Visiting Blenheim Palace on our last day in the English countryside.
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Photos
Eagle and Child
The Eagle and Child, “famous for serving The Inklings, J R R Tolkien, C S Lewis and others.”
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Oxford
Few more random shots from walking around Oxford.
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Hybrid Hellebore
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Bletchley 3
Alan Turings office. *drops the mic*
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Bletchley 2
An actual Enigma machine, and a “Bombe” reproduction recently built for the movie and given to Bletchley.
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Bletchley Park 1
Another famous place I’d always wanted to see. Shots from the mansion. ‘The Imitation Game’ was partly filmed here too.
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Great Hall
The Great Hall at Hogwarts… err… I mean… Christs Church college.
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Bell Altar
The Bell altar at Christs Church cathedral. “No nation, no church, no individual is guiltless. Without repentance and without forgiveness there can be no regeneration.” ~ George Bell
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Oxford England
Christs Church College entrance.
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Sunset in Bourton
Dinner included sunset on the Kingsbridge Inn’s patio. We’re practically the last tourists in town. Next: drive home in the dark. D^8
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Blood Pudding
…also, blood pudding?! Yum! #dontAsk
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Bourton on the Water
Kingsbridge Inn in Bourton-on-the-Water. A lot of the countryside here looks exactly like Pennsylvania… so much in England to love. (Driving on the left, not so much. But the way the traffic ‘works’ here is SO much better than in the states!) #roundaboutConvert
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Lower Slaughter
Possible the prettiest village in all of England.
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Broadway Tower
Originally built as a “folly”, still provides a great view over the Cotswolds.
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Not acting her age
I snuck a photo of Tracy vaulting a rail!
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Hidcote 7
…and a proper tea to finish it off. #pinkiesUp
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Hidcote 6
Macro shots of flowers.
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Carefully
Very carefully photographing flowers today. :) No filter, no zoom lens, just reeeeally close.
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Hidcote 4
It’s obvious why this is in the National Trust. “Plants grow in a jumble, flowering shrubs mingle with roses, climbers scramble over hedges and seedlings come up wherever they choose to sow themselves. That’s how I like to garden.” ~ Lawrence Johnston
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