Back In England

After two years I am on the move again and have flown back to England for a five mnth visit.  I left Melbourne at 2.40 am on May 1 and arrived at  at Gatwick Airport at 8.00pm on 1 May.  It was a very trying flight with delays making transfers exciting.  Mum was waiting for me at the airport and the next day we went to a National Trust Garden called Nymans not far from there

 View across the Weald from Nymans

 The partluy ruined house

In thge gardens

Mum

In the rockery
Here is some more information

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nymans/

And that night we dined with my cousin Chips and his wife Jan and his son Matthew at a pub, the Red Barn near his home.

 We drove down from Gatwick to Plymouth on the next day.  On the way we stopped at Old Sarum near Salisbury. This was the site of the original Salisbury.  This view is the entrance of the castle

 Inside the castle

The site of the Cathedral

 Looking at the ditches surrounding the castle

And the view across modern Salisbury with the cathedral dominating

Here are some links with more information about Old Sarum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sarum
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/old-sarum/history-and-research/history/
http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/page3.html