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start066WarwickText.jpg=Warwick, Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa.
start064NVCFWarwickText.jpg=National Vintage Communications Fair (NVCF) held at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
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start008ExmoorText.jpg=Visiting Malcolm and Angela and sightseeing near their Devon home.
033CordobaText.jpg=Christmas 2011 in sunny Andalucia near Cordoba with our new found Australian friends; Fellow nomads, Marcelle and John from Sydney.
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088BelfastTitanicText.jpg=Ireland. The Titanic Exhibition in Belfast opened on 31st March 2012, 100 years after the sinking on her maiden voyage.
093CoMayoAchillText.jpg=County Mayo, Éire, where we visited Westport House with history of the 16th century "pirate queen", Grace O'Malley. We also made a day trip to see Achill Island.
095CoKerryPuckText.jpg=County Kerry, Éire; Killarney and the most unusual festival in Killorglin (Puck)
062KlosterneubergAustriaText.jpg=Klosterneuberg, a satellite city to Vienna, Austria.
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024LoireValleyText.jpg=The Loire Valley, France. Vendome and chateaux don't get any grander than Chambord.
053MystrasText.jpg=Ancient Mystras near Sparta on the Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece.
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054AthensGreeceText.jpg=Amazing Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. There were some less than impressed locals with the "Austerity measures".
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043RomeForumColosseumText.jpg=Rome, Italy.
089BelfastText.jpg=In Belfast, the Peace Walls are still in place. Even though a peace agreement was made in 1998 and there's been mostly peace, but sporadic violence still continues.
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042VaticanRomeText.jpg=The Vatican in Rome; St Peters Basilica nd the Sistine Chapel.
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041PisaPitiglianoText.jpg=Still snowing in Italy in Pisa and the amazing middle ages hilltop village of Pitigliano.
052GreecePeloponneseText.jpg=After our overnight ferry trip across the Aegean Sea from Bari, Italy to Patras, in Greece we arrived on the Peloponnese Peninsula.
start007YeovilWillitonText.jpg=Not a lot of parks opened yet for the summer so a publican allowed us an overnight stop in the hotel car park; great spot. Then a visit to the Williton Bakelite Museum and Ringneck Pheasants wandering in the grounds.
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start048GowerText.jpg=Gower or the Gower Peninsula is in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel. These "heavy horses" were grazing on very swampy ground.
090DarkHedgesText.jpg="Dark Hedges". An avenue of Beech trees planted before white settlement in Australia.
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start062ManchesterText.jpg=Manchester city, England. Beside the canal is the G-A-Y bar and next door to that was another called "queers"
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097CorkTipperaryText.jpg=County Cork and  Kilkenny, County Tipperary, Éire; Kilkenny Castle (c1210).
098MeathLouthText.jpg=The ancient Neolithic passage tombs in Co Meath, the Telephone Museum in Drogheda, where the Battle of the Boyne took place in 1690.
start073ChirkWalesText.jpg=Wales, Chirk Castle gates and portcullis.
039FranceCoteD’AzureText.jpg=Flamingos on the slat flats of the Cote d'Azure, near St. Tropez, France.
004BelgiumText.jpg=In Belgium, beers and chocolate are almost a religion.
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start056BlaenauFfestiniogText.jpg=Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic slate mining town in Gwynedd, Wales. It is known as the Victorian slate capital of the world, with around 10 mines in the town alone during its heyday.
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013MunichText.jpg=Munich, Germany where we were joined by Kerry
start034BathSomersetText.jpg=Bath, and the Roman baths in north-east Somerset, near Bristol and the Severn Estuary.
092DonegalText.jpg=County Donegal in the north of the Irish Republic. Our time in Donegal was spent mostly taking in the beauty of this County in the Irish Republic.
start037IronbridgeShropshireText.jpg=The Iron Bridge (c1779) crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It was the first arch bridge in the world to be made of cast iron
050SicilyMarsalaText.jpg=On the north-west coast of Sicily; Marsala harbour and the slat flats with covered salt mounds drying.
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start041CardiffCastleText.jpg=Cardiff Castle, Wales.
084SkyeText.jpg=From the Scottish mainland we crossed to the island via the Skye bridge. Then through Broadford, Portree and Staffin to the north west.
