Ian and Lisa - not at all happy.. :-)
Lisa models Fletch's coat and hat
I do not look gay..honest...
Credit-crunch cashpoint
Asian veg stall, Milton Keynes market
I have no idea how to cook most of these things
Ian plays with eddoes
Another Asian food stall
We bought cheese from here. Americans - note the prices!
Milton Keynes market
The Frog Clock!
All little kids get stuck here for ages - mesmerised
The Midsummer Tree - and those horrible concrete cows
Ian - swearing about the concrete cows
Moo
Ian, concrete cows, Lisa's "purse".
Smiley Ian, silly cows
Ian's favourite coffee shop - in the XScape building
The Milton Keynes indoor snow slope
St Ives, Cambs
Her Majesty's swans
Cambridge
Jane and Fletch. Ian's nose ;-)
Cambridge University
Lisa and Ian - Trinity College, Cambridge
Ahhh
Lisa and Ian King's College, Cambridge
Lisa and Ian - King's College, Cambridge
Lisa and Ian
Cambridge, England
Ian and Lisa - and a real English telephone box
Marker cross, Cambridge
Marker cross - close-up
Rising bollards - Fletch inadvertently parked his car on these one time. It was not a good thing. :-)
Ian jogged Lisa's hand
Cambridge: Bus safely through the rising bollards
Mallard ducks on the river Cam - Cambridge, England
Punts on the river Cam, Cambridge, England
Punts on the Cam
Rising bollards, having sunk for the taxi are now rising to prevent other traffic sneaking through
British bloggers in the rain, Cambridge
Ian's desk after Lisa had been using it. :-)
Happy Ian
Ian is driving - so he needs to get in the "wrong" side of the car. Taken outside Ian's apartment in Milton Keynes.
Ian under the sign on the side of an old house in Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes
Stony Stratford Church
Stony Stratford High Street - outside The Cock, looking towards The Bull
Pub sign outside the famous "Bull Hotel" in Stony Stratford - the origin of the phrase "A Cock and Bull story"
Side street in Stony Stratford
Grave in Stony Stratford graveyard
Gravestones in Stony Stratford graveyard
Stony Stratford graveyard
Crypt in Stony Stratford graveyard
Another type of crypt in Stony Stratford graveyard
Stony Stratford bakery (Ian buys his rolls from here when he is at work) [this was 2008 - it's a bit far to come now!]
The "Wesley Tree" - we walked ages to see the original tree but they'd cut it down as it had caught Dutch Elm disease and replaced it with this sapling!
Stony Stratford
Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne
Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne. Taken from outside the British Waterways museum
Canal Museum - Stoke Bruerne
Stoke Bruerne - Canal Museum
Lisa tries on a traditional bargee's bonnet. I think it suits her!
Ian tries on a canalman's flat cap (you can still buy these!)
Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne. Canal boats.
Canal Nurse. Stoke Bruerne
Diving suit. Stoke Bruerne
Typical wildlife to be found by the canal. (All stuffed, of course).
Playing with the blacksmith's bellows. Not sure Ian was supposed to do this.
Traditional pottery to be found on old-fashioned canal boats. Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
Traditional Plates
Traditional painted goods found on canal boats. Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
Narrow boat - Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
Canal-side. Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
Working boat, Grand Union Canal, Stoke Bruerne.
Tow path, narrow boats on The Grand Union Canal - near Blisworth
Pretty duck, Grand Union Canal
Stoke Bruerne
Ducks on the Grand Union Canal
Mallard ducks on the Grand Union Canal
Female mallard duck on the Grand Union Canal. Look at the rings where she is swimming!
Male mallard
Warning sign at entrance to Blisworth Tunnel, Grand Union Canal
Blisworth Tunnel, Grand Union Canal
Smiley Ian, Blisworth Tunnel, Grand Union Canal
One of the concrete sections used to repair the tunnel - showing the breadth and depth of the bore. Blisworth Tunnel, Grand Union Canal
Looking back up the tow path, Blisworth Tunnel, Grand Union Canal
Lock gates, Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal
Canal lock, Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal
Lock, canal, canal museum (last building on the right) Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal
Newly re-thatched house. Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal
Newly re-thatched house, Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal
Roast dinner! Roast potatoes, pork, parsnips, cauliflower-cheese, field mushrooms stuffed with goat's cheese, home-made gravy
Stags - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Seagulls ("it's raining on the coast") with laughing crows - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Woburn Abbey
Stag - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Deer - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Stag - Woburn Abbey Deer Park. You can tell he is very senior in the pecking order because of the number of points on his antlers
Is that a gun, or a camera? - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Oops, best stop the car before taking pictures - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Sorry, no pictures - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Bambi? Woburn Abbey Deer Park
It IS Bambi! Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Stag and his concubines - Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Moose? Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Mooseseses. Woburn Abbey Deer Park
Lisa enjoys traditional fish and chips with mushy peas. Hitchin, Herts.
Campbell Park
LOOOOOOK - Lisa in Campbell Park!
Squinting into the sun in Campbell Park
"Hey, I can take a picture of us like...this". Campbell Park
Lisa, ducks - Campbell Park
Ducks - Campbell Park
Swan, ducks, Campbell Park
Ducks, Campbell Park
Ian chats up the swan, Campbell Park
Swan, ducks, Campbell Park. Grand Union Canal in the background.
"...and they weave the hedges, like that one behind you" - Campbell Park
Lisa on "The Bridge" - Campbell Park
Grand Union Canal - Campbell Park
Squirrel. Campbell Park
View from "The Bridge", Campbell Park
"The Bridge" Campbell Park
Friendly warning, St Ives
Are you taking pictures of me? St Ives
Turning off Polish modifications made to the Sat Nav :-)
