St James Parish, Kilkhampton, UK
9. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today was a day of roaming the countryside for family history research. This was our first stop. I knew this village was a familiar name from my research so we stopped at the church. I walked right upLue lisää
Church of St Stephen, West Putford, UK
9. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This is the tiniest village imaginable with one lane roads going to it. It was where a GG Grandmother of mine was born. We walked up a laneway with holly trees to get to the church and cemetery. AgainLue lisää
Cleverdon, England
9. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This was not far at all from our last stop. Based on my research the same GG Grandmother who was born in West Putford worked as a servant in this house in 1861. We found the house no problem and theLue lisää
St John Baptist Church, Bradworthy, Uk
9. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This is the next village over that the family lived in. We didn't go into the church as we are planning on coming back here on Wednesday on our way through.
St James Church, Jacobstow, England
9. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This is the village the Hancock side of the family came from in Cornwall. It is absolutly gorgeous with rather high end homes here now. No sign of the Hancock name in the cemetery though.
Wootons Restaurant, Tintagel, England
9. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We headed a bit north to a resort area for dinner with views of the sea. I have learned Hot Chocolate Sponge is a good dessert to get while in England. For first course... lasagne....not so much.
Cornwall Records Office, Truro, England
10. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We dropped in here today hoping to get a couple of questions answered. The first one was answered. They pulled out the big book you see in the photo and we were able to learn why my GG Grandfather wasLue lisää
St Werburgh Church, Warbstow, England
10. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Once we knew where my Hancock GGG Grandparents were married we headed to the church and this is it. Unfortunatly they had just locked it for the day. We had a chat with two gentlemen in the cemetery.Lue lisää
Wilsey Down Restaurant, Hollworthy, UK
10. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
History Hall, Bradworthy, England
11. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We were invited to stop in at Bradworthy's History Society meeting. There was a local expert there who was able to give me details on one branch of my family tree back into the 1700's. She also hadLue lisää
All Hallows Church, Woolfardisworthy, UK
11. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This was another church that my ancestors were married in and attended. The small village churches are filled with such incredibly old artifacts.
Atlantic Village Mall, Bideford, UK
11. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We popped in here on our way past as it was an outlet mall. It was very small compared to what we are used to.
Burford Bridge Hotel, Box Hill, UK
11. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
This is an amazing hotel. It has all the items we love in a hotel room plus we have a balcony overlooking a garden. What a fantastic final hotel!
Running Horses Restaurant, Box Hill, UK
11. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
The dinner menu at our hotel was a little too fancy so we scooted up the hill to this place. Dinner and the service was great. England was playing in the FIFA semi finals so everyone was watching theLue lisää
The Ships PhotographerOn the ship they definitely weren’t quiet. We always knew whenever something happened.
Highclere Castle, Newbury, England
12. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today started with our visit to Highclere Castle. It was impressive to walk towards it with the blue sky in the background but, as we have frequently found on this trip, it wasn't as large as weLue lisää
Highclere Castle Garden, Newbury, UK
12. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
These are the gardens at Highclere. They were not massive but they were the best we have seen in England so far.
Stoke Charity, England
12. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
This was the most beaitiful spot! We were driving into the village and I shouted for Doug to stop the car I needed pictures. There was a narrow stone bridge over a creek with a pond beside it. In theLue lisää
St Mary&Michael Church, Stoke Charity,UK
12. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
This was the church in Stoke Charity were the Bye family attended (my ancestors). I do know a couple of generations were baptised here and I look forward to learning more. There was a tomb inside theLue lisää
Hen and Chicken Restaurant, Froyle, UK
12. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I have been having a bit of trouble at times finding food I like in England. I'm not a fan of lamb, rabbit, duck or fish so when we saw a place called Hen and Chicken we thought I might be fine. ItLue lisää
Godalming, England
13. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Took some time to check out shopping in the small villages in Surrey, England.
Haslemere, England
13. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Did a little poking around the stores here and had some lunch at a Pizza Express.
Portsmouth, England
13. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
I checked out the outlet stores here while Doug checked out the harbour. Then we both went up a high tower at the waters edge. We could see Southampton, our destination for tomorrow.
Onslow Arms Restaurant, West Clandon, UK
13. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We probably drove for over an hour trying to get into a pub/restaurant for dinner tonight. Who knew that nobody eats at home on a Friday night in England?? Luckily the food was good but boy was itLue lisää
Standing Order Rest., Southampton, UK
14. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We met Ashley and Jackson here for lunch and then headed back to the ship with them.
Azura, Ocean Terminal, Southampton, UK
14. heinäkuuta 2018, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Jackson had to go back to work as soon as we got to the ship but Ashley was off.She gave us a great tour all around the ship, both in the passenger and crew areas. We got to see her cabin which is aLue lisää