UK Graduation Trip in Photos - Part II

We moved on from London to the picturesque Cotswolds. We rented a cottage in the lovely village of Blockley, right outside of Chipping Camden. It was about 5 km from the village of Snowshill where I stayed with my parents and sister when my sister and I graduated from Clemson all those years ago.

 Our little cottage in Blockley.  It was wonderful with pheasants and huge fat pigeons visiting every day.

These are the ruins at Kenilworth - one of my favorite of all tourist destinations.  This is the great hall.The floor would have been at the bottom of the windows and then the servants would have made preparations down below . 

Kenilworth

Very old grafitti.  I normally detest grafitti but I do like seeing where people from ages past have "left their mark" - I just don't want people to continue to deface buildings.  What a grouch - I know.

The River Avon behind Warwick Castle

My favorite guys on a bridge on the Avon.  So peaceful.

Ruins at Warwick.

                                  Warwick is a medieval castle built  by William the Conquerer.  During its  950 years it has been owned by 36 different families plus four different crown periods under six different monarchs. It has been involved in countless battles and wars including the War of the Roses and Hundred Years War and it eventually came to be a country home before being a National Historic Property.  Winston Churchill came to visit here as a young man and the castle has a dungeon where torture was carried out in the middle ages.  It is a fascinating place to visit.

Many pheasants wander freely at Kenilworth. Pheasantries are common in England.