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 We had a good night in Nootka Lodge and I felt a little better when I woke up. Just up the road was the bridge over the Connecticut River leading into Vermont. Next to the new bridge was an old one - the Wells River Bridge which was built in 1903 by the Boston and Maine Railroad to carry both rail and road traffic.  It looks strange because it is double-decked. The bridge was in use for rail traffic until 2001 and ceased to be used for road traffic in 2007, when it was fenced off and allowed to degenerate.  We had not had breakfast so went to a diner, Tuttles in Wells River, which was very traditional. We had eggs and fried potatoes and as much coffee as you could drink. Fortified we crossed the river and headed into Vermont. We were driving back towards Hanover as Mike wanted to show us the house he had lived in when he was working at Dartmouth College. First we visited the village of Lyme. Another very tidy New England  place where Mike used to do his shopping. Th...

We paid a visit to the Sainsbury Centre, my first and hopefully to be followed by more. They had on two temporary exhibitions, one on Cartier Bresson and one on Giacometti, of whose sculptures they have a number in their permanent collection. I was really impressed by the building, a Norman Foster design, actually having some similarities to the facade of Stansted Airport. We saw the Cartier Bresson and the Giacometti, and, because Iain was in a wheel chair we came in to the Giacometti by the rear of the building which was even more interesting from a photographic point of view. Here are the pictures, starting with the Cartier Bresson exhibition, then the permanent collection. Following then on to the Giacometti and the exterior of the building with the Henry Moore stature.  In the garden I was photographing a rather strange dog. It's owner came up to me, rather belligerently at first, to ask me what I was doing. I said I was srtuck by his dog and he said it was a dingo. T...