Vacations

Times when we spend more than five days away from home and not working.

Gear shift lever on a manual transmission vehicle

Bit Of A Cock-up On The Car Rental Front – What’s that stuck in the middle of the console? Vacation Day 2 – Sleep, rent a vehicle, and go buy some essentials for our stay. One-minute read

Black and white photograph of Southsea Beach, UK

Southsea Beach – Vacation Day 1 – The flight out, a walk to the beach, and beer. Once back in Portsmouth we took a short nap. We then decided that a visit to the beach was in order, and somehow that led to a pint of beer. 5

Photograph showing two Blurb books wrapped in cellophane

Photobooks – a photobook of my grandson, and another of my sister’s wedding.

Hathersage and Hope from Higgar Tor

Hathersage and Hope from Higgar Tor. 3

SR71 Blackbird. 2

Mike and Diffi’s Wedding – The Reception 30

Mike & Diffi’s Steam Punk Wedding Album: 12

Mike and Diffi’s Wedding – in Black and White Album: 34

Mike and Diffi’s wedding rehearsal. 12 pictures

Still Life – the colors were just asking to be captured.

Kitchen Window – We’re staying at our friend Penny’s house in Wales. This is the wonderful view out of her kitchen window. 3 pictures

Tourists – the Roman Baths, Bath UK – My favorite picture from our visit.

Curse tablets, bracelets, and culverts – a visit to the Roman Baths at Bath. Roman Curse Tablets – These sound like a fantastic idea. I’m thinking that just for starters I should write some for Microsoft and Facebook. One-minute read, 3 pictures

Rocks can fall at any time.

Cheddar Gorge (no climbers) – It’s fairly rugged and pointy looking. It’s a shame about the road running right through the middle though.

Cheddar Gorge – with climbers.

Cheddar Gorge with parking. 2 pictures

English Breakfast – Vacation Day 3 – A hearty breakfast. 1

Connaught Place, Weston-super-Mare – We spent some time walking around town working up an appetite, waiting for the café to open for breakfast.

Silica, Weston super Mare – A couple more views of Silica, Weston-super-Mare’s giant sperm mouldy carrot statement public art piece. I’m all in favor of public art and unusual, even challenging architecture/art. This doesn’t do it for me. 2 pictures

WTF, Bus Shelter or Mouldy Carrot? – I have no idea. Officially, it’s a bus shelter and is called Silica – though comments in the local press have called it a mouldy carrot.

Weston-Super-Mare Sunset – Vacation Day 2.

Weston-Super-Mare From Our Hotel – Vacation Day 2.

Portsmouth From Fort Widley – A cold wet and windy Tuesday evening. 2 pictures

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