England ~ August 2014

Oh my goodness, I have so much to write about, and so little time. So, instead of a long narrative for my not-so-successful journal keeping efforts, I'll simply post a lot of pictures and hope to write about them somewhere, some time.  

In August Ray's parents treated us and several of his siblings to a trip to England. Ray's parents were finishing up their mission there, and we spent 10 days traveling England with them. We saw so much--it was so wonderful. Time flew by, and we were going non-stop, morning to evening. One day in London we walked well over 10 miles. I'm glad we did so much because I'm not sure I'll be able to get there again. 

The first part of the trip was mostly the Liverpool/Preston/River Ribble valley area, and we learned about a lot of LDS church history there. Fascinating. The second part was several places between there and London. The last couple of days were in London. It was thrilling for me to see so many things that I've read about over my lifetime. I just couldn't get enough of it all.

Here are some pictures. Lots of pictures. But really they are a tiny fraction of all the pictures we took. Most of them are me and Ray in front of various historical or interesting landmarks. 

We just landed at Manchester Airport

Me and Ann

Paul and Orva

Ann and Charles

David and Sally

John and Ray

Liverpool

Preston (a rainy morning)

The River Ribble

Chorley, the LDS temple grounds

Mom and Dad

The Preston Temple

William Wordsworth's home

Hill Top Farm - Beatrix Potter's home

Herefordshire Beacon, the Malvern Hills

Warwick Castle

Anne Hathaway's home

The Eagle and the Child--Tavern frequented by CS Lews and JRR Tolkien (best macaroni and cheese I've ever eaten)

Christchurch, Oxford

Windsor Castle

Riding the Tube

London Tower

St. Paul's Cathedral

The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum

Trafalgar Square?

Big Ben

Me and Sally, with a statue of Lady Jane Grey behind us

John and Ray