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| England does lawns very nicely. This fine example is the backyard of Blenheim - a mere couple hundred acres. |
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| Obligatory shot of the Palace, which has better lighting each time we visit. |
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| Driveway to Blenheim Palace. |
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| Roman Bath's are found coincidently in the city of Bath. They happen to also be Britain's only natural spring. |
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| Entrance to the Baths |
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| The Royal Crescent - some of the highest priced real estate in England. |
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| Autumnal colors...in Bath. |
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| Bath Cathedral |
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| Changed Priorities. |
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| Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon |
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| Ann Hathaway's house. Here we learned that to clean a chimney, they would tie a string around the neck of a chicken or goose and lower them into the chimney. Inevitably, after a hard day's work of chimney cleaning, they would end up on the dinner table. |
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| Apples |
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| Cotswolds |
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| Field in the setting sun, back when the sun set at 6pm. |
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| Stone walls - everywhere in the Cotswolds |
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| Stow-on-the-Wold, a typical cute market village. On market days, once all the stock for sale had arrived, they would close off the streets to prevent runaway sheep! |
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| Our carved jack-o-lanterns. |
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| Inside the Tower of London. Also in this courtyard, Anne Boylen was killed. According to our Beefeater, the executioner was so swift that she was still moving her eyes and mouth in prayer for 20 seconds after her head was removed. |
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| Guarding the Crown Jewels, Coronation Spoon, and other over-the-top ceremonial pieces. This includes the second largest cut diamond (Cullinan I), which is 503 carats, that sits on the end of a sceptre used in the coronation ceremonies. |
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| Legend has it that as long as there are six ravens at the Tower, Britain will stand. So as a safeguard, they keep 7 on site. |
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| The "main" tower. In total there are 20 towers on Tower Hill |
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| Bonus points if you know the name of this bridge... |
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| Us on the Thames |
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| Where apples stay during Autumn... |
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| versus, where pears descend to. |
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| K's college at Oxford has a crypt. |
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| At the Pitt River's Museum. Basically a man collected things, only to donate them to Oxford. |
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| Fun Berries |
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| Chilly Hot Air Balloon ride over the park... |
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| Sunset. Time: 4:12pm.... |
