Boxing Day

Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, and it's basically when you show your appreciation for the servants who had to work on Christmas. In some parts of the the country, you neglect to give a generous gratuity to the trash collector, you pay a steep price the rest of the year. We spent Boxing Day in the car driving to South Hampton, which is where Jono grew up. It's in southern England across from the Isle of Wight. It's also at the edge of the New Forest, which is not new at all (King Henry VIII created it 500 years ago), but its a wonderful wide open "commons" where you can pretty much wander forever. The best part -- at least from Lulu's perspective -- was the rule that anyone can let their horses and donkey roam freely. Lulu managed to befriend many a horse. 

And now for something completely different: the British area really, really into potato chips, which they call crisps. And they are into some pretty incredible flavors: roast chicken and rosemary; steak and onions; and (as is pictured above) prawn cocktail. I tasted several and can say that overall I approve of their flavored crisps, but I had to draw the line at the prawn cocktail.