UK holiday
September-October 2003

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UK Holiday
12-09-2003 to 04-10-2003

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Beach Hut

22nd September

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One of these Beach Huts belongs to Dad.


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The view from the hut.

Bath

23rd September

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After checking in we caught the open topped sightseeing bus out side the hostel.
Bath from the bus.


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Pulteney bridge over the river Avon.


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Bath cathedral.


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The Roman Baths.

Bath

24th September

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The open topped bus reflected in a window with me taking a photo.


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The Pulteney bridge reflected in the Avon.


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The Royal Cresent Bath. Thirty terraced houses built in a sweeping crescent. 1767-1774.


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While we awaited for the river cruise we could see what is under the street.


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The end of the river cruise on the Avon.


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The rear of the Pulteney bridge as we return to the dock.

Leicester

25th September

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Today we spent the day in Leicester visiting relatives.
Betty Orton with Chris and Peter in her garden.


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A squirrel in Nigel and Sue's garden.


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Sue and Nigel took us to Pizza Hut for dinner before taking us to catch the train back to London.
Nigel and Peter.

Edinburgh

27th September

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This morning we went to Leith docks to see the Britannia.


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Edinburgh Castle, Just inside the gate.


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It was raining when we started our tour inside the castle.


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The Crown Jewels of Scotland are kept in this building.


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A view of Edinburgh through a gun hole over a cannon.


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Edinburgh from the Castle.


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Colleen, Peter and Chris can be seen in the lower right corner of the picture.


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On our way to the station the next day I was able to take a photo of the castle in better weather.

York

28th September

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After checking into the hostel in York we went into town.
The boys haveing a late lunch/early dinner.


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In the late afternoon the narrow streets in York were dark. The low sun shining down a side steet illuminates a building.


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York Minster.


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Looking up York Minster at the Gargoyles and Grotesques.


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Street gas lights outside York Minster.


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One of York's 4 main gates or 'bars'.

York

29th September

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After checking out of the hostel we walked along the Ouse riverbank to the Jorvik Viking Centre.


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At the end of our tour the boys dressed up in these Viking costumes for a photo.


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From the Jorvik centre we walked to the National Railway Museum over the Ouse.


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The National Railway Museum.


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The workshop of the Museum.

London

30th September

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Outside Buckingham Palace.


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Inspection infront of the Guards Museum.


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Neil and the boys with the clock tower of Westminster in the background.


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At the top of the London Eye.


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View from the Eye.


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Chris and Peter in the gondola.


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The view from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral.