https://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/12/20/cairns-north-queensland-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-xvii/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6033.jpgIMG_6033https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6030.jpgIMG_6030We went back to the road via the ferry.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6027.jpgIMG_6027https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6022.jpgIMG_6022https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6021.jpgIMG_6021https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6020.jpgIMG_6020The "official" crocodile warnings. The movable aluminum signs are the ones everyone heeds!https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6017.jpgIMG_6017https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6014.jpgIMG_6014https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6013.jpgIMG_6013Empty, stunningly beautiful beaches and no people at all.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6012.jpgIMG_6012This is why the beaches are empty. 2014-12-20T04:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/12/15/meeting-in-sydney-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-xvii/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5681.jpgIMG_5681Extraordinary evening!https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5680.jpgIMG_5680Rob Cowley, Roger Warburton, sons of two brave, lucky guyshttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5679.jpgIMG_5679https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5678.jpgIMG_5678The Cowleys and the Warburtonshttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5677.jpgIMG_5677https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5676.jpgIMG_5676Toast to our meetinghttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5675.jpgIMG_5675Manly Beachhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5674.jpgIMG_5674Cathy Cowley, Roger, Robhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5672.jpgIMG_5672Manly Beach, high surfhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5671.jpgIMG_5671Roger with Robert Cowley on Manly Beach2014-12-15T05:04:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/12/12/melbourne-australia-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-xvi/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_56471.jpgIMG_5647https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5570.jpgIMG_5570Chinatownhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5569.jpgIMG_5569https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5568.jpgIMG_5568https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5567.jpgIMG_5567https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5566.jpgIMG_5566https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5564.jpgIMG_5564https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5563.jpgIMG_5563https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5562.jpgIMG_5562Street art is everywherehttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5560.jpgIMG_55602014-12-12T19:50:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/12/09/sydney-part-1-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-xv/2014-12-09T18:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/11/23/cardiff-wales-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-xiii/2014-11-23T08:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/11/23/cardiff-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-xiii/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_51342.jpgIMG_5134https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4744.jpgIMG_4744Dinner with David and Fran. David is Christine's brother and the father of Patrick and Charlotte, grandfather of Oscar.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_5187.jpgIMG_5187The Christmas lights go on in Cranleigh and we prepare to fly home..https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_5185.jpgIMG_5185https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_5189.jpgIMG_5189Hetty flying on what she calls a "mickey ride."https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_5184.jpgIMG_5184A gift from Father Christmas.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_5183_2.jpgIMG_5183_2Hetty and Tatyana after visiting Father Christmas.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_5179.jpgIMG_5179Cranleigh's community lighting for Christmas.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_5178.jpgIMG_5178Mann's shop windowshttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_51061.jpgIMG_5106My sisters-in-law, Hazel and Gillian2014-11-23T08:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/11/16/inns-of-court-london-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-xii/2014-11-16T20:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/11/15/intermezzo-london-and-san-francisco-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-xi/2014-11-15T10:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/11/03/stratford-upon-avon-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-x/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4835.jpgIMG_4835On this spot stood New House, Shakespeare's grand home at the end of his life. He died here. He owned not only this house, but a farm and several orchards. And gave extensively to his church. https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4834.jpgIMG_4834https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4833.jpgIMG_4833The home of Susanna and John Hall. He was a prosperous physician.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4832.jpgIMG_4832Holy Trinity Church.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4831.jpgIMG_4831Shakespeare's son, Hamnet (aged 11), is likely buried in the churchyard.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4825.jpgIMG_4825This Bible dates from Shakespeares's lifetime and would have been chained to the lectern.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4822.jpgIMG_4822The graves of John and Susanna Hall, who was the daughter of William and Anne Shakespeare.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4821.jpgIMG_4821Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear/To dig the dust enclosed here/ Blessed be he who spares these stones/And curst be he who moves my bones. https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4824.jpgIMG_4824The bust and the graves beneath of Anne and William Shakespeare.