enjoyed the photos Christine and nice to know you had a great trip. good to meet Bob again. looking forward to the other photos too...
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:24:26 -0500 Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > What a wonderful trip Darrel and I had this past June, and I think > the 8 nicest people in all of the UK are, in fact, our UK PDMLers and > their family members. > > As to the trip, Darrel and I flew into Heathrow and stayed in London > for 2 days, then took the boat to Greenwich to visit with Bob W. > over the weekend. He is a well informed and wonderfully fun tour > guide, and at one point I told him he could probably do this for a > living. He's that good. We tramped around Greenwich and Deptford > and had a blast--taking pictures all the way. Cotty and Alma joined > us for dinner on Saturday night and as all of you can well imagine, > Cotty's wonderful sense of humor and charm kept us all in good humor > and laughter. It was a great night, and I shan't ever forget it! > > From Greenwich, Darrel and I caught the train to Cambridge and > tramped around the colleges, did the tour of King's College Chapel, > and just walked and walked, and drank ale, and relaxed. > > Then it was by bus to Milton Keynes to visit with Chris Mitchell and > his wife Karin. What a fantastic time we had visiting and seeing the > sights there. The Grand Juncture Canal was fantastic and the four of > us visited some sites from the UK's National Trust program, which is > just fantastic. Very impressive. Darrel and I had such a blast > visiting with the Mitchells. Chris sang, and he's fantastic. > > Then the four of us, Darrel & I and the Mitchells drove to Newcastle > area to meet up with Bob W., Mike Wilson, his wife Cath, and their > daughter Katy. The area here is absolutely beautiful, and Mike > Wilson planned an itinerary that was just fantastic. I think we'd all > agree the high point was when we crossed the dunes and found > ourselves on Holy Island. Wow! Wait till you see everyone's > pictures from here, and the other sites visited. They're really fun! > > From Newcastle we all said good-by, and Darrel & I headed back south > to catch a flight out of Heathrow. > > We traveled for 12 days, every two days on the move. As I've already > said to our UK PDMLers, Darrel and I found kindness, generosity, > humor, and friendship in abundance, and we're very grateful. We send > xxoo across the pond. > > When in the Greenwich area, Bob W. took us to the Deptford St. > Market. Here's a little gallery from that leg of the trip. Bob will > post his gallery. His gallery is much better, but here's a little > taste of the market--wonderfully multicultural! > > http://www.caguila.com/deptfordpdml > > > Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
