Oxford Day 2
Blenheim Palace visitor's entry gate
Blenheim Palace clocktower
Christine taking a picture in Blenheim's visitor courtyard
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Blenheim Palace panorama
Terrace garden at Blenheim Palace
Terrace garden at Blenheim Palace
Terrace garden at Blenheim Palace
Christine at the start of the garden walk at Blenheim Palace
Look at how they just have cut sod for edging - that's talent.
A bumblebee in the rain
Blenheim Palace lake - panorama
Blenheim Palace lake - panorama
Blenheim Palace lake - panorama
Blenheim Palace lake - panorama
Blenheim Palace lake - panorama
Christine near the lake on the garden walk at Blenheim Palace.
A snail on a tree.
Christine in front of the lake at Blenheim Palace

Christine in front of a big tree on the garden walk at Blenheim Palace

Duck on the lake at Blenheim Palace
The lake at Blenheim Palace
The lake at Blenheim Palace
Christine changing her fillm in the rain.
Cascade at Blenheim Palace
Cascade at Blenheim Palace
Duck in lake at Blenheim Palace
Christine in front of the cascade at Blenheim Palace
Christine in front of the cascade at Blenheim Palace
Christine on the lake walk in the gardens of Blenheim Palace
Christine in front of the rose garden at Blenheim Palace
some bird (a pheasant? a grouse?) in the gardens at Blenheim Palace
bird in the gardens at Blenheim Palace
bird in the gardens at Blenheim Palace

Temple of Diana at Blenheim Palace

Christine in front of the lake at Blenheim Palace
Statue of jester in Stratford-upon-Avon
Mike being clever with statue plaque in Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon
Christine in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
Swan near the lock on the River Avon
Boat on the Avon
Bridge over the Avon
Assorted water wildlife on the Avon
Swan on the Avon
Pretty view across the River Avon
Pigeon
Watching the ice cream barge dock for the night
View along the River Avon
Row, row, row your boat gently down the River Avon
Christine blowing her nose on the bridge (thanks, Mike)
Alas! Poor Yorrick! We knew him well.
Prince Hal
The Bard himself (or at least a statue of him)
Majestic Bard
Mike getting clever with statue angles.
Dramatic Bard
What the statue of Falstaff really looks like.
Shakespeare's birthplace has bars on the windows.
Cute name for a cafe in Stratford-upon-Avon
British urinals in Stratford-upon-Avon
Map of Stratford-upon-Avon
Hmmmm....only odd numbered floors on the lift
Shot from our car of a cute litte convertible, complete with driver with racing helmet.
Better shot of the cute car
This is a shot (which we took later) of where we turned in the wrong way.

Mike's laundry in the wardrobe at Newton House

 

The bathroom at Newton House. While the shower was slightly bigger than Marlborough house, it had a strange corner opening. Mike says these small showers in Britain must be how they got the name "water closet" :-)