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4820.jpgIMG_4820This bust of Shakespeare was created and placed her during the lifetime of his wife and two daughters. Thus, we can assume that it really resembles him.2014-11-03T15:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/11/02/i-had-not-thought-death-had-undone-so-many/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4770.jpgIMG_4770https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4769.jpgIMG_4769https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4768.jpgIMG_4768https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4767.jpgIMG_4767https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4766.jpgIMG_4766https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4765.jpgIMG_4765https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4764.jpgIMG_4764https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4763.jpgIMG_4763https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4762.jpgIMG_4762https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4761.jpgIMG_47612014-11-02T20:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/29/oxford-and-more-family-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-viii/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/si_top_oxfordskyline.jpgsi_top_oxfordskyline2014-10-29T20:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/23/road-trip-part-i-kiss-away-each-hour-of-herith-swansea-wales/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4423.jpgIMG_4423both Eileens in this picturehttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4419.jpgIMG_4419dinner with new friends, Clem and Eileenhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4417.jpgIMG_4417https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4416.jpgIMG_4416the usual2014-10-25T07:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/24/road-trip-part-ii-among-these-dark-satanic-mills-clitheroe-and-manchester/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4590.jpgIMG_4590Back on the motorway to the northhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4589.jpgIMG_4589The wheel. Huge, powerful, and even beautiful.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4587.jpgIMG_4587As you get closer to the source of power, the enormous water wheel, the sound gets louder and louder, pounding and swooshing.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4582.jpgIMG_4582One of the weavers answering Roger's questions.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4578.jpgIMG_4578counting househttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4591.jpgIMG_4591mill buldingshttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4577.jpgIMG_4577https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4576.jpgIMG_4576Political activism grew among the mill workers.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4573.jpgIMG_4573Loud, fast, terrifying machines to stretch, twist, and spin the cotton.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4572.jpgIMG_4572One of the guides demonstrating the loom. At one point she said to Steve, "Oh dear, I think you know a lot about this, don't you?"2014-10-24T08:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/15/dining-with-the-worshipful-company-of-fuellers-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-v/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4359.jpgIMG_4359https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4358.jpgIMG_4358https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4357.jpgIMG_4357The stirrup cup. It's like "one for the road."https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4356.jpgIMG_4356The Dining Hall emptied after dinnerhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4355.jpgIMG_4355https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4354.jpgIMG_4354The very first "lady warden" in the history of the company. In three years she will be Master. With her, her husband, and the Beadle.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4353.jpgIMG_4353https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4352.jpgIMG_4352https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4350.jpgIMG_4350The heralds trying to outdo each other. They were so impressive!https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4347.jpgIMG_43472014-10-15T16:30:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/13/belmont-and-lyme-regis-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-iv/2014-10-13T19:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/11/bristol-tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-iii/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4185.jpgIMG_4185Tess and Anna, twenty years after I met them.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4175.jpgIMG_4175Charles with his son Ben, his daughter-in-law Sabrina, and his soon-to-born granddaughter!https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4184.jpgIMG_4184Charles explaining his finishing methods, drink in handhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4183.jpgIMG_4183https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4181.jpgIMG_4181https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4186.jpgIMG_4186Tess and her friend, Sarahttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4180.jpgIMG_4180Tess, Anna's daughter helping in the kitchen with mehttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4179.jpgIMG_4179https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4178.jpgIMG_4178Charles' table on view but holding the bar, too.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4177.jpgIMG_41772014-11-30T14:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/06/tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-ii-cranleigh/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4123.jpgIMG_4123Silly brothers cleaning uphttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4146.jpgIMG_4146Family at dinnerhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4144.jpgIMG_4144Russ carving a lovely roast of lamb.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4143.jpgIMG_4143Gill and Dominichttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4142.jpgIMG_4142Me with my sister-in-law Gillyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4140.jpgIMG_4140Gemma and Jonhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4141.jpgIMG_4141Her uncle Dominic designed the poster for her bridal fair appointments.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4139.jpgIMG_4139Gemma, our niece, has launched her own business in beauty and special event make-up.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4137.jpgIMG_4137Chris and Gemmahttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4135.jpgIMG_4135Wonderful Indian meal of various lamb curries and (mine) excellent duck in coconut milk sauce.2014-10-06T11:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/09/22/timid-beginnings-2/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/re-sussex-nyc-march-2014.jpgR&E Sussex NYC March 20142014-10-11T13:31:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/2014/10/01/tales-of-the-trailing-spouse-part-i-denmark/https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/40-img_4109.jpg40.IMG_4109dinner with colleagues and good friendshttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/39-img_4106.jpg39.IMG_4106a central square in Aarhushttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/38-img_4103.jpg38.IMG_4103Erland, Dorthe, Rogerhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/37-img_4101.jpg37.IMG_4101Central Aarhushttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/36-img_4100.jpg36.IMG_4100The bookstore, vintage 1967, quite a memory.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/35-img_4096.jpg35.IMG_4096We happened into the kitchen while the cooks were making pancakes stuffed with strawberry preserves.https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/34-img_4095.jpg34.IMG_4095The merchant (he's real, too)https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/33-img_4094.jpg33.IMG_4094https://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/32-img_4092.jpg32.IMG_4092The mill and the millstreamhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/31-img_4091.jpg31.IMG_4091the kitchen. The light is real.2014-10-01T15:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lettersfromatlantis.com/about/2014-08-10T17:53:37+00:00weekly0.6https://lettersfromatlantis.comdaily1.02014-12-20T04:24:10+00:00