095RoK NorthText.jpg=County Kerry, Éire; Travelling on the (Ring of Kerry) Iveragh Peninsula.
start065WarwickCastleText.jpg=Warwick Castle
014RomRoadText.jpg=The Romantic Road in western Germany has a series of very picturesque medieval villages and some very ornate castles.
086SkyeDunveganSouthText.jpg=Skye. After our few days at Edinbane we headed west then south. Our first stop was at Dunvegan castle with its largely unbroken occupation for 800 years.
018ZurichText.jpg=Zurich, Switzerland
025PyreneeseText.jpg=The Pyreneese, France. Millau (new) and (old) Garabit viaducts and Lourdes. Although never formally encouraged by the Church, Lourdes water has become a focus of devotion to the Virgin Mary at Lourdes.
056ThessalonikiMtOlympusText.jpg=Thessaloniki aka Thessalonica (and Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia.
005NetherlandsText.jpg=The Netherlands and the ways they keep the North Sea out.
start045MayInWalesText.jpg=May 2011 continuing our visit to Wales.
021ParisText.jpg=Paris, France and the Eiffel Tower.
051ItalyMateraText.jpg=Waiting for the shipping strike to end before leaving Bari for Greece, we caught the train for our day trip to the "cave dwellings" of ancient Matera.
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036bMedValenciaText.jpg=Valencia, Spain.
start019CharlestownText.jpg=A very picturesque Charlestown Harbour, Cornwall. The harbour is actually for sale at GBP4.4 million (AUD6.8 million).
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053KalamataToSpartaText.jpg=The Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece and our mountain drive from Kalamata (olives) to Sparta.
027SanSebastianSpainText.jpg=San Sebastián, in the north of Spain, on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and only 20 km from the French border.
start010DocMartinText.jpg=Port Isaac on the Atlantic Coast of North Cornwall. In the TV series Doc Martin, the village is called Portwenn.
start039CotswoldsText.jpg=The Cotswolds. Broadway Tower is a folly located on Broadway Hill, near the village of Broadway. Lower Slaughter is a village in Gloucestershire that has been inhabited for 1000 years.
start028BucklandAbbeyText.jpg=Buckland Abbey is a 700-year-old house near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Francis Drake.
087bHadriansWall.jpg=England. Hadrian's Wall and the Roman Fort remains at Housteads.
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start022EdenText.jpg=The Eden Project Biomes - climate controlled eco-systems
046NaplesVesuviusText.jpg=Italy's Campania region; Naples and our walk in the snow on Mt Vesuvious
065GottweigAbbeyText.jpg=Still near the Danube in the Wachau valley, Austria; Göttweig Abbey.
071WarnetonBelgiumText.jpg=With a fairly quick trip through Belgium and the north western tip of France we left on our Channel crossing from a foggy Calais. On the way though we were able to finally see the Warneton telephone museum.
074YorkEnglandText.jpg=In Yorkshire, York is one of the nicest cities in England where we met up with Alan and Carol.
058TurkeyBosphorusText.jpg=From Istanbul, Turkey, the Bosphorous Straits is a busy shipping channel leading into the Black Sea and on to Russian ports.
start006YeovilText.jpg=The Fleet Air Arm aircraft museum at Yeovil contains one of the first Concordes #002
026bFranceTravelRoute.jpg=Map of our travels through France.
start058CaernarfonText.jpg=Caernarfon is port town in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the east banks of the Menai Straits.
start057CaernarfonText.jpg=Caernarfon Castle (c13th century) is one of the largest and most imposing fortifications built by the English in order to control Wales. When we stayed there, a Gold Wing club were showing off their toys.
039FranceItalyDriveText.jpg=The testing but beautiful highway from the Meditteranean, north to Torino and Asti, in the north of Italy.
002RhineCologneText.jpg=In Germany, Cologne is located on both sides of the Rhine River.
078NthToJohnOGroatsText.jpg=Scotland on our way to John O'Groats we stopped in at the Glenmorangie whisky distillery.
006KinderdijkWindmillsText.jpg=The Kinderdijk ancient windmills, Netherlands
060BudapestHungaryText.jpg=The lovely city of Budapest on the Danube, Hungary.
