THATCHED PUB

THE HORSE AND JOCKEY PUB.

A POPULAR THATCHED ROOF WATERING HOLE

'THE CARRIAGE AWAITS'

THE CARRIAGE AWAITS THE PRINCESS,

AT THE FAIRYTALE CASTLE COCH,

SOUTH WALES

UNIQUE GRAVESTONE

THIS UNIQUE GRAVESTONE IS IN MONMOUTH, SOUTH WALES. WHY IS IT UNIQUE? IN THE 1800'S, A GENTLEMAN OF THE TOWN, JOHN RENIE, WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED AFTER HIS DEATH, SO HE CARVED HIS OWN GRAVESTONE. NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT YOU MAY SAY, BUT WHAT HE CARVED ON HIS GRAVESTONE IS WHY HE IS REMEMBERED. LOOKING AT THE GRAVESTONE, IT LOOKS LIKE A JUMBLE OF LETTERS, BUT THERE IS A KEY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STONE THERE IS A SLIGHTLY LARGER LETTER, H. IF YOU GO UP, DOWN OR SIDEWAYS FROM THIS H, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT READS, "HERE LIES JOHN RENIE". BE SURE TO ENLARGE THE PICTURE BY CLICKING ON IT, TO SEE IT FULLY.

JUST FOR FUN - AGAIN

NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A PHOTO TOUR OF LONDON, JUST FOR FUN, SEE HOW MANY LANDMARKS YOU CAN SPOT. ENLARGE THE PHOTO BY CLICKING ON IT.

ORIENTAL STREET

THE ENTRANCE TO CHINATOWN,

LONDON

MUSEUM SHIP

H M S BELFAST

COMMISSIONED IN 1939, IT SAW ACTION IN WWII AND THE KOREAN WAR. AT THE TIME, IT WAS THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL CRUISER IN THE ROYAL NAVY. IT IS NOW PERMANENTLY MOORED IN LONDON AS A MUSEUM SHIP.

COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT

THE MONUMENT, LONDON, COMMEMORATES THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IN 1666. THE MONUMENT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1671-1677. IT IS 203 FEET FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, THE EXACT DISTANCE TO PUDDING LANE WHERE THE FIRE BROKE OUT.

YOU CAN CLIMB THE 311 STEPS TO THE VIEWING PLATFORM TO GET MAGNIFICENT VIEWS OF LONDON.

DINING WITH A VIEW

OUTDOOR DINING

IN LEICESTER SQUARE,

LONDON

LIVING STATUES

WITH APOLOGIES,

"THE GREEN MAN KISSES THE HAND

OF A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS TO TURN

INTO A HANDSOME PRINCE"

SERENITY IN LONDON

ANOTHER VIEW OF ST JAMES'S PARK,

LONDON

"TOURIST MAGNET"

THE STATUE OF EROS,

PICCADILLY CIRCUS,

LONDON

"ON GUARD"

MOUNTED GUARD

IN WHITEHALL

LONDON

LONDON LANDMARK

TOWER BRIDGE,

LONDON

HIGH LOOKOUT

NELSON'S COLUMN,

TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON

ROYAL PALACE

BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

LONDON

A ROYAL PARK

ST JAMES'S PARK,

LONDON

WREN MASTERPIECE

ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON,

WITH THE GOLD FIGURE OF

ST PAUL THE APOSTLE

REMEMBERING A HOLLYWOOD STAR

BRASS PLAQUE IN LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, WITH THE HAND IMPRESSIONS OF THE ACTOR, DANCER, SINGER AND SONGWRITER, PATRICK SWAYZE, WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 14th 2009 AGE 57

PICTURESQUE RUIN

TINTERN ABBEY.

THE ABBEY WAS FOUNDED IN 1131 IN THE BEAUTIFUL WYE VALLEY. DISSOLUTION CAME IN 1536 BECAUSE OF KING HENRY VIII AND HIS DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES. IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE WYE VALEY AND TINTERN ABBEY BECAME FASHIONABLE FOR ITS ROMANTIC AND PICTURESQUE QUALITIES

"SHE'LL BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN WHEN SHE COMES"

THE BRECON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY.

ONE OF THE GREAT LITTLE TRAINS OF WALES

CURIOSITY OF THE YOUNG

WHO'S THAT LOOKING AT US MAMA?

SIGN OF SPRING

A HOST OF GOLDEN DAFFODILS.

(WITH APOLOGIES TO

W WORDSWORTH)

UNIQUE CLOCK

GLOUCESTER BAKERS CLOCK, BUILT IN 1904 .THE FIGURES REPRESENT, IRELAND, ENGLAND,SCOTLAND AND WALES WITH OLD FATHER TIME.

EASTER SUNDAY

REFLECTING ON THE MEANING OF EASTER?

EASTER

COULD THIS BE THE EASTER BUNNY?

HARLECH CASTLE

HARLECH CASTLE, NORTH WALES, WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1283 AND 1289 DURING THE REIGN OF EDWARD I. WHEN THE CASTLE WAS FIRST BUILT, THE SEA WAS AT THE BASE OF THE CASTLE, A 200 FOOT DROP. OVER THE YEARS THE SEA HAS RETREATED AND IS NOW SEVERAL MILES AWAY. DURING THE WAR OF THE ROSES, THE CASTLE WAS UNDER SIEGE FOR 7 YEARS. THIS GAVE RISE TO THE FAMOUS SONG "MEN OF HARLECH"

ANIMAL FRIENDS

YES, THE CROSS ON THE BACK OF

A DONKEY IS FOR SPECIAL REASON

A FISHY TALE

STILL LOOKING FOR NEMO

REFLECTIONS

SEASCAPE OFF THE

PEMBROKSHIRE COAST