Excellent gallery, Christine. Really gives a slice of life, IMO. The
second shot of the fish monger (shark monger?) and the bookstore owner
are my favorites.
Mark
On 7/14/2012 2:24 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone:
What a wonderful trip Darrel and I had this past June, and I think the 8 nicest
people in all of the UK are, in fact, our UK PDMLers and their family members.
As to the trip, Darrel and I flew into Heathrow and stayed in London for 2
days, then took the boat to Greenwich to visit with Bob W. over the weekend.
He is a well informed and wonderfully fun tour guide, and at one point I told
him he could probably do this for a living. He's that good. We tramped around
Greenwich and Deptford and had a blast--taking pictures all the way. Cotty and
Alma joined us for dinner on Saturday night and as all of you can well imagine,
Cotty's wonderful sense of humor and charm kept us all in good humor and
laughter. It was a great night, and I shan't ever forget it!
From Greenwich, Darrel and I caught the train to Cambridge and tramped around
the colleges, did the tour of King's College Chapel, and just walked and
walked, and drank ale, and relaxed.
Then it was by bus to Milton Keynes to visit with Chris Mitchell and his wife
Karin. What a fantastic time we had visiting and seeing the sights there. The
Grand Juncture Canal was fantastic and the four of us visited some sites from
the UK's National Trust program, which is just fantastic. Very impressive.
Darrel and I had such a blast visiting with the Mitchells. Chris sang, and
he's fantastic.
Then the four of us, Darrel & I and the Mitchells drove to Newcastle area to
meet up with Bob W., Mike Wilson, his wife Cath, and their daughter Katy. The area
here is absolutely beautiful, and Mike Wilson planned an itinerary that was just
fantastic. I think we'd all agree the high point was when we crossed the dunes and
found ourselves on Holy Island. Wow! Wait till you see everyone's pictures from
here, and the other sites visited. They're really fun!
From Newcastle we all said good-by, and Darrel & I headed back south to catch
a flight out of Heathrow.
We traveled for 12 days, every two days on the move. As I've already said to
our UK PDMLers, Darrel and I found kindness, generosity, humor, and friendship
in abundance, and we're very grateful. We send xxoo across the pond.
When in the Greenwich area, Bob W. took us to the Deptford St. Market. Here's
a little gallery from that leg of the trip. Bob will post his gallery. His
gallery is much better, but here's a little taste of the market--wonderfully
multicultural!
http://www.caguila.com/deptfordpdml
Cheers, Christine
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