Journal
Europe 2003


#84 (1)
May 30, 2003, from Kevin's and Hanne's trip to England:  Lake Windermere in the Lake District.


#85 (1)
Long-time friends Ken and Glenda with Hanne and a background of rhododendrons along a path by Lake Windermere


#86 (1)
Waterwheel and scenic stream in Ambleside.


#87 (1)
Quaint bridge house at same stream in Ambleside.


#88 (3)
North of the Lake District we stopped at a turn-out with this lovely house and grounds on one side.


#89 (2)
On the other side of the road was a field dotted with sheep.  Glenda, Kevin and I went walking among the sheep and saw a wedding at the William Wordsworth Hotel in the village of Grasmere.


#90 (3)
Our stop at the turn-our near Grasmere.


#91 (2)
Another view of the sheep, white and black, by the village of Grasmere.


#92 (2)
Glenda, Kevin and I have walked across the field with the sheep near Grasmere, and we're looking back toward the road with the lovely house and grounds in the background.


#93 (3)
On day 2, May 31st, 2003, we're driving up on Sutton Bank, from which there was a view of the lower surroundings.  On the way we had travelled through Boroughbridge (which we had gone through in 1963 from Scotland to London) and Thirsk (the village of the vet James Herriot).


#94 (3)
Another view from Sutton Bank.


#95 (3)
View from Sutton Bank.


#96 (4)
View from Sutton Bank.


#97 (3)
A few planes and lots of gliders at the small glider airport on the plateau on the top of Sutton Bank.


#98 (3)
Glider up close on top of Sutton Bank.


#99 (3)
Small plane pulling a glider, ready for take-off from the plateau on top of Sutton Bank.


#100 (3)
On our way east we saw the crater, called Hole of Horcum, formed by the scouring forces of the ice during the Ice Age.


#101 (1)
In Whitby inner harbor on the east coast of England we saw a replica of the frigate Endeavour, which was made famous by Captain Cook, a former apprentice out of Whitby.  On Aug. 26, 1768 Captain James Cook set sail to round Cape Horn and discover Australia, which he claimed in 1770 in the name of King George III.


#102 (2)
Whitby Harbor on England's east coast


#103 (2)
Whitby Harbor with the abbey above the houses


#104 (2)
Whitby Harbor with sandy beach on the North Sea and the abbey above the houses


#105 (3)
A view into the depth of Whitby harbor


#106 (1)
Whitby Harbor with abbey above the houses to the south.  The story has it that Count Dracula arrived in his ship from Transylvania, shipwrecked on the coast below the abbey and crawled up the hillside to seek help in the abbey.


#107 (1)
The entrance to Whitby harbor


#108 (3)
The innermost part of Whitby harbor


#109 (2)
View of the entrance to Whitby harbor from above the houses on the sourthern side of the harbor.  Stairs wind among the houses up to the abbey.


#110 (2)
View north across Whitby harbor.


#111 (3)
Lovely flowers in Harrogate Park.


#112 (2)
Ken and Kevin in front of rhododendrons and lush vegetation in Harrogate Park.


#113 (2)
40 years after our first meeting Hanne and Ken together in Harrogate Park.


#114 (1)
Lovely view of Knaresborough, where Ken and Glenda live.  Row boats on the river below.


#115 (2)
Lady, dressed in Medieval-looking garment, with one of her two untethered ravens at Knaresborough Castle ruin.


#116 (1)
Hanne and Kevin outside the oldest drugstore in England, located in Knaresborough.


#117 (3)
Orchestra playing at the ruins of Knaresborough Castle.


#118 (3)
View from the Norman castle grounds at Richmond.


#119 (1)
Ruins of castle walls and a still-standing tower at the Norman castle at Richmond, dating back to year 1100.


#120 (1)
Ken, Glenda, Kevin and Hanne in the Richmond Castle garden with bright-red poppies in the background.


#121 (1)
Glenda, Kevin and Hanne with lovely flowers at the garden wall at Richmond Castle.


#122 (5) cut
View from Richmond Castle window.


#123 (3)
View from Richmond Castle window at the town below.


#124 (2)
In the great hall at Richmond Castle with tables and depictions of festivities in years gone by.


#125 (3)
Another view from Richmond Castle of the town below.


#126 (2)
A view from the top of Richmond Castle of the town below.


#127 (2)
A view from the top of Richmond Castle of the town square below and surrounding houses.


#128 (3)
View from the top of Richmond Castle of the houses and landscape below.


#129 (2)
View from the tope of Richmond Castle of the houses and surrounding landscape.


#130


#131 (1)
The flowers, which the English call "red hot pokers", in a front yard in the small town of Beamish.  Old houses and businesses from earlier times have been moved there to form a museum of things and places from our past.


#132 (3)
The wool mills at Saltaire in Yorkshire.  The village of Saltaire was created by Titus Salt for his workers.


#133 (2)
Unusual little chapel in Saltaire, also built by Titus Salt.


#134 (1)
Glenda at the lower level of the Five Locks at Bingley.


#135 (3) cut
Water splashing from one lock to another at the Five Locks at Bingley.


#136 (2)
The upper lock of the Five Locks at Bingley and a view of the countryside and the two levels of water.


#137 (2)
Two narrow houseboats have entered the Five Locks at Bingley and are traveling down the river by help of the locks.


#138 (3)
Two houseboats in one of the Five Locks at Bingley.


#139 (3) cut
Two houseboats coming out of the locks at the Five Locks at Bingley.


#140 (3)
Two houseboats coming out of the locks at the Five Locks at Bingley.


#141 (1)
Two narrow houseboats in the upper lock at the Five Locks at Bingley.  The lock master to the left.  Notice the much lower level of the river below.


#142 (1)
The two narrow houseboats in a lower lock at the Five Locks at Bingley.


#143 (2)
Hanne at the lower level of the Five Locks at Bingley with the overflow channel to the right.


#144 (1)
Glenda and Hanne with the moor in the background.  We were out looking for a brooding Heathcliff near Haworth.


#145 (1) 
The main street in the small town of Haworth where the Bronte sisters lived at the vicarage near the church.


#146 (1) cut
Glyn with his parents, Ken and Glenda, Kevin and Hanne in the living room of his and Marie's new house in Knaresborough.  Glyn and Kevin first met in London when Glyn was 7 months old and Kevin was 4 months old.


#147 (1)
Glyn, his parents Ken and Glenda, Kevin and Hanne in the living room of Glyn's and Marie's new house in Knaresborough.

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