Random Things
- I found something bigger in Britain! Their bacon is HUGE! It’s like, double- wide. (I think the pigeons are probably bigger too, but it’s difficult to say if they are fat, or just poofy because it’s cold.)
It was tasty, too! Technically, this is a streaky rasher! There were about 1 million different kinds to choose from.
- There is such a thing as self- shearing sheep. They shed their fleece!
Self- shearing sheeps! We saw these at Flag Fen. Their wool just falls out and can be picked up. They think it’s similar to a breed that would have been raised by Bronze and Iron Age people.
- Yew trees look like redwoods.
Well, these ones look like a squirrel and a … chicken?? But the leaves and bark look like redwoods.
- I’ve figured out why no one really uses the street names – they change! For example, there is an Uppington Road, in Oakham, that goes toward Uppington. However, halfway down, it becomes Oakham Road, because from Uppington, it’s the road to Oakham. Luckily, while the road names are very confusing, the other signage is pretty good.