Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Oct 2013: One of the most beautiful cottages in UK belonging to the Bard’s wife #5

after finishing the visit to the church where Shakespeare is buried, we headed back to the car and then..

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lovely gardens just outside the church

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gently rolling gardens…

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the river Avon. idyllic scenes eh?

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old gnarled trees

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we squabble but we also hold hands, Baba holding Ma’s hand to help her, she was badly limping by now..

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why has a bloody lamp post been donated by the city of Bonn?

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not quite sure what this is about, maybe a cemetery or some kind of a sculpture? 

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the theatre

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a lovely bridge

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yeah, exactly, the old thespians. 

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what an ironic sight, the rose and crown and then costa!

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ancient woodwork

then we jumped into the car and drove to what can arguably be termed as the most beautiful cottages in the country. Ann Hathaway’s Cottage.

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seeing from the road

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nice shoes

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having a bite to eat

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there’s the lovely little cottage

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we head in, i wasnt supposed to take photographs so I did

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lovely little cribs

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i dont think i can fit into that bed

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taking a peek

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old old beams

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i am waiting for Ma…

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you can see the carpenter’s marks.

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the thatch…

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and the lovely walls

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you are supposed to write a sticky to your love :) write how you met your loved one.

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chuckles, sounds familiar, so many women in my life call me this..

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its a beautiful place

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Baba taking it easy

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another view of the cottage

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Puck will pop out soon

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And Ma’s tired as well

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My little princess 

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Sangeeta’s mecca..

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Another view of the shoe

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Another lovely brick house next to the cottage

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Ma slurping on an icecream.

It was a nice day out..very enjoyable.

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