Walk around Ramsy & Tesco's shopping trip

Nigel had a doctor's appointment so we decided to go with him so we could walk around Ramsey. It's about 3 miles from Upwood & is where I went shopping every Sat morning with my Mother. It really hasn't changed that much

This is the bakery where we got jam & cream donuts.

This is the Forgotten Sweet Shop - really had all the *sweets we had when we were kids!

This is the entrance to Ramsey Abbey Grammar School where I went when I was 11 years old - yes - it is really an old Abbey (built in 969!!) & even though they built another section we still had a lot of our classes in the Abbey.

We had another trip to Tesco's to get something for dinner
Look at all the choices there are in the vegetable aisle!

This is all wines, liquor & beer

This section was all beers brewed locally

To see the rest of pics go here and here

After lunch Susan & I went visiting & while we were out we had quite the snowstorm....for english standard!!!!

*candy

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