Vacations

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

Color photograph showing the view along the seafront at Aberystwyth, Wales. June 24, 2014.

Aberystwyth – Vacation Day 20 – Aberystwyth, Bristol, and then Cornwall. 2 pictures

Lanie and the sunset – A last look at the sunset before we head back. 2

Silhouette of swimmers in the sea at sunset taken at Widemouth Bay Cornwall, UK on June 24, 2014.

Twilight Swimmers – Vacation Day 20 – Widemouth Bay, Cornwall.

Second image showing a silhouette of swimmers in the sea at sunset taken at Widemouth Bay Cornwall, UK on June 24, 2014.

Twilight Swimmers #2 – Vacation Day 20 – Widemouth Bay, Cornwall.

Deep, colorful sunset showing the beach and sea. Taken at Widemouth Cornwall on June 24, 2014.

A Stroll on the Beach at Sunset, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall. And what a glorious sunset it was too.

A group of people walk towards the sunset and sea on the beach at Widemouth, Cornwall, UK. Taken on June 24, 2014

A Stroll on the Beach at Sunset, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall. And what a glorious sunset it was too.

Sunset & Sun dog – Vacation Day 20 – Widemouth Bay, Cornwall.

Sun dog at Widemouth Bay Cornwall.

Snowdonia — Vacation Day 19 – Another day of driving – destination Wales.

Rough Island from the Mote of Mark.

Lanie on the Mote of Mark (Hike: Kippford to Rockcliffe) – Vacation Day 18 – Our last day with Uncle Keith and another hike… 5

Dumfries Solstice Sunset – Lanie and Ginger watch the solstice sunset in Scotland.

Vacation Day 17 – In the evening we went to the house of one of Uncle keith’s friends for a barbecue.

Ginger Grouse – Being thirsty we visited a local pub after our hike. Ginger had to try this drink, and the bottle came all the way back to the US with us.

Lanie Meets Some Scottish Donkeys – Lanie never bothered to ask Uncle Keith why he’d brought carrots on a hike. 7 pictures

Balcary Bay Hike – Vacation Day 17 – A hike at Balcary Bay and the Solway Firth Coast. 10 pictures

Twighlight on the River Nith.

An evening visit to Caerlaverock Castle – Vacation Day 16 – Scotland, and some time with my uncle. One-minute read, 7 pictures

Grasmere in the Lake District – Vacation Day 16 – Having taken our leave of Penny we headed North. By fitting in a couple of days in Wales we’d lost some time we’d planned to spend in the Lake District / Scotland. 7 pictures

Vacation Day 16 – We set off to Scotland via the Lake District Another long driving day today. We aim to be staying with my Uncle Keith in Scotland tonight.

‘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

My first ‘real’ pint in three years — Vacation Day 13 – We went to the Nelson Head for dinner.

Gary and Ginger on the beach near Horsey, Norfolk – Lanie borrowed my camera and took these pictures. I really like them. 3

It was too windy to try sailing with an inexperienced crew, so we went to the beach instead. 9 pictures

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