Red Roses

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Stratford Upon Avon, England

The cottage of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare’s wife, is beautiful with flowers and plants all around. It has one of the loveliest gardens and is always worth a visit when passing by!

May 2016

Photo taken with a Canon 50D

River Avon

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Stratford Upon Avon, England

Here on the River I found a spot to put my feet up and RELAX as a pigeon passed by.  In the distance is a statue of William Shakespeare, this is where he was born, raised and died (1564-1616).

May 2016

Photo taken with an iPhone 5s

Home of William Shakespeare

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Stratford Upon Avon, England

The River Avon majestically flows through Stratford Upon Avon which is a beautiful, quaint village where William Shakespeare was born, raised and died (1564-1616). He is remembered throughout the city. He was buried in Holy Trinity Church, whose spire you can see in the distance of this photo.

May 2016

Photo taken with a Canon 50D

Arlington Row

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Bibury, England

Bibury has it’s own unique & beautiful charm, AND, everyone else thought so, too! My advice; don’t go on a holiday! But, it is a must see and a great place to RELAX even with all the people!

May 2016

Photo taken with an iPhone 5s

The Cotswolds

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Bibury, England

On our way back from Wales we had to go to Bibury, as William Morris (1834-1896) said; “the most beautiful village in England”. It has it’s own unique & beautiful charm! AND, everyone else thinks the same because there were bus loads of people there, so my advice, don’t go on a holiday! But, it is a must see! It was not easy getting this photo people free!

May 2016

Photo taken with an iPhone 5s

Wales to England

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Caldicot, Wales to Sudbrook, England

We crossed over a very cool bridge as we left Wales and went back to England.  It was pretty RELAXING because I wasn’t driving!

May 2016

Taken with an iPhone 5s

The Water Pump

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Saint Lythans, Cardiff, Wales

We found another church that Craig’s family would have been associated with back in the 1700’s. And just outside I saw this water pump and thought it would be a great place to RELAX, so I did!

May 2016

Photo taken with an iPhone 5s

Arched Beauty

IMG_3347 Saint George’s, Cardiff, Wales

Our GPS did something interesting and something we really liked, it took us out into the country.  The streets were tiny, luckily there weren’t to many other cars on the roads.  There were high hedges, so we couldn’t see a lot, but once in a while things would open up and we’d see some beautiful vistas.  This is one of those, we had to stop so I could take this photo of this arch with two horses passing by.

May 2016

Photo taken with an iPhone 5s

Thatched Roof & Pasture

IMG_3742Saint George’s, Cardiff, Wales

We drove all thru the countryside on a two lane road with only room for one car, luckily no other cars came by. There were tall hedges on both sides so we couldn’t see much, but every once in a while something opened up. As we were driving, we turned a corner and we saw this, I had to take a photo of this beautiful green pasture and the white house with it’s thatched roof! Love it!

May 2016

Photo taken with a Canon 50D

Wisteria

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Wales Countryside

Because it rains so much, the flowers throughout England and Wales are beautiful!  I really wanted a photo with wisteria growing over a house and I got this one as we drove thru one of the little villages.  I had seen a similar house with wisteria in a previous village, so I was ready as we drove by, one of my drive past shootings!

May 2016

Photo taken with a Canon 50D