Adventures in England!
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I have been blessed to become good friends with a wonderful family in
England, the Edwardses.
I originally became friends with Julian Edwards via e-mail as we shared a common
interest in the space program.
Julian's father, John Edwards, has been a certified "space nut" since
the inception of the space program itself!
John recorded, on seemingly now-unretrievable tape formats, the
entire set of BBC broadcasts of each of the Apollo missions!
Julian was transferred to Chicago for a short while in 1995.
During that stay in Chicago, Julian's parents (John and Marianne
Edwards) and Julian's brother (Mark) came to visit.
Since I had become friends with the entire Edwards family by this
time, they took a "side trip" to Houston to meet "face to face" and
visit the Johnson Space Center.
Julian returned to the UK in early 1996.
My first trip to England was in November of 1996, and was the start of four trips (so far) to visit the Edwardses...
and have had an incredible time on each occasion.
I've attempted to capture those trips in words and (lots of!) pictures.
Each of those journals are presented below, in order of most recent trip first.
Soooooo....
Without further ado (too late! <g>), here are my
"Adventures in England".
July 2006
The Balettie Bunch (Roger, Kathy, Melanie, and Andrew) invade England for
10 days of London, Castles, and loads of fun with the Edwardses in the Midlands!
- page 1
- Day "zero": Arrival in London
- page 2
- Day 1: Eyes on Ben
- page 3
- Day 1: Pubs and Palaces
- page 4
- Day 2: Towers and Traffic
- page 5
- Day 3: Football and horseshoes
- page 6
- Day 4: Castles and Pubs
- page 7
- Day 5(a): Shakespeare Country
- page 8
- Day 5(b): Storming the Castle
- page 9
- Day 5(c): Throwing Stones
- page 10
- Day 6: Hiking the Malverns
- page 11
- Day 7(a): Give my regards...
- page 12
- Day 7(b): Do you have a Grail?
- page 13
- Day 7(c): Oakleigh House
- page 14
- Day 7(d): The steps of DOOM!!!
- page 15
- Day 8 (and 9): Triple H
June 2001
Kathy and I take an overwhelming tour of London, northern Europe,
the Cotswalds, and the English Midlands!
- page 1
- Day 1 - Arrival, Recovery, and Indian food!
- page 2
- Day 2 - Guildford, castle ruins, and the surrounding area
- page 3
- Day 3 - London, Day One: "The Great Walk"
- page 4
- Day 4 - London, Day Two: "Eye on the Tower"
- page 5
- Day 5 - France, Belgium, and the White Cliffs of Dover!
- page 6
- Day 6 - Guildford-to-Stratford: "Now entering the Edwards Zone!"
- page 7
- Day 7 - Practice, shopping, lunch, and "Welcome to Mill Cottage"
- page 8
- Day 8 - Stratford walkabout and "Invasion of the Baletties"
- page 9
- Day 9 - English barbeque and cricket!
- page 10
- Day 10 - School lunch, Cotswold shopping, and Cottage feasts
- page 11
- Day 11 - Warwick Castle and Shakespeare — Heritage Day
- page 12
- Day 12 - Rover factory tour and "time off" in Stratford
- page 13
- Day 13 - Wimbledon!
- page 14
- Day 14 - "The King and I" and the "Disco Dinner"
- Day 15 - "Heading for Home"
December 1997
A return engagement!
This time, England and Scotland during the week prior to Christmas...
What a wonderful time!
- page 1
- Day 1 - I arrive again!
- Day 2 - London!
- page 2
- Day 2 - London! -- continued!!
- page 3
- Day 2 - London! -- continued... still!!!
- page 4
- Day 3 - Skibo Castle!
- page 5
- Day 3 - Skibo Castle -- continued!
- page 6
- Day 4 - It's a cold day in Scotland!
- page 7
- Day 5 - Travelling!
- Day 6 - The Cotswolds in style!
- page 8
- Day 6 - The Cotswolds in style -- continued!
- page 9
- Day 7 - Sir Cliff and the food!
- page 10
- Day 8 - London again... The Ritz and Buddy!
- Day 9 - Home again... home again...
November 1996
This was my first visit to England... ever!!
I was absolutely amazed at the beauty of the land and at the
history to be seen everywhere you looked.
- page 1
- Day 1 - I arrive
- Day 2 - Touring the Midlands!
- page 2
- Day 3 - Touring Stratford and the "Gala"!
- Day 4 - Coughton Hall and touring the Cotswalds
- page 3
- Day 5 - St. Egwin's and the RSC!
- Day 6 - Stratford High and Warwick Castle!
- page 4
- Day 7 - Aston Villa and the "farewell" dinner!!
- Day 8 - Time to go home... :(
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