England 2025

We are beginning our trip to Devon, Cornwall, Norway and Bicester. 

Psalm 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.


Waiting to board flight BA218


Dartmouth, England




Fish and chips at
Bayards Cove Inn



Stopped for a cup of tea




Saint Thomas of Canterbury 
Church in Kingsbridge, England 







Narrow single-track roads


Our B&B in 
Penzance, Cornwall


For sale in Blue Diamond Garden Centre 
Ivybridge 


An older Land Rover 


A Morgan sports car


A poppy memorial wreath


Remember those who gave all


A double decker 


Walking on the Southwest Coastal Path



One of the tin mines from the 1800s


The chimney for arsenic production 



Tin and copper mines



Inside Saint Ia’s Parish Church


Saint Ives beach


Trevose Head Lighthouse 
South West Coastal Path



Walking another costal path


Can you find Dorothy in the above picture?




Bodmin, Cornwall
Saint Petroc’s Parish Church 




Boscastle, Cornwall



Tintagel, Cornwall


Abbotsbury
Saint Nicholas Church 




The Grand Piano Cover Quilt 
A community project 
2005-06








We’re underway!









Norway!








Bergen, Norway



Funicular railway 




Our ship
The Borealis


















A sampler from our Indian meal onboard ship


Dessert!


Eidfjord, Norway











 Vøringfossen 




One of the many carved trolls


Norway great hydroelectric power 



Eidfjord, Norway



Fureburgsfossen waterfall


On our way to Skjolden, Norway











Meeting of the cooks 



Urnes Stave Church
built in the 1100’s
all out of wood






Men sat on the right side with the crowns.  


Ladies sat on the left side with the hearts. 


Our guide telling us about 
the snakes and lions carvings. 








They used our ship’s lifeboats to take us to shore. 


Vik, Norway



Boat motor museum 




These are the biggest rose hips I’ve seen. 


We went on a smaller boat to the end of the fjord. 


These houses are at the end of the fjord. 


Our ship at anchor



A cabin with a sod roof


We were going quite fast!


A beautiful home to live in near the end of the fjord 


A speedboat that was speedier than our boat


The last night on our ship 



Our favorite place to walk onboard the ship 


Ready to dock




Rachel and Paul took us out for a meal. 




Alresford train station 


“BEWARE OF TRAINS”










Thatching is becoming a lost art. 







We went to Waterperry Gardens. 









Since our flight was cancelled, 
we had a bonus day, 
and went to
Chipping Norton and
Bourton-on-the-Water. 




Saint Lawrence’s Church 





Haddenham pond


Saint Mary’s
Church in Haddenham 


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