English Heritage
CORNWALL, England
SUNDAY. After church, we hiked up to an English Heritage site, Tintagel Castle. This 800 year old castle (800!), built on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic, is where, legend has it, King Arthur was born. MONDAY. Before our trek to Land’s End (not the popular chain store, but the southern most tip of England), we took a scenic …
WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, England
The White Cliffs of Dover are said to be one of England’s “most recognizable landmarks”. 300 feet in height, and nearly 10 miles long. And majestically white. They are the closest point in England, across the English Channel, to mainland Europe. In fact, on a clear day, you can see France from these cliffs. Over our …
YORKSHIRE DALES, England
To prepare the family for the Yorkshire Dales we listened to James Herriot’s novel, All Creatures Great and Small, en route. The children got lost in the anatomically correct terms appropriately used in Dr Herriot’s short stories, and slept most the drive. But Bry and I were taken – both by the book and by the Yorkshire Dales, itself. We stayed two weeks in a cottage found …
STONEHENGE, England
I had an idea. The children were keen. So, we collected rocks from a nearby park and then built our own rock structures. Collecting rocks was fun. Getting the rocks to balance on top of each other . . . more difficult. Soon after we began, I pulled out the hot glue gun. This idea of …