also very cool people. Britain has the best seniors ever. We have seen signs around saying "Elderly people crossing" instead of children crossing.
We were there for two nights. Spent an afternoon in Norwich which has a castle and interesting museum and even more interesting shopping area, but we didn't have time to look around much.
The next day we went to Cambridge and met Howard, Anna and Jared for lunch. Howard is another distant cousin who was in Rocky a few years ago. He is a professor at Cambridge. Anne, all the above mentioned people said to give you their regards. They were all quite interested in your situation.
We did have a chance to see King's College Chapel in Cambridge, just beautiful. I wish we could have gone to church in all these places.
After Cambridge we drove to Derby to visit Wendy who was out to see us last summer. They live on the farm where their parents live. Wendy's mom Margaret is Fred Strong's daughter by his second wife, so she is Aileen's half sister. It was really good to meet her, another great 80 something year old. She has been sick but was feeling well enough to talk to us for a bit. She had some old pictures which were very interesting.
This morning we left Derby early and drove to the airport where we booked a room for tonight, then went to Liverpool. I definitely want to go back there. Went to the Albert Dock which has been revived and has museums and restaurants all around it. The Maritime Museum is really good, we were there for 3 hours. Then we went to The Beatles Story, which was kind of pricy but how can you not go.
Geoff has been a great driver and I am managing to navigate adequately. He says driving feels natural now but it is still stressful when we are not sure where we are going, like when we drove into Liverpool. But we are used to being lost or making wrong turns since we do it at least once every leg of the journey, we just figure out how to go around and back, sometimes easier than others.
So that's our last few days. I am looking forward to going home but it has been a really good trip.Geoff is sitting here with a beer decompressing from the Liverpool drive and says hi to everyone.