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- Day 7
- Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 12:00 PM
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 322 ft
EnglandStanway51°59’27” N 1°54’46” W
Cricket game at Stanway House
August 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Kristie gets a hit off of Jeem, then Jeem bowls a strike.😁
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- Day 7
- Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 1:02 PM
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitude: 656 ft
- EnglandCutsdean51°58’43” N 1°53’45” W
Stanway House
August 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Got to visit the Earl of Wemyss' residence, see a working water mill, and play a cricket match. 😃
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- Day 7
- Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 4:29 PM
- ⛅ 79 °F
- Altitude: 433 ft
- EnglandLower Slaughter51°54’4” N 1°45’49” W
Cotswold Trail - Lower Slaughter
August 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Slaughter = Corrupton of the Anglo-Saxon word meaning "slow growing berry." Took a 2.5 hour walk on the Cotswold trail through upper and lower Slaughter.
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- Day 7
- Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 5:00 PM
- ⛅ 81 °F
- Altitude: 433 ft
- EnglandLower Slaughter51°54’5” N 1°45’48” W
A stroll thru the Cotswolds
August 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
I feel like I have just walked thru a fairy tale or one of my favorite novels, it was lovely-lovely-lovely (been told that is actually one word, lol).
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- Day 8
- Friday, August 3, 2018 at 11:38 AM
- ⛅ 72 °F
- Altitude: 440 ft
- EnglandStokesay52°25’51” N 2°49’55” W
Stokesay Fortified Manor
August 3, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
An example of a fortified manor...not quite a castle, but more than a house. 😉 Occupied from 1300s to early 1700s.
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- Day 8
- Friday, August 3, 2018 at 4:15 PM
- ⛅ 68 °F
- Altitude: 72 ft
WalesAberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-128353°16’52” N 3°49’44” W
Next 2 day stay...
August 3, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Sweetest room so far...😉
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- Day 8
- Friday, August 3, 2018 at 4:35 PM
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Altitude: 112 ft
- WalesConwy Railway Station53°16’49” N 3°49’59” W
Walking the town walls around Conwy
August 3, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The entire city of Conwy is walled and attached to its castle. You can walk on this wall around 80% of the city. Brilliant.
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- Day 8
- Friday, August 3, 2018 at 5:09 PM
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 49 ft
- WalesConwy Castle53°16’49” N 3°49’32” W
Conwy Castle Part 2
August 3, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
More!
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- Day 8
- Friday, August 3, 2018 at 5:13 PM
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 49 ft
- WalesConwy Castle53°16’49” N 3°49’33” W
Conwy Castle
August 3, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
WOW! Crazy monstrosity of a castle built by Edward I ("Edward the Longshanks of 'Braveheart' renown") This massive castle was built in 4 years...🤯😳
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- Day 9
- Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 482 ft
- WalesLlanfairfechan53°14’54” N 3°57’30” W
Gareth Wyn Jones - Family Farm
August 4, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Got to visit a sheep farm in northern Wales operated by Gareth Wyn Jones...a local farmer trying to find ways to make sheep farming profitable and useful in the current economy. Honest, genuine, andRead more
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- Day 9
- Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 2:55 PM
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 1,398 ft
- WalesLlyn Llydaw53°4’23” N 4°2’29” W
Snowdownia Mt.
August 4, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Trail up to Snowdownia Mt. Ran out of time to make it to the top, but still beautiful.😊
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- Day 10
- Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 11:53 AM
- ⛅ 70 °F
- Altitude: 207 ft
- WalesBodnant Garden53°14’5” N 3°47’50” W
Bodnant Garden
August 5, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Gorgeous English-style garden in the Snowdonia foothills.
