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Windsor Castle
This engine pulled Queen Victoria’s train. 
Windsor
The Hawker Hurricane 

Aylesbury 
One of the new London buses. 
We had crepes at the same place we did last year. 

A string quintet was performing in Covent Garden. 

Taxi past Piccadilly Circus
We took the train to Marylebone station in London. 


Three photos from Dorothy’s home town—
High Wycombe
A lot of these lamps were close to 3000 years old. 
Old gardening tools 
Dahlias

Ann & Dorothy 

“Red Hot Pokers”
Waterperry Gardens


William Cowper and John Newton were good friends. 
William Cowper was against the slave trade. 
Above is a model of one of the dreadful slave ships. 

A harpsichord in the Cowper home. 
The writing house in Cowper’s garden. 
Cowper’s home and garden.
Many bobbins were used in lace making.
Lace makers were of the poorest of the village. 

A lock for the boats to traverse to another level
on the River Avon. 
Shakespeare’s birthplace 

Stratford-upon-Avon


Example of a meal in the 1300’s

Narrow boats on the River Avon





Lunch in Hawkshead near Windermere


Windermere
Grasmere





Two English towns 
Cockermouth and Keswick





Whinlatter Forest

 
Cumbria and the Lake District 
Inside James Herriot’s house 
Austin Seven
His house
James Alfred Wight
James Herriot was his pen name. 

The church in Thirsk
just down the street from 
where James Herriot lived. 
 


We walked on the old wall around York. 



The outside of the picture below 
100 feet above
Where the choir sits






York Minster Cathedral 





The Shambles, York









Lincoln Cathedral 
Lego amusement park
Tower Bridge in Legos
A castle kitchen 
Workshop of a lady who made miniatures. 


Japanese train layout 
Knitted hospital 
Knitted Buckingham Palace
Wroxham Miniature World
Above is the part that was all knitted. 






Budge, the friendly cathedral cat,
lives nearby and comes in most days
to explore and greet visitors. 


A mercy chair, where monks could 
sit and appear to be standing. 

Sea-worn pebble beach



Rolls Royce SUV
Upper Deck Fish & Chips
In Aldeburgh
Willingham, England 
100-years of bell ringing celebration 




 

Gordon Boswell Romany Museum




King’s College Chapel, Cambridge 
Punting on the river in Cambridge

Oliver’s Fish & Chips
A gate to Wallingford Castle





Mary-le-More church 
 

A drawbridge up to let a boat pass on a canal. 
Pangbourne
Rachel & Paul’s semi-detached cottage. 
Theirs is number 8, on the left side. 
Milestones Museum
Steam Powered Car



Osborn Engineering Company motorcycle



V18 boat engine 



 





Wokefield house
We went to a little village church to hear Robert preach. 


Robert & Marilyn 

The town of Wantage
Snack on arrival at Heathrow airport 
Steve & Judi Buckeridge




 

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