Thanks, Paul. You can take the Yanks out if the city, but tough to shake the city from the Yanks :-). Cheers, Christine
On Jul 15, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Excellent gallery, Christine. Good to see Darrel brought his Bear's bag! > Paul > > On Jul 15, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > >> Nice pix, Christine--great colors, intriguing compositions. I've never been >> to that part of London. >> >> Pity we couldn't have extended our stay a few days and met up... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rick >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> >> To: PDML List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Cc: >> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:24 PM >> Subject: England 2012--Deptford St. Market >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
