First leg complete, now to hop across 'the pond' — Vacation Days 1 & 2 - Springfield to Havant. Our trans-Atlantic transport at Dallas Fort Worth Airport. 2 4
UK 2014
We spent a month in the UK between June 5th and July 2nd 2014.
Fratton – Portsmouth UK - I cannot resist an architectural shot every now and then, and this was one of those times.
Fratton – Portsmouth UK.
Lanie gets to ride in a double-decker bus... - Vacation Day 3 - A walk along the seafront, and the D-Day 75th Anniversary. One-minute read, 3 pictures
A day out with friends of the family - Vacation Day 4 - Off to Dorset with Mick. Leaving people behind is one of the hard things to live with when you emigrate. Which makes it all so much the better when we get a chance to meet up.
Vacation Day 5 - D-Day Celebrations and an Evening Meal - Gail organized a trip to the common to take part in some of the weekend's D-Day celebrations. We enjoyed an afternoon of forties music, British food, sunshine and people watching. 8
Lanie on HMS Warrior -- Vacation Day 6 - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
A Short Stay in London - Vacation Day 7. Our plan was to visit the National Gallery, Tate Modern and the Tower of London. Album: 13
Lanie, Ginger, and Tower Bridge (The one that goes up and down...) — Vacation Day 8 - Tower of London & Tate Modern.
The Shard, River Thames and HMS Belfast — After visiting the Tower, we took a stroll around St. Catherine's Docks - mainly because I wanted to see the barges.
HMS Belfast.
The Tower of London.
The River Thames from Tower Bridge.
Some Nostalgia for Lanie - Vacation Day 9 - Saint Nicholas' Church, Great Hormead. 5 pictures
Lanie's First Knickerbocker Glory - Vacation Day 10 - Lunch & Tea
My son's friend joined us for lunch. We've not seen him since August 2009, when they popped into Springfield on a surprise second visit during their 3 month tour of the US. 2 pictures
Lanie, she is who she is (We say the same thing about Getzger…) Here we have a picture of Lanie taken during a stop for tea at Bury St Edmunds. There’s really not a lot else I can say… Lanie at Bury St Edmunds
St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Vacation Day 11 - St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds. -4
Vacation Day 12 - We hired a sailboat in the vain hope of getting in some sailing. x4
Watching The Weather - Vacation Day 12 - Tied up for the night. 2 pictures
Back at the boat.
It was too windy to try sailing with an inexperienced crew, so we went to the beach instead. 9 pictures
Gary and Ginger on the beach near Horsey, Norfolk - Lanie borrowed my camera and took these pictures. I really like them. 3 pictures
My first 'real' pint in three years — Vacation Day 13 - We went to the Nelson Head for dinner.
'Clay Day' in Wales — Penny was very kind. She'd never met us, and hadn't heard of Ginger, but she agreed to put us up for a couple of nights after one of her customers persuaded her to invite Ginger to a 'Clay Day' so they could all meet up. +5