Hi virtual travellers, sorry for the biggish gap in newsy stuff (except for the quick -and not spell checked entry from Stratford library...I was logged off automatically just as I hit the send button and wasn't sure it made it.) Internet access in Stratford-Upon-Avon (from now on referred to as SUA) is about as scarce as it was in Shakespeare's...

We left our hotel around 8:30 with a new guide, Clive. Fortunately we didn't have to see singing Anna again. I believe we would have revolted. Clive appears to be quite knowledgeable. Our first stop was Hampton Courts built in four stages beginning in the 1500's at the request of Henry VIII. The gardens are most impressive. We passed Runnymede, ...