Post-Easter break was another credit crunch affair, down to Maidenhead to stay with Richard in the vicarage. Actually, it's not so much money and the Euro / £ exchange that is he disincentive to go abroad, but the hassle for a few days. Stansted, Ryanair, security, unsociable hours for travelling, etc. Much easier to stay at home, drive down the motorway and get somewhere in good time without too much hassle. Maidenhead in itself doesn't have a great deal to offer, except the River Thames, but places like Windsor and Eton are easily reached by bike, and London in 30 minutes or so by train. We had a day in London just pottering about and doing some shopping, another day out on the bikes, nice meals out (with the exception of one execrable dinner where I had to send back my jumbo prawn starter and the rib eye steak delivered to me looked nothing like what goes by the same name in Waitrose). And then back to respective bases to launch in to work again.