029MadridSpainText.jpg=Madrid, Spain. Kerry leaves from here for her flight home to Brisbane.
start003SWEnglandText.jpg=Joy's introduction to the M/H and on to Portsmouth and Salisbury, Dorset.
start051FishguardText.jpg=Fishguard,  Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales; A regular ferry operated by Stena Line leaves from here for Rosslare in Ireland.
058IstanbulTurkeyText.jpg=Busy Istanbul, Turkey. On the north side of the Bosphorous is European Turkey and on the south is Asian Turkey.
061SzentendreHungaryText.jpg=Szentendre on the Danube near Budapest, Hungary.
start072ConwyWalesText.jpg=Wales, Conwy; Conwy Castle was built between 1283 and 1289 during King Edward I's second campaign in North Wales.
023VersaillesNormandyToBrittanyText.jpg=The Palace of Versailles and Mont Saint-Michel, a rocky tidal island  in Normandy, France. The influence of the abbey extended to many daughter foundations, including St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.
start055PorthmadogText.jpg=Porthmadog Wales.
098StudText.jpg=Ireland's central plains area in Co Kildare with the very picturesque National Stud and 100 year old Japanese Gardens.
start054GellilydanText.jpg=Gellilydan, near Porthmadog Wales.
start063LeamingtonSpaLeicesterText.jpg=Leamington Spa, Leicester
015RomRoadText.jpg=The Romantic Road in western Germany extends from Stuttgart south to the Swiss border.
043bRomeToNaplesText.jpg=Rome, Italy where they had so much snow that roads and tourist sights were closed - the worst snow in 23 years.
017LindauText.jpg=Lindau, near Zurich, Switzerland
053NCorinthText.jpg=Corinth, Greece located on the Corinthian Gulf about 78 kilometres southwest of Athens.
start042CardiffWalesText.jpg=Cardiff market and harbour, Wales.
081DunnetHead.jpg=Scotland; at Dunnet Head lighthouse is actually the most northery point of mainland Britain.
012DresdenText.jpg=Dresden, Germany. Unfortunately we weren't able to spend much time here but it is a lovely city.
start017PendennisPointText.jpg=Pendennis Point has spectacular views across Falmouth Bay, from St. Anthony Lighthouse to the east and the Lizard to the west.
057GallipoliText.jpg=Turkey and Gallipoli, known as Çanakkale Province to most Turks.
094MoherCliffsText.jpg=In County Clare, on the west coast of Éire, the highlight is the majestic Cliffs of Moher.
start029ShaldonDevonText.jpg=Shaldon, in south Devon
035AndaluciaToValenciaCoastText.jpg=Through the snow capped Sierra Nevada mountains to Alicante, Valencia on the south east coast of Spain and the Mediterranean Sea.
085SkyeWildlifeText.jpg=Scotland, Skye, Loch Bay Watch Wildlife tour
016RhineText.jpg=The Rhine near the Germany/Swiss border.
059BulgariaToRomaniaText.jpg=From the Black Sea in Bulgaria, ttrough a severe dust storm into southern Romania.
090CarrickfergusText.jpg=Belfast Lough on the Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland; Carrickfergus harbour and castle.
start036AvoncroftText.jpg=Telephone show held at the Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
098DublinGuinnessText.jpg=Éire, County Dublin; River Liffey and our visit to Guinness St James's Gate Brewery.
start070WinchesterText.jpg=Winchester, Hampshire; Winchester Cathedral and Basingstoke on our way to Heathrow.
068CzechRepublicPlzenText.jpg=Plzen (Pilsen) is a city in western Bohemia in the Czech Republic and is said to be the origin of Pilsener beers.
072ScotlandIrelandTitle.jpg=Book title page for our final few months (mainly to see Scotland and Ireland) after crossing the English Channel from Europe.
044NaplesVesuviusText.jpg=In Naples overlooked by Mt Vesuvious we ate at what is supposedly the best Pizza restaurant; the famous Di Matteo
009TelMuseums.jpg=Some of the musems visited - the bottom of the picture is Warneton in Belgium.
start025CoteheleText.jpg=Cotehele, is a mediaeval/Tudor house (c1300) located in Cornwall. The grounds stretch down to a quay on the River Tamar.
