June 27th

An obvious highlight of the pub we ate in in Dorset

Some of the downsides of driving in Dorset

Luckily John's car has a proximity sensor. It took quite a squeeze to get through here.

The regimental badges, above and below, are created by exposing the white chalk under the grass.

 

Bugger the flowers, I want my lunch. Cathy experiencing the joys of being expedition photographer.

Thatched cottage. Reminded me of Shane Warne just a little bit.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author in possession of a good story must be in need of a quill.

The door to Jane Austen's house

5 Appletree Lane, Spencers Wood

Andy surveying his immaculate garden.

A visiting duck called Gemima.

Susie's creme brulee

Shopping for Cornish pasties in Wokingham.

Overlooking the golf club. Didn't get to play, sadly, but maybe when we return from France.

June 26th

Thornbury castle, with Val. This was immediately after we'd eaten a huge Spanish meal and could hardly walk.

A crockety croquet player.

The inside of Thornbury castle - it's a hotel now.

Some of the hotel staff are very quiet, but at least this bloke had a stiff upper lip.

The continuing saga of the village mural. Each day, new paintings, and newer thought-bubbles, appear.

Wells cathedral.

A different view. I didn't put in another photo, or I'd have had to say "Wells, wells, w ....." Sorry.

Cathy at Penniless Porch

The Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovil.

No-one claimed that Concorde was part of the Fleet Air Arm, but that seemed to be the implication.

 

A quick tour of Val's flowers

Val has a beautiful garden, full of flowers. These are some of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-gardeners and philistines can skip this blog.

June 25th

Claire home from work in her power clothes. She is about to leap into a telephone box and change before we set off for Val's

Here she is, relaxed in Olveston

Amazing how many people in Bath are cyclists. (and obviously train spotters)

Cathy was entranced buy all the Jane-Austen-type signs around Bath

Bath Circus

Bath shopping

Bath Crescent

Bath park

Bath .......OK, I'll change the theme.

Erik! A statue of Lion!!

Bath Abbey, looking up.

Leaving Bath