Of course everyone wants to see the changing of the guard outside of Buckingham Palace at least once, but truth be told, it’s slightly overrated and a wee bit boring. The crowds are huge and unless you get there hours in advance to get right up to the gates or climb the fountain, you really can’t see very much. The royal police also herd everyone around like cattle so there is not a lot of […]
Probably the most famous road crossing in the world, Abbey Road was brought to popular attention when it became the location for the shooting of the cover of the The Beatles last album: Abbey Road. Each year millions of people (including us) try to recreate the photograph on the album cover depicting Paul, George, John and Ringo crossing the road much to the dismay of the locals and drivers trying to get through the crowded […]
The Lakes District was the last stop on our 15 day tour of England and Scotland and one that I was pretty excited about. While I had been once before, I had never spent time exploring quite like this trip as we never had the luxury of a vehicle. Not that a car is a must – you can easily take a scenic boat ride across the lakes to visit some of the villages and […]
Located on the North Northumberland coast, roughly halfway between Newcastle and Edinburgh you’ll find the tiny coastal town of Seahouses. Not a destination in itself for us but a lovely stop to stretch our legs, go into a few of the local shoppes, and grab some fresh fish and chips-maybe the best of the trip-on our way to Edinburgh. And, just a short jaunt up the road, you’ll find the beautiful Bamburgh Castle ominously overlooking […]
I probably wouldn’t make a separate trip here either but I’d have to say The Angel of the North is quite amazing and the photograph I took of her (or him) is one of my favorite photos of the entire two week road trip. Designed by Anthony Gormley and completed in 1998 it is a contemporary steel sculpture of an angel, 66 ft tall with wings measuring 177 ft across. Interestingly, the wings do not […]
Although I probably wouldn’t have booked a trip here by itself, it was nice to make a stop at this UNESCO World Heritage site. The history of Hadrian’s wall dates back to the years AD122-30 when it was built as a Roman frontier by the order of the Emperor Hadrian to separate the Romans from the barbarians. It was 73 miles long and ran from Wallsend-on-Tyne in the east to Bowness on the Solway Firth […]
This is where we called home and our final stop in the Cotswolds. Our B&B, the lovely Windrush House, was a short stroll from Broadway High Street and I would highly recommend them. Kate and Robin were wonderful hosts with a beautiful home. The gardens in the back were stunning and the breakfast rivaled that of a four star restaurant with plenty of choices using locally sourced ingredients. The homemade cakes and tea on arrival […]
Probably one of the most photographed scenes in the entire Cotswolds is Arlington Row in Bibury. Most famous for the cottages being depicted on the inside of all Great Britain passports, it has become even more notorious of late for the addition of a resident yellow car parked outside one of the cottages (it was parked there the day we visited) which is a nuisance to all photographers looking for that postcard perfect photo. The […]