Trip to England

The weather here has been typically English, a reminder of why I moved to Maine!

Exhausted after a long flight the next step of my journey was a 4 hour coach ride from Heathrow up to the north of England. Coventry is a strange town with scraps of its historic buildings remaining squeezed in around modern roads. Most of Coventry was destroyed by bombing in WW II. This looked as if it had formerly been part of a church complex judging by the windows.

I am based near Sheffield on the edge of the Peak District. The lovely view above is at Monsal Head in Derbyshire. The next 2 images are in the same area.

Growing up in England it was always a joy to see the frogs every spring.

This gorgeous skops owl was helping to raise money for a raptor rescue center.

Above and below are views taken in the countryside near Sheffield.

This fascinating twisted church spire is in Chesterfield and is quite famous.

And here is somewhere I had long wished to visit. Chatsworth House. A magnificent house surrounded by beautiful parkland including a herd of fallow deer.

The Peel Monument is in the center of the old part Dronfield, Derbyshire. There are 2 more photographs of Dronfield below.

Yesterday we drove out to the picturesque and historic village of Eyam, famous for having chosen to isolate during the bubonic plague in the 1600's rather than flee and spread the disease to other areas. The photographs below were taken close to the village.