England 4 - Stonehenge and Haytor

Stonehenge at sunrise

 gorse and heather bloom in september

the hound tor

she came here to take a pik; got 5 of her 6 hounds to comply 

the moors are open range, sheep everywhere.   ditto sheepshit

lots of cattle, too

 and a few hillwalkers

England 3 - Bath/Avebury/Salisbury

  18th Cent Condos: The Royal Crescent 

Sue and the Circus plane trees

Avebury Henge

Earthworks.  2500BC.  No shovels.

Sue and a sarcen stone 

Rufus.  

 Saxon church of St James.  7th Cent.

Salisbury Cathedral

 Nave reflected in the font

 lots of dead people in these places

England 2 - Bath

B&B:  front door

Roman baths 

this drain has been running for 2000 years

 big pagan guy in the Roman temple

Bath Abbey

 Parade grounds.  Entrance fee: 80p for seniors

 Town bridge... don't feed the seagulls

Garrick's Head: Sue and 1/2 pint of 7.5% perry

pub sign 

 no idea what this is about

England 1 - CT to London

Sept 23 - hitting the road

Made it to Kennedy... 5 hours early 

The Thames

Westminster Abbey: weird new saints on the pediment include MLK and Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

 Houses of Parliament

Sue waiting for service 

 We eschewed the Londonducktour

 Susan forgot her mobile device...

... and longed for a simpler time

We watched proceedings at the criminal courts...

... and watched a manslaughterer lose his ketamine defense 

Bratwurst at the British Museum

 

very nice, indeed

I had one, too...

 Lion hunt relief from the Assyrian collection

The Greeks want this one back

 St Anthony took things way too seriously

Attended evensong at Westminster Abbey.  No cameras allowed.   

 lots of humping in Merrie England

 Winner gets a free pint of bitter. 

End of summer

Looking fine on the Sound

Porch cuddling

Passenger waiting to be loaded

From the front lawn

Bridgewater fair