It's been a very busy summer. We were in Britain starting June 23 and returning July 16 with our nearby neighbors. We visited Salisbury and it's famous cathedral; spent a few hours in Gloucester; three days in the Shopshire towns of Church Stretton and Ludlow; seven days on a canal boat; a few hours in Chester; six days in the Scottish Highlands and a morning in Oxford.
The Cathedral in Salisbury with it's 400 foot tall spire
My wife and our neighbors above the carding mill valley in Shropshire
The Carding Mill Valley, a truly lovely place.
My wife and my neighbor did all the steering. He did all the tricky bits.
A bank in Whitchurch.
The aqueducts that carry the canal above steep sided valleys were a highlight of the trip. Built around 1800, the canal were out done by railroads about 40 years later. The higher structure carries a railroad. Both still in use about 200 years after they were built. Not much we do today will last that long.
The breakfast club waiting for toast.
The view from the Ferry from Oban to the Isle of Mull. The flat topped mountain in the far distance is Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the United Kingdom. While only 4400 feet high the base is near sea level so it;'s a pretty good walk. My neighbor and I had to to walk through a couple of snow fields on our way to the top. Not bad for a low mountain in July.
A couple of views from Pitlochry, a town on the southern edge of the highlands.
Weather could have been better in Scotland, but still a great trip.
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