055bMeteoraGreeceText.jpg=The Metéora (c14th century) is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars.  Meteora means "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" -  similar to Meteorite.
start009BudeTintagelPostText.jpg=Bude in Cornwall and Cornish pasties, then the Tintagel Old Post Office,  a 14th-century stone house, built to the plan of a medieval manor house.
start016LizardPointText.jpg=Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain and is a notorious shipping hazard
014DachauText.jpg=Dachau near Munich, Germany is a very confronting memorial to the holocaust.
037GaudiBarcelonaText.jpg=In Barcelona, we spent most of our time viewing Gaudi creations, including the amazing cathedral, Sagrada Familia.
start032DartmouthDevonText.jpg=Dartmouth, in south Devon; The narrow mouth of the Dart is protected by two fortified castles, Dartmouth Castle and Kingswear Castle. In the reign of Edward III it was twice surprised and sacked during the Hundred Years' War, after which the mouth of the estuary was closed every night with a great chain.
077FalkirkLochNessText.jpg=Scotland and the interesting Falkirk Wheel and Loch Ness.
028SpainCastileLeonCastileLaManchaText.jpg=Spain, Castile Leon and Castile Lamancha regions. The Aqueduct of Segovia (1-2nd century AD) is a Roman aqueduct and one of the most significant and best-preserved ancient monuments left on the Iberian Peninsula.
start043TenbyWalesText.jpg=Tenby is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales.
start047SwanseaMuseumText.jpg=Swansea museum, Wales.
064AustriaDanubeText.jpg=Still near the Danube in the Wachau valley, Austria.
047MtEtnaText.jpg=On the Island of Sicily, Mt Etna is the tallest active volcano in Europe, and was still steaming after eruptions that happened just before we arrived. The picturesque mountain villages of Castelmola and Taormina; again, take the bus.
start027PlymouthText.jpg=Plymouth, Devon; In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers left Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony in the USA
073BarnsleyBuryText.jpg=In Bury (Greater Manchester) then in Barnsley we visited Winnie for lunch and a chat. Bottom pictures are of the candlestick telephone "hider" we bought in Leeds.
start035HeritageMotorMuseumText.jpg=The Heritage Motor Centre motor museum is located in Gaydon and claims to feature the world's greatest collection of classic, vintage and veteran British cars.
010BremenText.jpg=Bremen, Germany and the "Town Musicians of Bremen" a folktale recorded by the Brothers Grimm.
start023FoweyText.jpg=Fowey at the mouth of the River Fowey, Cornwall.
094CoGalwayText.jpg=Counties Galway and Clare, on the west coast of Éire.
030La ManchaToledoConsuegraText.jpg=Toledo and Consuegra, La Mancha where the countryside is covered in olive trees (top pic); It is mostly in this region where the story of the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote is set.
start024BodminText.jpg=Bodmin, in central Cornwall
016bGermanyTravel.jpg=Our travels through Germany
045 AmalfiCoastText.jpg=Italy and the Amalfi Coast - it is a scary drive; thankfully we took the bus.
038MarsaillesProvenceText.jpg=France, Marseille and Provence.
003BelgiumText.jpg=From home (September 2011) through London and on to Belgium
022ParisLouvreText.jpg=Paris, France and the Louvre on the river Seine.
start002DepartureText.jpg=Starting our journey at the beginning of March 20111 and the end of the English winter.
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091DerryText.jpg=Derry or Londonderry is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland. The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle. It is the only walled city remaining intact in Ireland and one of the finest examples of a walled city in Europe.
063ViennaAustriaText.jpg=Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria. Apart from being regarded as the City of Music, Vienna is also said to be "The City of Dreams" because it was home to the world's first psycho-analyst - Sigmund Freud
083EileanDonanCastleText.jpg=Scottish Highlands through Ullapool and Wester Ross, Eilean Donan Castle (a prominent location for the 1986 movie "HIGHLANDER")
052OlympiaGreeceText.jpg=Olympia, Greece where the Olympic torch is lit and commences it's journey every 4 years.
098DublinText.jpg=Éire, County Dublin; In Merrion Square, Dublin's Georgian District near Oscar Wilde's home. The "Molly Malone" monument. And on O'Connell St, the Tower of Light - 120metres tall.
069GermanyNuremburgText.jpg=Nuremberg is a city in the German state of Bavaria. The city played a major role in the politics of the Nazi years and during WWII. It seems fitting that the war crimes trials were held there immediately after the war.
