what: jaunt to england
where: the bow (norman's farm)
when: June 2-June 13
why: oppertunity knocked and i couldn't say no... convention and the complete experience of it..
who wouldn't!?
so wayne picked me up at 6:30 am from Glasgow airport... it was a long 8 hour flight and i was so glad to get off the plane!
he decided that we would not take the major motorways... instead we made our own way to 'the bow' (thats bow as in 'take a bow' not something you might put in your hair)
so as we were going along through the country side, which is very beautiful, i saw a sign for a castle and we decided to check it out... i can't remember what it was called. apperently a guy still lives there.. nice eh! they give tours but the tours start at 1 pm and it was only about 9am.. maybe 10. beautiful sunny day tho.. we had fun exploring. i took so may pictures here. these are only a few.
There are 40 acres or so of manicured lawn... its perfect.
I want!
This one is for Quinn... i think the comment was said by Wayne, "Lola, go climb that for Quinn!"
This is Hadrian's Wall built by the Roman's to keep Scotland out in around 122 A.D.
Tres old.
It was originally 3 meters wide, for chariots to drive on, and 5-6 meters high.
After the Roman's left, people took the stone to build houses and other stuff.
Hole in the wall... for drainage?
I love this picture cuz in England, all the farm fences in the country are made of stone not wood.
Heather! -we were going on a hike. it was actually a hot day and I got burn like the white girl I am.
This is 1/3 of the way through our hike.. there was a little village (like 2 houses) and they served up lunch... which was sandwiches and tea!
so.... since scenery pictures aren't that interesting unless there are people in them we decided to do a kick picture!
Where's Waldo?
This is Wayne's nephew Miles. so sO SO cute in wellies and a onesie.
A chicken shed. There are a few chickens in here. They have 2 of these.
The walled city of York! Can I say, good shopping! haha. Wayne had a course he wanted to take here so he dropped Alea, Alan, and I off for the day.
We had lunch in a pub called Wilde's, after Oscar Wilde, with Alan's good friend Ed. He was a very gracious Englishman. "Lovely to meet you"
Apperently one of the most famous streets called "Shambles" google it.
Cathedral in the background.
You can't take a picture of the grandeur of a cathedral. There was a funeral going on.. you can see the hearse. Just seconds after, the priests came out with a big cross and incense burners swinging on chains... i couldn't bring myself to snap pictures of someone's funeral tho!
We walked the wall...
Ah the city of Edinburgh, my favorite city of the entire trip. I needed 2 days here at least. This is the Royal mile. The old Castle is at one end and the Palace that the Queen still stays in is at the other. Auntie Debbie's phone booth!
Molly and I spent the day here. We took the train up in the morning. Molly thinks she looks scared in this picture. I just love the background.
Our yummy lunch in 'Spoon'. J.K Rowling's brother-in-law owned it when she wrote Harry Potter so she would come here and sit and write.
Everywhere you look in Edinburgh this is what you see... it amazes me... all the pointy roofs.
'The Bow'.. we played a lot of badminton. That's Darren and Jane (one of the young kids around there who lived in Edmonton for a while)
Courtyard at the back of the Bow
Wayne's brother Hilton and his wife Gayle had a BBQ.. good food!
Alea holds the last of my pictures captive! she's got them on her SD card... when i get them i might post them.
so these where just the select few.. england is so amazing and i want to go back for sure. had a LOT of laughs and an amazing stay at the Bow. I can't say enough about it so i'll stop now.
xo, a
