Jun 2010 b

Jun 2010 b  (June 2010 'c' is to follow!)

Sat 05 Jun 2010
In the morning we loaded up Terry and his stuff and dropped him off on the other side of town, then looped back and picked up the three sisters - to continue the touristing.
First stop, nice view in a bit of Welsh forest enroute to Tintern Abbey.

A little further along the road we came across Tintern Abbey!

While we were in the area we popped in to Raglan Castle....

 

We arrived after 5pm in Cirencester so missed out on seeing the museum....
So that meant there was just enough sunshine in the late afternoon to see the White Horse at Uffington, to top off a beautifully sunny day.

 

 

Tonight we finished in Swindon Travelodge. Bed and breakfast - simple but necessary luxuries when touristing about the place.

Sun 06 Jun 2010
So we continued the touristing!
Today we walked all about Avesbury and Stonehenge.

Ha ha! The Parsons clan comes from a long line of tree-huggers, eh?
These lovely trees are perched atop an immense circle of human-made stone-age earthworks. The earthworks enclose a stone-circle of a great circumference, which houses a little modern village within.

  

Above: one very famous jumble o' rocks.

And so the Parsons sisters arrived home in London with lots of memories and laundry.....  :-)

 
Mon 07 Jun 2010
Back to work for the two of us! It's been an intense time - feels like a really long time even though we've only had one week off work!
RIght: Jen finishes her Klimt inspired 'practise' self portrait, at oil painting class.

Tue 08 Jun 2010
The three sisters head off to Paris for three days. Steve and Jen enjoy a little time alone at home for a couple of days.

Wed 09 Jun 2010
Inspired by being a booking agent for the sisters' Paris trip, we decide to book ourselves a hotel and plane tickets in/to Rome, yay! Not been before, should be good. Will be going later on this summer, for 4 days.

Fri 11 Jun 2010
Tonight after work we got a train up to Lancaster to spend the weekend with friends Richard and Lena, as well as Kevin and Mary. No SCA event, just hanging out and chatting.

In town there's Lancaster Castle, still in use today as a prison.... gives special meaning to the phrase "staying at Her Majesty's pleasure".

Here's a curious 'spot the difference' pic for you... what a curious kitty!

Here is Richard and Lena, and Sam the cat.