Thanks Frank, Dave, Mark and Subash! It was a great time--interesting sights, good company, food, and drink--nothing better than travel. I really wish I was still on the road. Cheers, Christine
On Jul 15, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Subash wrote: > enjoyed the photos Christine and nice to know you had a great trip. > good to meet Bob again. looking forward to the other photos too... > > > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:24:26 -0500 > Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> 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 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
