VIGNETTES FROM ENGLAND

NATURE RULES

SPRING BECKONS 

POETIC BEAUTY

HOME ALONE

FEELING FULL AND LAZY  

ANCIENT STONE, BRICK, AND A THATCHED ROOF

THE GATEWAY TO YORK

THE PRIDE OF YORK

MULTIPLE IMAGES OF CASTLE HOWARD 

FOUNTAINS ABBEY, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

THE HISTORY BEGAN IN 1132

WHEN 13 DISAFFECTED MONKS FROM YORK CAME TO THE VALLEY
IN SEARCH OF A MORE DEVOUT LIFE

400 YEARS OF MONASTIC LIFE ENDED UNDER THE RULE OF HENRY VIII

THE BLUE SIGN READS "GRAHAM GREEN LIVED HERE 1931-1933"

ROBIN HOOD'S BAY, A MAZE OF TINY STREETS, HAS A HISTORY OF SMUGGLING

THE PEOPLE 

HEADING FOR SUNDAY SERVICE AT YORK MINSTER

A SHOE MODEL OR SHOE MODA

ENGLAND'S  ICONIC SYMBOL

ARE VINYL RECORDS COMING BACK?

WE WENT FOR A LONG WALK WITH OUR HIKING STICKS

THE DOGS

THEY CALLED HIM FRANK

YOUNG AND INNOCENT

OLD AND WISE

THE FIERCE WATCH DOG

THE TIRED PHOTOGRAPHER

THROUGH MY LENS - THE COTSWOLDS

I've often said that when I walk off a plane, I want to know I'm in a foreign country.  In other words I prefer traveling off the beaten path, in a place where English is not the first language, where the culture and aspects of life are different, unique, bordering on the exotic, and sometimes even chaotic.  Traveling to England certainly doesn't fit this image, but as someone who enjoys hearing stories from the locals, meeting unusual people, and photographing landscapes and the chance encounters on the street,  this destination was perfect for me.

Here's my story told through my lens.





                                         SPRING 

Spring in the Cotswolds = bluebells

Seven friends walking a well-traveled path

The benefit of the climb was being able to ...........

 Admire the view

See all the new families

And watch the changing colors under threatening skies

                              
                                   THE CHURCHES

Near Moreton-in-Marsh

Welcoming, but we went walking instead

Headstones well worn 

                         NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTIES

The same family lived in Chastleton House from 1607 until 1991

 A rare peek into a Jacobean Gentry House

 Reeking of class

Snowshill Manor filled with a lifetime collection of Charles Paget Wade

                                                         THE PEOPLE

                                                                    

Outdoor market in Moreton-in-Marsh

Relaxing at Tilley's Tea House

The pub for fish and chips and a pint of Guinness

Shopping for a new hair color, perhaps

A bookseller at Stroud's farmers market

THE TREES

Stay tuned for the Lake District, Yorkshire and Derbyshire