January has been surpringly spring-like here this year. The daffodils are already starting to show their pretty faces here and there. We've taken a few trips and lots of walks, so here are some pics!
We went to Hampton Court (although that was technically before Christmas). Hampton Court is the palace that Cardinal Wolsey spent a fortune expanding and decorating while he was Henry VIII's right hand man. When he fell from favor, Henry confiscated Hampton Court.
We had the chance to get outside and take some walks in the countryside in January. It's been a pretty mild winter here. This is Arlington Resevoir.
And these are from another walk we took in Barcombe.
We also managed to make it over to South Wales for a quick trip. We visited Cardiff Castle and Brecon Beacons National Park.
I love this picture because you can see how much Iain enjoys his Papa's antics. What a cutie.
Iain is making this funny laugh where he just sucks air in and I was lucky enough to catch it on film.
These next pictures are from the Brecon Beacons.
And most recently we took a trip to Canterbury to see a creepy old puesdo-fun house called The Canterbury Tales and the cathedral. We were hoping to get a synopsis of the Canterbury Tales, which we sort of did, but at a price... It was dark and old and things kept popping out of places. It wasn't meant to be scary, but Stephen King would have a ball in that place. It didn't help that it was a rainy Wednesday in January and we were the only ones in there. Anyway, I didn't take any pictures of that part. Then we headed off to see the cathedral and toured it pretty well.
These steps are worn from all the pilgrims who used to climb them on their knees to get the shrine of Thomas a Becket who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170 by knights of King Henry II.
2 comments:
The movie "Becket" was a good one, in case your interested. But then again it has Peter O'Toole as Henry II and Richard Burton as Becket, so I guess that's a give in.
Cool. We'll have to check it out. Thanks!
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