Europa - 2011 - Seekers & Scions Journey - Part 2
York Cathedral
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| The Dominating Cathedral |
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| Leland & Constantine |
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| The Olde Street |
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| A splash of color |
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| Her Majesty (by Chris Levine) |
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| Damsels of York |
Overnight Harrogate
Best thing about this stop was a visit to the authentic Turkish Bath - since it was strangely cold and damp that day...
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| The British Toy Convention was meeting at the Hotel - so we were greeted by a mascot in our room... |
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| Outside an Edwardian Megalith - inside a plain but spacious crash-pad... |
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| Tea then? (again) |
Lake District
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Beautiful poetic vistas honor the memory of the Lake Poets...
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| ancient trees and rambling trails |
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| Leland contemplative, yet jaunty... |
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| English Lakes Mood at the Hotel |
A drive to Wales - Where we took but three photos - none of which were as interesting as the country itself! Returning towards England we found ourselves in a sort of Twilight Zone vortex of soulless industrial weirdness called Pontypool...
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| Wales # 1 |
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| Wales #2 - ruin from car window |
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| B & B where we stayed during visit |
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| The middle of a vortex of round-abouts where we went slightly mad for a bit in Pontypool |
Chepstow Castle - Tintern Abbey & Glastobury Tor
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| arrive at Chepstow |
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| Sunday Morning - the castle is closed - so inspect the grounds |
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| Castle and River |
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| The Gate. As we were milling about outside a woman (admissions attendant) appears and informs the castle is closed for another hour but decides to let us in anyway! |
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| Only interior space that is reconstructed... |
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| We suddenly began to feel very familiar in the ruin - was it another Life? |
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| As we walked down ancient foot paths within the walls, we encountered an old caretaker woman with a scraggly broom. She bowed slightly to us as though she were a servant. |
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| A face emerges...we heard a lot of voices in this castle... |
Tintern Abbey and Surrounds...
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| The magical ruins... |
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| Parish Church of St. Michaels - Tintern - connected to mysteries surrounding Dr. John Dee & Sir Francis Bacon... |
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| England...Roses |
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| England - Green |
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| River Wye - Above Tintern |
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| We walk in woods above Tintern and find this and other evidences of present day Druids... |
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| Druid woods |
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| Under trees... |
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| Wonderful Druid branch constructions here and there... |
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| We leave a message to the Druids... |
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| Local pub... |
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| English interior design is often wacky - this room,at The Tintern Rectory B&B, was a
combination of Wendy's bedroom (from peter Pan) and Fox hunting
motifs... |
Glastobury