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- Day 10
- Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 12:20 PM
- ⛅ 72 °F
- Altitude: 131 ft
- WalesBodnant Garden53°14’1” N 3°47’56” W
Bodnant Gardens - Kristie's pictures
August 5, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Had to post, because it shows the different experience Jim and I had 😀 Jim saw flowers and I saw beauty photo opportunities 💐
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- Day 11
- Monday, August 6, 2018 at 12:02 PM
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 249 ft
- EnglandManesty54°33’36” N 3°8’21” W
Keswick-Lodore Falls
August 6, 2018 in England ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Taking a boat trip to the far end of the lake from Keswick.
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- Day 11
- Monday, August 6, 2018 at 1:44 PM
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 233 ft
- EnglandDerwentwater54°34’57” N 3°9’21” W
Keswick-Walking around the Lake
August 6, 2018 in England ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Nice trail around Derwentwater lake. We took the boat to the far end, walked a few miles, then hopped on a boat on the 2nd to last stop. 6 stops around the lake if you want to catch a ride back toRead more
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- Day 11
- Monday, August 6, 2018 at 7:09 PM
- ☁️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 679 ft
- EnglandKeswick54°36’10” N 3°5’54” W
Castlerigg Stone Circle
August 6, 2018 in England ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
2 mile walk outside of Keswick...beautiful view!🤯
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- Day 11
- Monday, August 6, 2018 at 10:35 PM
- ☁️ 59 °F
- Altitude: 295 ft
- EnglandKeswick54°36’5” N 3°8’5” W
Keswick
August 6, 2018 in England ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
They call it a vacation from your vacation 😀 lol 💞today was a good day to explore a "get away" high lake mnt lake town!! Boats/trails and Beatrice Potter's House 😀
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- Day 11
- Monday, August 6, 2018 at 10:54 PM
- ⛅ 57 °F
- Altitude: 669 ft
- EnglandKeswick54°36’13” N 3°5’54” W
Castlerigg Stones
August 6, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Today was our tour guides bday 🎈he took us on a surprise walk to 1400 bronze age rock circles 😊 amazing!! Then we surprised him with a lovely bday wish😀🎈
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11:28 AM
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 551 ft
- EnglandVindolanda54°59’30” N 2°21’40” W
Vindolanda - Roman Fort/Settlement
August 7, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Current archeological dig, always in progress, excavating areas of the Vindolanda Roman Fort presence here in Northumberland.
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 12:44 PM
- ⛅ 61 °F
- Altitude: 764 ft
- EnglandHousesteads Roman fort55°0’43” N 2°19’41” W
On Hadrian's Wall
August 7, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Sitting on a portion of Hadrian's Wall, completed around 124 AD. So much history...
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 7:00 PM
- ⛅ 70 °F
- Altitude: 59 ft
- EnglandYork53°57’38” N 1°4’52” W
Walk around York, day 1
August 7, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Quick first walk overview of York: York Minster Cathedral, River Ouse, the Shambles, walking the wall around York.
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 7:37 PM
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Altitude: 59 ft
- EnglandYork53°57’48” N 1°4’39” W
York - Indian Cuisine!
August 7, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
England's 2nd favorite dish (curry) is part of the nights activities! 😋 Soooooo good! Memories of eating food with Satendra & Manju Jain. 👍😊
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- Day 13
- Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 9:00 AM
- ⛅ 59 °F
- Altitude: 23 ft
- EnglandYork53°57’52” N 1°4’55” W
Roman Walls inside York
August 8, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
On the way to York Minster...
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- Day 13
- Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 9:35 AM
- ⛅ 61 °F
- Altitude: 82 ft
- EnglandYork53°57’50” N 1°5’21” W
York Minster
August 8, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Nerding out just a little 😀 found it super fascinating that a church built in the 1200s was built on a Roman fortress from AD 71. The Roman emperor Constantine was crowned here in York. HeRead more
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- Day 13
- Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 10:00 AM
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 102 ft
- EnglandYork Minster53°57’45” N 1°4’55” W
York Minster
August 8, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Built upon the ruins of the Roman fort in the then city of Eboracum (York) which was established in AD 71. The present cathedral was built in 1250 AD, but the original one was in 627 AD.
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