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+ | File:Bath-14Apr2022-32.jpg|Waiting for dusk for a night view of the panoramic Bath. | ||
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+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | === The Globe === | ||
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+ | File:TheGlobe-Apr2022-3.jpg|The field nearby. | ||
+ | File:TheGlobe-Apr2022-1.jpg|Morning dressing. | ||
+ | File:TheGlobe-Apr2022-2.jpg|Does this look like a pub's car park? | ||
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− | File:BristolMuseum-15Apr2022-1.jpg|[[New | + | File:BristolMuseum-15Apr2022-1.jpg|The [[New Delhi]]'s fort witnessing the Delhi Durbar of [[1903]] (reception during the British rule of [[India]]) by Roderick Dempster MacKenzie. |
File:BristolMuseum-15Apr2022-2.jpg|In the map section, the [[Avon]] meets the [[Severn]] where [[Somerset]]shire and [[Gloucestershire]] kiss. | File:BristolMuseum-15Apr2022-2.jpg|In the map section, the [[Avon]] meets the [[Severn]] where [[Somerset]]shire and [[Gloucestershire]] kiss. | ||
File:BristolMuseum-15Apr2022-3.jpg|The precious stones section. | File:BristolMuseum-15Apr2022-3.jpg|The precious stones section. | ||
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== 6th day == | == 6th day == | ||
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+ | === [[Bristol]] === | ||
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+ | <gallery perrow=3 widths=200px> | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-1.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-2.jpg | ||
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+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-6.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-7.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-8.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-10.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-11.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-12.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-14.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-15.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-16.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-17.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-18.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-19.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-20.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-22.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-23.jpg | ||
+ | File:Bristol-15Apr2022-24.jpg | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 7th Day (16 April) — Wye Valley == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Eagle's nest and Devil's pulpit === | ||
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+ | <center><wz tip="Julia and Papa on the Devil's pulpit as Luz pauses from the safer distance at the landmark's signpost.">[[File:Devil-pulpit-16Apr2022.jpg|650px]]</wz></center> | ||
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+ | <gallery perrow=3 widths=200px> | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-1.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-2.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-4.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-5.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-6.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-7.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-8.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-9.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-10.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-11.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-12.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-13.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-14.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-15.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-16.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-17.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-18.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-19.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-20.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-22.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-23.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-24.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-25.jpg | ||
+ | File:EagleNest-DevilPulpit-16Apr2022-27.jpg | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 8th Day (17 April) — Chepstow and Severn channel == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Chepstow === | ||
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+ | <gallery perrow=3 widths=200px> | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-1.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-4.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-5.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-6.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-8.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-9.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-10.jpg|Dating of these doors showed them to be no later than the [[1190]]s, making them the oldest known castle doors in Europe. | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-11.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-12.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-13.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-14.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-15.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow17Apr2022-18.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-19.jpg | ||
+ | File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-17.jpg | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Severn === | ||
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+ | <gallery perrow=3 widths=200px> | ||
+ | File:Severn-17Apr2022-1.jpg | ||
+ | File:Severn-17Apr2022-2.jpg | ||
+ | File:Severn-17Apr2022-3.jpg | ||
+ | File:Severn-17Apr2022-4.jpg | ||
+ | File:Severn-17Apr2022-5.jpg | ||
+ | File:Wolverhampton-17Apr2022.jpg|The end of our trip: a good bathtub (in [[Wolverhampton]]) after over a week on the road! | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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</div> | </div> |
A one night, two-days trip, which was fairly relaxed since by then we knew the most difficult was done: we were technically in British soil already, at least with a British timezone.
A highlight was sailing past the Isle of Wight and toying with all our memories there, when it was our neighbor, for several years, to which we paid only a couple of visits. It was very familiar nevertheless and a cherished acquaintance.
The Isle of Wight in sight: now in the arms of UK.
Ryde seafront.
And soon enough, Portsmouth in sight.
This was Luz's first visit to an aquarium.
We told her this one looked like mémé.
In the Chapter house of the Magna Carta, with the impressive medieval frieze.
Beautiful British home that seems to be lost somewhere in Wiltshire but which is right in front of the Cathedral.
The High street gate, 13th Century.
A detour to see the Avon.
A roman vessel. The maker's stamp 'P. CIPI POLIBI' refers to Publius Cipius Polybius, a famous maker of trullei' near Pompeii at the end of 1st century AD.
While the Magna Carta remains of limited access, similar documents, like this 1461 Charter from Edward IV can be contemplated at will.
Hob-Nob, the companion to a medieval giant puppet [in red, behind], the only one to survive in the country (the Salisbury Giant). This would have been a major attraction back in the 15th century.
Part of the temporal exhibition: photos from neolithic monuments from above. Here, Stonehenge.
Warminster is an old market town. We visited it since it was so close to our previous settlement, in fact almost toying with the idea of a nightly visit from the park, which would have been enough as it takes more time to park than to run through its main (market) street.
The Hungerford family fortune changed with the War of the Roses.
The devil of Limpley Stoke.
In the map section, the Avon meets the Severn where Somersetshire and Gloucestershire kiss.
Julia found a Spanish master: Murillo, here with one of his 'Ecce Homo' (1660-70).
Dating of these doors showed them to be no later than the 1190s, making them the oldest known castle doors in Europe.
The end of our trip: a good bathtub (in Wolverhampton) after over a week on the road!