Jersey Thursday

Dear All,
After breakfast I bought lunch at a nearby supermarket for my painting day at St. Ouens. Roger purchased a day bus ticket and headed to St.Helier. We had arranged to meet at 6.00pm. We were in phone contact thanks to Telstra who seem to have fixed the error problem on my phone. I started painting about 10am. Had a break before lunch and had a long chat with Adele and Philip. My painting is progressing quite well. It became quite hot and I tried to rig up Roger's big Dunblane umbrella without much success. Within half an hour I needed it for shelter. We had a very heavy shower and I was forced to abandon painting for the day. Rang Roger and arranged to meet at Jersey Museum at St.Helier near the wharf. Found another multi level car park - the one I had used in 2007 and was able to find my way around easily. We didn't go to the Museum last time but it is well set out. It has an 18th century house set up as it would have been at the time. On level one was The Jersey Story which looked at the history from paleolithic times to the present day including the de Carteret support of the English monarchy. There was also a Marilyn Monroe exhibition that showed many of her costumes. This was quite interesting particularly after recently viewing the Grace Kelly collection at The V&A. There was another exhibition by a Jersey illustrator and Graphic designer Edmund Blampied working from the 20s. By the time I arrived in St.Helier the day had reverted to summer though not long afterwards there was another short burst of rain. We had tea in St. Helier and then decided to go for a drive. We saw some beautiful countryside and stunning sea views of St.Brelade Bay. Am much better on the indicators today.
Hopefully will be able to finish the painting tomorrow.

Back to completing blog of the 'Grand Tour'.
All the best
Jo and Rog