080OrkneysScotlandText.jpg=The Orkney Islands are full of interesting history from the Neolithic (New Stone Age) settlement at Skara Brae, ancient Cairns and standing stones to the transfer of ownership of the islands from Norway to Scotland. During WWI and WWII, the Skapa Flow was used as a natural harbour and important base for the British Fleet.
079OrkneysRingOfBrodgarStromnessText.jpg=Scotland, off the coast from John O'Groats is the group of islands called the Orkneys.
032SevilleAndaluciaSpainText.jpg=Seville, Andalucia, Spain. The Plaza de Toros is the oldest bullring in Spain. The stunnig Plaza de España, in Maria Luisa Park, was built in 1929
start050PorthgainText.jpg=The village of Porthgain has a wealth of historical relics from its time as a prosperous industrial harbour in the early 1900s. Large brick hoppers dominate the harbour.
087ScotlandBenNevisGlencoeText.jpg=In the south west of Scotland, just a few miles from Fort William is the highest peak in the UK, Ben Nevis (1344 metres). From there through the amazing mountains and valley of Glencoe
020ParisText.jpg=Paris, France and the Eiffel Tower built as a centrepiece for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a World's Fair which celebrated the centennial of the French Revolution.
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090GiantCausewayText.jpg=Causeway Coastline near Bushmills, Northern Ireland; the amazing Giants Causeway.
096RoK SouthText.jpg=After the north and west of the "Ring of Kerry" we then completed our circuit around the peninsula with a short diversion around Valentia Island and the Ring of Skellig.
046CampaniaPaestumText.jpg=Italy's Campania region; Paestum has some of the best preserved Greek and Roman ruins.
075ScarboroughWhitbyText.jpg=England, Scarborough and Whitby Abbey - used in the Bram Stoker movie.
059TransylvaniaText.jpg=Transylvania, Romania and very touristy Bran Castle of Dracula fame.
start053DevilsBridgeText.jpg=Devil's Bridge spans the Mynach, a tributary of the Rheidol. The bridge is unusual in that three separate bridges are coexistent, each one built upon the previous bridge.\
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067CzechRepublicPragueText.jpg=Prague, Czech Republic, and our portrait from the Charles Bridge artist.
076EdinburghText.jpg=Scotland. The weather was miserable in the first couple of days and it made Edinburgh seem quite depressing. When the sun appeared though, the city took on a new look with splendid old buildings, buskers, the monuments and great parks and gardens.
070GermanyCologneRhineText.jpg=In Germany, Cologne is located on both sides of the Rhine River. In 1792, Cologne was the origin of the fragrance "Eau de Cologne" (water from Cologne)
start038BroadwayCotswoldsText.jpg=Broadway in the Worcestershire part of the Cotswolds in England is often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds"
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start018PendennisCastleText.jpg=Pendennis Castle (c1539), Falmouth is one of the fortresses built by Henry VIII to defend the country against invasion. The castle has seen action in many conflicts and was one of the last royalist strongholds to fall during the English Civil War.
038CostaBravaText.jpg=When we crossed the border into France, on the Costa Brava we were surprised by things to see in Montpelier that our travel guidebooks hadn't even mentioned.
087cLakeDistrictText.jpg=Kendal, England's Lake District and a Belted Galloway. This point in the slide show is the end of the "Middle" book
start071HomeText.jpg=Our final night and dinner with Richard and Carol at a Kingston restaurant on the Thames. Our few hours stopover in Hong Kong waiting for our final leg home to Brisbane.
082ScotlandRoadTripText.jpg=Scotland; different animals and peat gathering along the far north coast.
start068SouthamptonText.jpg=On a misty morning ready to take our M/H to Southampton Docks. Her ship is the Hoegh Trooper.
045SorrentoCapriText.jpg=Italy's Campania region; a ferry from Sorrento takes us to the lovely Isle of Capri on Valentine's Day 2012
066CzechRepublicCeskyKrumlovText.jpg=In the south of the Czech Republic, is Cesky Krumlov - likened to Prague in miniature.
start011StIvesText.jpg=Saint Ives, on the Atlantic Coast of North Cornwall.
start052AberyswythText.jpg=Aberystwyth (Mouth of the River Ystwyth) in Ceredigion, Wales.
008AmsterdamText.jpg=Amsterdam,  Netherlands
