Tolkien’s Final Journey, and our final leg

The gravesite where the original Luthien and Beren lay is in Wolvercote Cemetery.

Lord Leycester and Gates

Because I am a military veteran myself, I was curious to see the historic veterans home in Warwick.

We spent the day walking in the footsteps of William Shakespeare.

Our sixth day in England on May 6 was already good, but made better when we saw how great our Airbnb was for the next two nights.

Margaret and I visited three more Cotswolds villages as we made our slow journey north.

Possibly the most photographed location in all of England is in the village of Bibury, in the heart of the Cotswolds.

This site of a natural hot spings has been revered, celebrated, and visited by tourists for thousands of years.

The architecture in Bath was heavily influenced by the Romans from 43-410 CE and by the Victorians in the 18th Century.

Castle Combe was heralded as the “prettiest village in England,” so of course I wanted to stop and take a look.

With its central grid of four streets, Lacock today looks much as it did 200 years ago.