Greta Hall, Keswick

Also out of order. Greta Hall in Keswick is where Coleridge lived with his wife and children. The house is privately owned so this is a web picture as one cannot visit the home. Keswick is pretty but also very busy. Coleridge walked, often, between here and Grasmere to visit Wordsworth.

Susan and Lesley at Stratford on Avon

Stratford may be a mega tourist town but it still mangages to retain its character. We loved the way everyone mingled and had a good time. Overseas tourists, schools, families. All of this aids in keeping Shakespeare alive as a cultural icon. What I especially loved was the merry-go-rounds and carnival feel. it is just wonderful to see literature taken into the spirit of a place.

Shakespeare's birthplace

One of the things that became obvious from our tour was the fact that Shakespeare had received a very broad grammar education. The more we travelled around the more we felt that he had more than enough knowledge to write the plays and all the nonsense about how he is not the author is based on misinformation. He may have had help with some of them and of course things may have been added and changed but still his stuff.

Cocoa the Lab at Long Compton, The Cotswolds

Cocoa was on guard at the window and waiting for the first breakfast guests in the pub at Long Compton. We were only able to get accommodation in the Cotswolds at the last minute due to the cancellation of a local air show (everyone had packed up and gone home) but it was a dog-friendly pub with good accommodation.

This is in the Cotswolds and so strange to come across. Of course it is advertising the cavern but it doesn't really fit in with the other signage from the area.