Well as usual this blog posting seems to have been fraught with unusual and unexpected glitches, so I hope anyone who reads it appreciates the effort and anguish that's gone into this simple act.
|Just why text is underlined is the final mystery I hope!
The photos are rather out of synch and were somewhat random choices in the end, but do serve to show a variety of tour moments.
The west |Midlands from Worchester to Bewdley, to Ironbridge, to Shrewsbury to Chester were an unexpected delight. The weather turned nice, which always helps, and the people all seemed warm and friendly, and things began to get cheaper as I proceeded northward.

I should really fill in more details, but I've already taken much more time here than I intendeed, and this Inet cafe is not free, (unlike libraries which are great free net sources while on the road), so I'm signing off, for now.
HL









Lovely day hiking in Cardingmill Valley, Church Stretton, Shropshire







Shropshire Union canal route into Chester





Vintage cars at Woodside ferry on the Mersey, Birkenhead, Liverpool







Georgian 'Circus' in Bath



Amazing bio zones created at disused chalk pits in Devon






Severn River at Shrewsbury





Somewhere in the west Midlands





With sister Maggie, and cousin Rowena in the Cotswolds