About midway through our stay in England Susan and I made the decision to concentrate our travels in the north. We did have a long list of places in the south we had hoped to visit -- Stratford, Bristol, The Cotswolds, Cambridge, Dartmoor -- but having only three-day weekends to travel we decided instead to save the south of England for a later visit. Here are a few highlights of our final few weeks.
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| It was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be. |
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| Learning how they made millions of bobbins every day for the thousands of mills was fascinating. |
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| We learned that a moor is a featureless, barren felltop. Or in American, it's a cold, windy mountain crest where it is easy to get lost. |
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| We watched canalboats using locks to climb over the Pennine Mountain range. |
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| Closer to home we hiked in Arneside and Silverdale, but... |
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| ...we obeyed the speed limit. |
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| An old cemetery by the sea not far from home. |
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| England! |
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| We watched England beat South Africa at Cricket. |
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| It was a short match-up. 8 hours. |
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| Twice, I took an early train to London. |
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| To give sourdough workshops at Selfridge's, one of London's poshest department stores. |
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| There were whole rooms just for watches that cost 10,000 quid. |
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| Workshop 1: Fermentation. |
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| Workshop 2: Dough. |
We are going to miss Lancaster. A lot.
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| Bruno teaching Sue how to make long distance phone calls. |
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| On the canal at the end of the block. |
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| Sue and John launching a daring rescue of Dexter's soccer ball from the sewer. |
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| I know it is an advertisement. For what though? |
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| I agree. |
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| We sail off tomorrow. Back to Meadville in a week. (Also the canal at the end of the block. In Lancaster where it is always sunny.) |
We would be remiss if we did not give a big shoutout to the UK - US Fulbright Commission who not only made all this possible, but also encouraged us to live among the English.
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Hip Hip Hoorah!
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