Flight to Manchester, UK
2022年5月25日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
We left Phoenix at 8:42 a.m. on May 24, Airport check-in was extremely smooth, and we were at the gate a little before 6 a.m, less than one hour from arrival at the airport. I had time to explore anもっと詳しく
Housesitting in Gildersome
2022年5月25日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Jake dropped us off at our first house sit in Gildersome, near Leeds. The owners are a family with three boys between the ages of 8 and 13, who are vacationing in Orlando. It's a very comfortableもっと詳しく
Exploring Gildersome
2022年5月26日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
Gildersome is a small community with a lovely green (park) in the center. Right now it is decorated with British flags for the upcoming Queen's Platinum Jubilee. There is one grocery store, a clinic,もっと詳しく
Walking to the Co-op
2022年5月27日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
We don't have a car yet, so we've been walking to the grocery store every day. It's five blocks but they are much shorter than our blocks, so it only comes out to about 0.2 mile. The store always hasもっと詳しく
Homes in Gildersome
2022年5月28日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Guildersome started out as a mining town, then became a mill town where wool cloth was made. The area we are staying in was once the Maiden Mill, so the streets are named Mill Street, Mill Garth, Millもっと詳しく
Beautiful English Gardens
2022年5月29日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
Summer in England brings forth such beauty! I'm seeing lots of flowers I recognize from my and other people's perennial gardens in Minnesota.
Walking Around Gildersome
2022年5月30日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
We still don't have a car, so I'm walking around the neighborhood. Besides walking on sidewalks along the streets, there are also lots of footpaths both in town and out in the country. Gildersome isもっと詳しく
Pub Crawling with the Locals
2022年5月30日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
We met some very nice people in church yesterday! They invited us to go to a pub for drinks. We went to The Greyhound in the village of Tong a few miles down the hill. The Greyhound is a 16th centuryもっと詳しく
Gildersome Prepares for the Jubilee
2022年5月31日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
The village is getting decked out: hanging British flags along the main throughfare and the Green, and planting lots of flowers. The school children have made posters about Queen Elizabeth II, whichもっと詳しく
The Gildersome Cemetery
2022年5月31日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
The city cemetery has old and new graves, many with toppled headstones. In some cases the headstones have been purposely laid down so they don't fall over. But why don't they put new footings underもっと詳しく
A Day Out in Leeds
2022年6月1日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
We took the bus down the hill and into the city of Leeds. It's so much nicer than trying to drive in the city, and try to find parking which is usually expensive. Besides, we get to see the area fromもっと詳しく
Family Jubilee Party
2022年6月3日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Jodie's Mum and Dad had a family barbeque today as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend. It was our first meeting with our grandson, Nathaniel. He is just adorable! We played a ring toss gameもっと詳しく
Entertaining in our Temporary Home
2022年6月4日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
The homeowner's parents live nearby, and we invited them over for dinner. Jean is from the Champagne region of France, and he was a caterer. Later he and his wife, Jacquie had a business sellingもっと詳しく
Participating in the Queen's Jubilee
2022年6月5日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
At church today it was a very nice celebration of both the Jubilee and Pentecost. The sanctuary was set up like a tea party with tables and chairs. We made crowns to wear and sang God Save Our Queen.もっと詳しく
A Visit to Kirkstall Abbey
2022年6月9日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
We drove into Leeds to see Kirkstall Abbey ruins. It's a Cistercian abbey, founded in the 12th century by Benedictine monks who desired to live a stricter life of silence, prayer, manual labor, andもっと詳しく
Lovely Day in Leeds
2022年6月10日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
We took the Park and Ride bus to Leeds city center for some more exploring.
There are so many variations of architecture!
Also saw another interesting Victorian pub, Duck and Drake, which has atもっと詳しく
Beautiful Indoor Markets, Leeds
2022年6月10日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
The Corn Exchange, built in 1863, was where trading of corn and other commodities took place. It is elliptical in shape with skylights so buyers could examine the grain on the sellers' desks. In 1990もっと詳しく
Lunch Time Organ Concert, Leeds Minster
2022年6月10日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Leeds Minster is a beautiful gothic church. On display is a 10th century Anglo-Saxon sculpture of a cross from the old church, beautiful stained glass and carved wood balconies and pulpit, and aもっと詳しく
National Railway Museum, York
2022年6月12日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We arrived at our second house sit on Saturday, 6/11 to get acquainted. We don't actually start until Monday, when Sue leaves for her holiday, so we were free to explore today. We went to the Nationalもっと詳しく
Railroad Cars at the National RR Museum
2022年6月12日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
So many old beautifully restored railroad cars are displayed, including ones used by royalty over the years.
Selby Abbey Church
2022年6月14日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Selby is a little market town of 15,000 set in the Yorkshire countryside. It has a working abbey church, founded by William the Conqueror in 1069, and added onto over time. It is unusual for survivingもっと詳しく
The Chancel at the Front of the Church
2022年6月14日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
On the Chancel side of the wooden rood screen are the choir and huge organ.
Next you can see the high altar, the work of a woodcarver from Oberammergau, Germany. To the right of the altar are theもっと詳しく
Housesit in Aughton
2022年6月14日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We're spending a week in Aughton, a small rural village about 16 miles south of York. The animals in our care are 3 dogs, 5 cats, a miniature Shetland pony, and a rare-breed Scottish sheep. We takeもっと詳しく
Inside All Saints Church, Aughton
2022年6月15日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
The church is Norman Architecture from the 11th-12th century time frame. The chancel arch is typical, with its pointed design of zig-zags and beak heads.
There is a brass grave slab honoring Robertもっと詳しく
Howden Market and Minster Town
2022年6月15日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
We discovered this town and its charms as we were in search of a grocery store, as Aughton doesn't have one. There are cobbled streets, Edwardian buildings, a market square and a Minster church, halfもっと詳しく




























































































































































































































旅行者Great start! I love that you're house-sitting! I'll have to learn more about that!