My Holiday - Hadrians Wall

I am very intrigued by Hadrian's Wall.

Imagine a wall to go right across a country.  

We are always building walls to keep people out…or to keep people in.  

Very sad that we still do it today.

After Hadrian's Wall, my sister and I travel into Scotland.

A unique beauty.

We are on our way to Edinburgh.

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My Holiday - Caernarfon Walled Town

I love Walls around a town.

I think it is so cozy!!

Caernarfon is  a small walled town, perfect for us to explore.

There was a locked gate to the stairs leading up to the wall.

But our wonderful tour guide, Emrys Lewelyn, had the key. 

 If you go to Caernarfon, you must take his walking tour!

Caernarfon Walks.

"Born and bred in Caernarfon, what Emrys Llewelyn doesn't know about the town isn't worth knowing!"

I love the view from up high. You can see things that otherwise aren't visible .

A much better view of all the windows with pretty lace curtains.

Love the China in this window.

After our tour of the town, we walked along the water. It was a very gray day but lovely to be there.

We ended at a Pub where I had Cream Tea!

Ahhh….UK = Good Tea!!

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My Holiday - I Love Castles

Caernarfon Castle is on the water.

I love Castles!

This one is in the town of Caernarfon in Wales.  I didn't know how much I would like Wales but it is a place I would like to stay for a while and just live it.

Inside the walls of the Castle.

I like the way Castles have windy passages with surprises around the corner.

And little peep holes to look through.  Of course in the day of the Castle these little peep holes would be used to shoot arrows from. And the Castles were needed because it was an age of wars.  Not Good!

So, I would never want to live in a Castle but they are fun to explore.

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My Holiday - Lunch at Beatrice Potters Farm

I love Beatrice Potter.  

And it was fun to have a home hosted lunch in a farm once owned by her.

It looked very Peter Rabbitish to me.

And the country was beautiful.

For lunch we had yummy bread served in this pretty blue and white bowl.

And what do you think?  

We had the best Carrot Soup ever made.

A Peter Rabbit kind of a day!

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My Holiday - Yorkshire

I love Yorkshire!

We drove through the Moors on our way to...

the North Sea.

Our destination was the ruins of Whitby Abby that you see above the village of Whitby.

The ruins were on top of the hill and very windy.  

Also, very interesting.

Then we walked down 199 uneven, stone steps to the town.

We passed this cute Tea Room…that we didn't go in!

On our way to have the best Fish and Chips I ever had!!

It was a very fun day!!

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My Holiday - Duttons For Buttons!

Still in York.  At Duttons For Buttons.

Mother of Pearl Beauties!

Lovely Mother of Pearl Buttons!

Luscious Mother of Pearl Buttons!

What a fun store.  

They had some notions and other interesting things too!

And a trip to the pub for lunch after all that excitement!!

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My Holiday - York Day 2

In York, another cute child's dress with cardigan.

Toot Sweet!

I love the way the dresses are paired with matching sweaters.

A walk along the ancient wall in York…..

…with beautiful views.

Amazing to me that they built walls around entire cities!

A treat for me to have Yorkshire Pudding in York!!

We have it with our Christmas Roast every year.

Yumm.

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My Holiday - York and a Cute Shop

Smocked Dresses in a shop in York, England!!

Wandering along the streets in the evening, we found this very cute Shop.

The name of it…Lace and Magic, along with the cute children's clothes in the window lured me right inside!

 This sign was promising but the lace was really mainly doilies and runners with lace edging.  Nothing to use in sewing.  

The Christening Gowns were not as pretty as our own "Heirloom" Gowns.  A lot of synthetic fabrics on them.

But the little dresses were very cute.  Lots of Smocking.

These made by Sarah Louise.

We saw a lot of cute Cardigans over the cute dresses.

It's cold there and they are much needed.

We went to the Evensong Service at the York Cathedral (the largest Gothic Cathedral in Northern Europe).  It was beautiful.  The scripture reading was John, same as my Bible Study at home.  And the Psalms that were sung were beyond wonderful.  

If you arrive a bit early, you are able to sit in the Choir, right in the middle of the heavenly voices.

York is a really fun place to wander about.

Having More Fun!!

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Smocking in York!!

Smocking across the World!!

Saga Style!

In my hotel in York.

I had a window with pretty Lace Curtains.

..and I could have just stayed in York and lived there!!

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My Holiday - Chester and Cath Kidston

Stopping in the walled city of Chester.

Oh, I love this store.

Cath Kidston.

I wanted to bring this iron board cover home with me!!

This shop is too cute for words.

And a Cream Tea in this old stone cellar.

I'm having more fun….

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