Port Townsend Rhodedendron Festival parade, 17th May
Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, 30th May
This was Gennie's birthday present. We finally got around to using the gift certificate five months later! Unfortunately it was a bit rainy that day.
The roses were part of the present too.
These are wine barrels at the Columbia Winery in Woodinville, at the end of the railway line.
New bookshelves.
Holiday in England, 7th-22nd June
On the way to Devon, 7th June
Stonehenge
To Gennie's great delight, we saw rabbits hopping about amongst the stones.
Devon and Cornwall, 7th to 13th June
Ponies in Marsland valley
The Old Man of Marsland
We walked up this hill.
Tintagel:
Remains of a chapel built around 1000 years ago
Figurehead from the wreck of the "Caledonia"
Eden project
Butterfly flower
Cornflower
An enormous plant related to Rhubarb
Chicle
Bath, 13th to 15th June
"The world's prettiest bedroom" -- Gennie
Hot air balloons over Bath. There were dozens of them.
A street in Bath made up to look like 1840s London, for the filming of Vanity Fair.
Bath Abbey
The Royal Crescent
No, she isn't photoshopped in, Honest!
The Roman baths
Inside Bath Abbey
We drank some of the water from the King's spring. It was rather disgusting - it tasted like warm rusty nails! It's apparently very good for you, though.
The flowing water leaves iron deposits on the stone
Cambridge, 15th to 17th June
Grantchester
Nottingham, 17th to 19th June
Jennie's cat, Electra
Electra's kittens
The Great Oak in Sherwood Forest
Inside a hollow tree
Part of the wall of Nottingham castle
Wollaton Hall
York, 19th to 21st June
Genevieve on the moors
This landscape is what inspired Charlotte Brönte to write "Wuthering Heights".
Clifford's tower
Part of the Abbey wall
The City wall
York Minster
London, 21st June
The London Eye
The Houses of Parliament
Views from the plane, 22nd June
Fox basin
Baffin island