ALL THINGS ENGLAND…
It didn’t occur to me that I was homesick until I went home. Having once lived in England, and having once left good and valued friends, only made coming home so very natural. My recent holiday to that island half a world away and travelling with left-behind girlfriends, their husbands, chatting hours and hours with missed sister-sisters over cuppas of coffee and sweets, was three glorious weeks of good fun, good food (yes, really good food!), especially brilliant weather, lots of laughter and a few tears thrown in because I cry at both hellos and good-byes, and sometimes tears for…just because.
The sounds of friends loving every minute of being together would be, at best, most difficult to capture except in the moment. The nattering exchange of everyday talk, the loitering-like walks, serious discussions about our children, politics and/or government, slogging walks along the South Devon Coast in search of a pub, anything and everything led us all to a sense close friendship and well-being.
Of never being apart.
It was lovely. Simply. Lovely.
From cathedrals and churches…
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury
St. Mary's Church, Amesbury
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester
St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Even a few cemeteries. Just a few….
Branscombe Church Cemetery, Branscombe
Branscombe Cemetery
Branscombe Cemetery, Branscombe
There’s more but for the sake of the ghoulish-shivers this may give My Reader, I’ll quit while ahead.
Good…
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I’ve discovered that in my UK travels there are quite a few (actually more than a few) city, township and county names that we’ve borrowed from our English countrymen when/while establishing ourselves in the New World…way back when. Ironic?
Looking at atlas to see where Amesbury/Salisbury MA are located. Inquiring minds like to know…..
Thank you, R.
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I should have added that Amesbury/Salisbury are on the banks of the Merrimack River, and to the north, borders the state of New Hampshire…
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Don, Got it! Directions are good…especially since I’m challenged in that department. R.
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When I saw the picture of St. Mary’s Church, in Amesbury, I use to live in the town of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and the bordering town to the east is Salisbury, which is on the Massachusetts coastline. By the way, its the only Amesbury in the entire US, and there is one in Ontario, Canada…
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Welcome home 🙂 Your photos are gorgeous
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