WATCH THE THRONE.....

Tonight we headed out to the O2 arena to see Jayz and Kanye West perform their Watch the throne tour. It was really awesome, Paul and I were dancing away and the ending to it was awesome. This was our first concert in London together and it sure was a goodin'

 

 

Paul before it all started

Opening song

Jayz on the big screen



York - May 2012

 

After making the decision to go on a van tour next year, we needed to fulfil the dream by actually getting a van! We found a decent van on ebay and this was the time to go and pick it up. It was up North so after picking up the van we made our way to York to have a look around. After looking around York, we headed to Sherwood Forest where the legend of Robin Hood came about. 

 

The outer walls/towers of York Castle

Views from the top of York Castle

York Castle

Inside whats left of York Castle

 

Little shambles ( Open air meat market, in ancient times )

 

The famous contest between Robin Hood and Little John when first meeting on a bridge over River Leen

Robin Hood statue

Major Oak - Robin hoods main hide out

Pretend to be Robin Hood for a small fee...

The laughing tree - seems to have worked on Paul!

 

Bristol - May 2012

Our last destination was Bristol and our first attraction was the suspension bridge. The bridge was completed in 1864 and is very impressive considering the size of it and the resources they would have had back in the 19th century. We didn't have any accomodation booked in Bristol however we managed to obtain a really good deal at a hotel that had a great view of the bridge and surrounding area. The next day we headed out and tried to find all the banksy graffiti that he is famous for. Unfortunately it wasn't a great day, and that put a bit of a dampener on the sightseeing, so we decided we would have to come back to investigate the place a bit more.

 

Clifton suspension bridge

Views on the bridge

Banksy - Window lowers

Bristol cathedral

Banksy - Mild Mild West...



Gloucester 6 May 2012

On our way, we stopped off at Gloucester to have a look around. We found the Beatrix Potter shop where Beatrix Potter created one of her most loved characters here (The Tailor of Gloucester). The shop and museum, housed the same building that inspired the very story and is used in the illustrations. We made our way around Gloucester and headed past the cathedral and down past the marina. The former docks are a complete example of a Victorian port. We really enjoyed Gloucester and it had more to offer than we expected!

 

 

Beatrix Potter shop

 

Gloucester Cathedral

 

Old style crane

 

Wandering past the marina

 

A bridge on the way up to let the boat through!



Wiltshire 5 May 2012

 

After our nice Bath experience, we wanted to look for a bed and breakfast to stay at. It was a long weekend so we were very lucky to manage to obtain a place to stay. After our stay at the bed and breakfast we went to a nice little village called Castle Combe, where some of the scenes from War Horse were filmed. It was really quiant and cute!

 

 

Arriving at the bed and breakfast

 

The little place where we stayed

 

Inside the little cottage

 

 

On our way to the village - very narrow lanes!

 

Castle Combe

 

Stream running through Castle Combe

 

 

The little village centre

 

After our visit to Castle Combe we went driving around and stumbled upon another little village that we wandered around, here are a few pics!



Wrapped up warm while walking around

 

Little lanes around the village

 

Saw this little creation while wandering around!

 

 



Bath - May 2012

This weekend we headed off on a road trip to see more of England. We decided our first destination would be Bath. We had heard a lot about how nice Bath was, and it lived up to our expectations. We looked around Bath first and our first attraction was the Jane Austen centre. Many of Jane Austen's books were based in and around Bath where she describes certain places in Bath and the people she met there while growing up.

 

After learning about Jane Austen we went to look for the oldest house in Bath, which is also home of the original Bath bun, now famously known as a Sally Lunn. We couldn't come all this way without tasting one of the lovely Buns. As it is very famous we did have to wait a little while to taste the creation, but it was worth it!! The place also had a kitchen museum which shows the actual kitchen used by the young Huguenot baker Sally Lunn in Georgian Bath to create the first Bath bun.

 

After a long day of sightseeing, what better way to finish the day with a nice soak. We first headed to the old Roman baths to have a nosey around and then headed to the new style baths for a nice soak!



 

Royal Crescent - this only shows half the street and as you see the whole street curves around

The Jane Austen Centre

Us, with the Cathedral behind

Outside the Roman Baths



 

 

Bath cathedral

About to go into the Roman Baths

View inside the Roman baths with the cathedral in the background

Inside the Roman baths

The famous Sally Lunn

Ash about to enjoy something sweet..

How it would of looked back in 1680

The modern pools at Bath ( Very nice )