Staring out of the window

A view out of my office window. A row of picturesque Georgian houses and a cloud straight out of a children's book seemed a reasonable if unadventurous Blip for today. A more representative image for how the day has gone would have been that of my telephone. Is it really only Tuesday?

This little enclave in Exeter always cheers though. There are two nice titbits connected with it.

At the turn of the 20th century, St Olave's Rescue Home for Girls and St Wilfred's Home for Aged Women could be found five doors apart. One hopes it was not a natural progression from one to the other.

In one corner of the churchyard there is a large raised Victorian tombstone of the Gidleigh family. The City Council decided to make a major bypass along the street in front of the houses you can see. It was a legal requirement that they could only use land in the churchyard if all living relatives of the deceased gave permission. Living relatives of the Gidleigh's were found in America, who objected to the tomb being moved and the bypass had to be shelved.

God bless America.