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England & Wales
Summer 2012 |
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| The beautiful Lakes District of England was the home of Beatrix Potter and William Wordsworth. Stone homes and walls were a natural part of the green forest and hills. |
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In Liverpool, we visited the Cavern Club where the Beatles first performed, John Lennon's home, Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields. |
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| What a treat! We were invited to spend a couple of nights on the Grand Union Canal with friends from New Zealand on their canal boat. The first day we went through 22 hand cranked locks!! |
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| Two of the narrow boats will fit inside one lock. Just like motorhomes, they aren't all the same length. Ours was 65 feet with two bedrooms, two baths, kitchen & lounge. |
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Kiri & Jude are our soul-mates. They live a nomadic life in motorhomes and canal boats around the world and love it. |
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| Playing golf in Wales at the Celtic Manor Resort - home of the 2010 Ryder Cup - was a test of our abilities. We loved the course; but battled sand traps and the typically windy, rainy weather. |
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Worcester, England is an historic town that was made very special to us by our friends, Mike & Ann, who hosted us at their lovely home there. |
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| The first evening we spent with them, they called a cab and took us for a fun ride to a thatch-roofed pub for dinner. The cabs are HUGE and are like an American limo with two bench seats facing each other in the rear of the vehicle. |
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| We drove through the Cotswolds and stopped at quaint Bourton on the Water. |
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The ceiling of the Abbey in Bath is supported by impressive fan vaulting. |
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| The 400 year old Brookover Farm B&B was a pretty country house that served a huge full English breakfast - fried eggs, gammon ham, Cumberland sausage, toast, fried bread, sauteed mushrooms, black pudding, triangles of hash-browned potatoes and broiled tomatoes. |
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Stonehenge!!! Just the way I had always pictured it. |
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| Glastonbury Tor - a conical hill with a 521 ft. footpath to the ruins of St. Michael's Tower and fantastic 360° views. Some people come to feel the energizing vibes eminating during the climb. We just felt tired! |
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| Nothing says London like the London Eye and a Double-Decker bus with meat pies for lunch. |
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