Cheers,

   Well, it’s official!   Randal and I now own 100 acres of land on Little Brushy Mountain in Roanoke County, VA.  Something we can say Thanks for tomorrow.  That and good health and good families and good friends.   Of course, as we’re walking the 1 and ½ miles to and then back from the Mayflower Pub, we’d be thankful for a day of no rain.  The forecast is for clouds.

   This is what our day will be like.  Hope yours will be filled with family, friends and “only a little too much food!” 

Ru

Thanksgiving  in Rotherhithe – preview   (I’ll take photos tomorrow.)

Lunch at the Mayflower Pub and possible side trips to the Brunel Museum, the grave of Captain Christopher Jones and the “not what you expect”  Pilgrim statue. 

The Mayflower and the Pilgrim Fathers

One of Rotherhithe’s better known bits of history is its connection with the Pilgrim Fathers of the early 17th Century.  There are several visible memorials to this achievement:  The Mayflower pub, named after the ship that carried the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World, a blue plaque, an engraved tablet and a modern memorial to Mayflower’s master at St Mary’s Church, and a modern sculpture commemorating the event on the Thames path.

http://www.russiadock.blogspot.co.uk/

Sunbeam Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket

The story of the connection between Rotherhithe and the Pilgrim Fathers was the subject of a post a few days ago.  The bronze statue group commemorating that link, called Sunbeam Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket, sits on Rotherhithe Street at the end of Swan Lane and overlooking the Cumberland Wharf garden.   …….  http://russiadock.blogspot.co.uk/

The Brunel Museum in historic Rotherhithe is directly above the Thames Tunnel which opened 170 years ago in March this year. This is where Isambard Kingdom Brunel began his extraordinary career, aged nineteen years. Working with his father Sir Marc Brunel, he helped build the first tunnel under a river anywhere in the world.

http://www.brunel-museum.org.uk/

Mayflower Pub Thanksgiving Menu  

117 Rotherhithe Street ♦ Rotherhithe ♦ London ♦ SE16 4NF ♦ 0207 237 4088

Starter

Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder

Main Dishes

Roast Turkey Served With Sweet Potato Mash and Seasonal Vegetables. (you had to let them know in advance; we opted for the Turkey.)

OR

Roasted Vegetable Nut Roast Served With Sweet Potato Mash and Seasonal Vegetables V

Dessert

Pumpkin Pie Served With Cream

www.themayflowerrotherhithe.com

Rumour has it, to avoid paying mooring taxes Christopher Jones tied up alongside the Mayflower pub and the passengers boarded the ship, which then sailed to Plymouth to pick up the remaining passengers before their voyage to America.