Stratford-Upon-Avon and Salford Hall - Chie's Family in the UK
Stratford-Upon-Avon and Salford Hall
Tuesday 26th June 2007
Left North Wales and headed back to England. Spent the afternoon in Stratford, and then the evening at a rather nice country house hotel.
Chie's Family in the UK
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| 09:03:33 Yuka saying goodbye to Yates - he was a bit of a hit with our Japanese visitors. | 09:07:57 Nice group shot in front of Dad's house. | 09:08:03 I think I moved a bit too soon here... |
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| 14:47:38 Randomly took a picture of our car parked in a car park in Stratford. | 14:53:43 Chie, Yuka and their Mum looking at a map in Stratford. | 14:53:58 Not sure why I take these pictures of maps - I never end up using them! |
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| 15:14:49 The family in front of Shakespeare's birthplace. | 15:27:23 ...on the way out. | 15:27:46 ...same thing again... |
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| 15:28:27 ....and more or less the same again, but with Chie having swapped with Mikiko-san. | 15:29:29 Quite liked this climbing rose growing up the side of the house. | 15:29:42 ....and one more picture... |
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| 15:31:40 Entrance to the gift shop! | 16:03:00 Outside the next house - Nash Hall. | 16:03:21 Chie. |
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| 16:06:06 This place had some rather nice gardens. | 16:06:10 ...more garden pictures... | 16:06:45 ....and more of the same... |
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| 16:07:04 ...and more. | 16:07:12 ....unnecessary picture of me by a hedge. | 16:08:26 ....a bit of a cloister. |
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| 16:10:51 Nice backdrop here. | 16:14:52 Walking along by the old grammar school. | 16:19:15 This is the next house we visited - Hall's Croft. |
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| 16:25:31 ...out the back of Hall's Croft. | 16:32:05 The gardens here were quite wild. | 16:33:17 ...although they did have a very nice lawn. |
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| 16:33:50 I think this was probably my favourite of the three houses - and also the quietest. | 16:55:09 The holy trinity church, containing the monumument (not really a grave apparently) to the bard. | 17:57:29 After leaving Stratford we headed over to nearby Salford Hall, where we were going to be staying tonight. Here's Chie's parents and Mikiko-san out the front. |
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| 19:12:54 Chie's family, meeeting Mum and Keith for the first time over a couple of pre-dinner drinks. | 19:13:04 It was rather nice out in the lobby here. | 19:13:37 Got most of our group in this shot (although Mikiko-san is taking the picture, and Keith is only present via his knees). |
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| 19:13:47 ...got Keith in it this time. | 20:01:30 On to dinner - first a little pre-starter, for me feta cheese with onion chutney. | 20:12:39 My starter was probably the best of the lot - an excellent risotto with Worcestershire cheese, served with curried parsnip and apple tempura. Quite excellent. |
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| 20:13:08 Our table, all looking quite jolly! | 20:37:28 My main course - a very interesting spring roll with blue cheese and vegetables. This was also very good, but my recent stomach problem was starting to catch up with me by this point, and I couldn't manage much of it. | 20:37:41 ...the whole table with their main courses. |
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| 21:29:33 ...you'll be pleased to hear my appetite did recover a little for dessert - this chocolate tart - which was quite superb. | 22:44:52 I'd booked five rooms in total for our party, and then we'd pretty much just picked at random - however it turned out me and Chie had probably got the best of the lot! A bit of a faux pas, but oh well... | 22:45:14 Lots of nice grand old furniture. |
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| 22:45:25 ...I liked the lighting too. | 23:05:23 Really rather nice. |
