|
The currency of England and Britain is called Pounds Sterling. A pound is made up of 100 pence, pence being the plural of penny. The pound sign looks like this: £ We all have this symbol on our keyboards. Somewhere. Maybe you'll run across yours someday. I had to cut and paste from another website.  Here is my collection of British coins.
How much is a pound? Right this very minute—8:58 pm Thursday, January 17, 2013—the exchange rate between the dollar and pound is 1 U.S. Dollar to .62 British Pound Sterling. I have no idea what the exchange rate is right now. Or now.
1 Comment
|
 Categories
All
Archives
October 2013
|
Saturday 9/21
Land at Heathrow, train to paddington, train to Exeter, train to barnstaple, walk to The Old Vicarage—where we are staying until Thursday.
After our tea we walk to the bus station to pick up bus schedules. Hop the 21 to Fremington, which is where we left off last time.
Sunday, 9/22 Morning
Ate a marvelous breakfast, then walked straight out of Barnstaple to pick up the path heading northwest.
Sunday, 9/22 Afternoon
We walk Braunton to Saunton, intending to catch bus at Saunton, except I read Saturday’s bus schedule instead of Sunday’s because it’s so easy to do that and we soon find out there is no Sunday bus service in Saunton.
Saturday, 9/22 Evening
Our main goal on Sunday every time we come to England is it to make it to a Sunday Roast Dinner. Usually we miss it. Today though we are lucky: we find a good place in Braunton and end the walk on a full-belly note. Total miles today: 11.5.
