Category: Picture of the Week

Ceiling of the apse of Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Gatehouse of Castle Rising Castle from the castle keep. Photo May 2015.

In the gardens at Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since I was last in the UK! Oxburgh was one of the place I visited 10 years ago today, so I thought it was time for another photo from there. (The other main place that day was Castle Rising Castle in the pouring rain… which thankfully cleared out by the time I got to Oxburgh and drove to Castle Acre for the end of the day.)

In 1998, I visited Hever Castle and Hampton Court on May 18, I was in Edinburgh in 2000, and at Bodiam Castle and Battle Abbey in 2003. And I’m not sure when I will get back to Great Britain, I’m hoping to visit Ireland (Northern and Republic) next year – fingers crossed it works out!

St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

“History Play” by Jane Lawrence, on the Sculpture Trail at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Next to the sculpture is a plaque with a quotation from Shakespeare’s Richard II:

This sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea

Bedroom at the Shakespeare Birthplace. Photo May 2015.

This is a slightly different angle on the same room in Picture of the Week #581.

The Shakespeare Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Next time I go to Stratford I’m finally going to stay in one of these half-timbered historic hotels. (Who knows when that might be though…)

Figure of Shakespeare at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Close-up view of the ceiling of the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Henry VIII Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

Norwich Castle. Photo May 2015.

St James the Great Church, Castle Acre, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Gardens at Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Woodland walk at Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Elizabethan Gardens at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

This isn’t all that different from at least one other Picture of the Week, but I took A LOT of photos of the gardens, so there will be a few kind of similar ones as I continue to work my way through all of these pictures. (I can’t believe it’s been nearly 10 years since that visit!)

“Romeo and Juliet” in the First Folio. Photo May 2015.

This First Folio is on display at the museum next to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. I figured this would be a good one for the start of February – one of the world’s most famous love stories for the month with Valentine’s Day.

Staircase at Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Another in a seemingly endless series of wooden staircase photos. 🙂 (I can’t help it – I love them!)

Tiles in Rochester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.