St James Parish, Kilkhampton, UK
9 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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 upЧитать далее
Church of St Stephen, West Putford, UK
9 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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. AgainЧитать далее
Cleverdon, England
9 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
St John Baptist Church, Bradworthy, Uk
9 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 wasЧитать далее
St Werburgh Church, Warbstow, England
10 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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.Читать далее
Wilsey Down Restaurant, Hollworthy, UK
10 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
History Hall, Bradworthy, England
11 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 hadЧитать далее
All Hallows Church, Woolfardisworthy, UK
11 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
The Ships PhotographerOn the ship they definitely weren’t quiet. We always knew whenever something happened.
Highclere Castle, Newbury, England
12 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 weЧитать далее
Highclere Castle Garden, Newbury, UK
12 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
St Mary&Michael Church, Stoke Charity,UK
12 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
Hen and Chicken Restaurant, Froyle, UK
12 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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. ItЧитать далее
Godalming, England
13 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Took some time to check out shopping in the small villages in Surrey, England.
Haslemere, England
13 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Did a little poking around the stores here and had some lunch at a Pizza Express.
Portsmouth, England
13 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 itЧитать далее
Standing Order Rest., Southampton, UK
14 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 aЧитать далее