Water wheels, WWI Hospitals and Mayors Robes

Today Mike and I took James to Cricklepit Mill,  As it was Heritage Open Days they had the ancient water wheel turning and grinding grain into flour. They had staff there to answer questions and give demonstrations which was very informative and interesting,

There were a few activities to do and we bought flour that had been milled from the water wheel which came with some recipe sheets that we are going to try.

We also joined The Devon Wildlife Trust while we were there, which came with a welcome pack.

Coffee and milkshake by the river of course.

Then Mike went off to work and James and I partially did the Exeter Woollen Trail and the City Wall Trail

After lunch, which was certainly not a McDonald's, we then went to the  Exeter Guildhall, which was open  for the Heritage Open Days.

We saw  Regalia up close and the Mayoral robes and lots of paintings and artefacts significant to the City. They had Mace Sergeants on hand to explain the Guildhall's 800 + year history.

They also had on display WW1 exhibitions including the WW1 War Hospital Exhibition.

Finished off the afternoon with a trip to the museum.

Louise