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September 2011

Four Yanks in a Boat: From Bath to Devizes and back

The Kennet and Avon Canal is over two hundred years old, which might make it seem an unlikely choice for a 21st-century …

Why a narrowboat trip?

Why did I want to travel down a canal in a narrowboat? From where did this particular desire evolve? The simple answer …

London at night (evening day 4, Saturday, Sept. 3)

Taking a turn on the Millennium Eye is a terribly tacky, touristy thing to do, with cattle lines reminiscent of a trip …

The British Museum (morning day 4, Saturday, Sept. 3)

The front of the British Museum sits there with its two wings flanking the entrance like the paws of a giant sphinx. …

Narrowboat vacation: first photos

Half of our vacation in England involved a narrowboat trip from Bath to Devizes and back. In order to afford the trip, …

Royal Crescent

Panoramas from England

  I am recently returned from a two-week visit to England and I am quickly posting a few photographs of the trip. …