Day 36 - Godric's Hollow

As a child, I was brought up in Antwerp in Belgium, where my father had moved with his job in the shipping industry.  My parents ended up staying there for more than 25 years, finally deciding to come back to the UK in 1980.  Work meant that Dad had to base himself in East Anglia and, after getting to know their newly adopted counties of Suffolk and Essex, they chose to make Lavenham their new home.

Lavenham Guildhall

Lavenham is a picture postcard village, according to some is England's finest mediaeval village, and boasts one of the finest collection of half-timbered houses to be seen anywhere, as well as a splendid 15th Century church.  Visitors (and there are lots of them) are always surprised at the size of the latter, but at one point Lavenham was amongst the 20 wealthiest settlements in the country.

Warner Brothers' version

Despite all of that, many may be more interested to note that the village was chosen as being the site of Godric's Hollow for the film adaptation of the final Harry Potter book (despite not being in the West Country). As all Potterologists will know this is where Harry's parents were killed by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

And Lavenham was my destination for the day for  visit with my mother. It's a two-hour drive from Cobham, very easy when the motorways behave like they did on the way up and indeed the way home as well!

Home again in time for a swift change of clothes as Burhill are giving a dinner for the Captains at the Club tonight.  This was a good occasion to sit down and have a good run through some of the key areas of concern, both from the perspective of Management and Members.  Discussion was frank and sincere and all agreed that it was a very useful evening.