England - Hampton Court - 4th October 1969

 The Clock.

Street view from Google.

 Our photo below.

 Two Shillings to enter, now it costs £15.95 (Aus $25.00)  or you can buy a ticket online cheaper... check it out HERE

 Lost in the Maze.

 David to the rescue.

 Help David... I'm in the middle!

 200 year old grape vine.

 In the gardens.

 Down by the Thames from Hampton Court.

Below the wharf  seen from the Bridge on Google.

The Bridge from the other side of the Thames.

 Aerial View... the Maze is in the top middle of this photo above, it's a triangle.

Just a shot trip from Merrow.

England - Wiltshire-Somerset - September 1969

 Leaving Salisbury over this bridge across the  River Avon.  The inscription says, 'Built in 1245 by Bishop Bingham - Widened in 1774'  It took me absolutely ages to find this bridge on Google, have you any idea how the River Avon winds it's way through Salisbury...very pretty and a lot of little bridges.

I noticed, on Google Maps,  a bridge further up steam, which is called New Bridge by the way!  and took a shot from there so we can see the lovely single lane bridge built by Bishop Bingham.

 I have spent far too much time looking for this same spot above, it was taken on the A303 but that is now almost Motorway size and I just couldn't find this house or this sign but I did find one below.

 This Thatched Post Office on the other hand was a breeze to find, it leads to the Excavation site of Camelot Castle... same little cottage but no longer a Post Office methinks.

This hill Castle is thought to have been King Arthur's Camelot.  Excavations were still going on when we visited.

The excavations at Cadbury Castle in the 1960's uncovered evidence of a long occupation, beginning in 3000 BC and running through to 1000 AD. Occupation was spasmodic, with the fort being unoccupied for long periods. The major periods of construction were the Neolithic era, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Post-Roman, and Late Saxon.

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From Salisbury in Wiltshire to South Cadbury in Somerset.

England - Hampshire-Wiltshire- September 1969

 King Alfred in the middle of Winchester.

A new roundabout and buses today from Google.

 On the A30 to Salisbury and below a couple of new signs... I love 'The Wallops' so I Googled up that road and found Nether Wallop, Middle Wallop and Over Wallop all pretty little Villages with one Pub each.

 Salisbury Cathedral.  After all the beautiful Cathedral's we've seen all around the World, far too many to count, we always come back to Salisbury as our favourite and we especially love John Constable's painting... actually I'm in love with John Constable, well his self portrait anyway.

A post card from 1969 above and below from Google.  You can only get close to Salisbury Cathedral on foot these days so the Google Camera missed out.

The Poultry Market in Salisbury with the 'Haunch of Venison' Pub behind and same today from Google Maps.

Oxfordshire - June 1969

The Thames at Henley.
 - and today from Googlemaps.  That black and white sign would be hard to read if you were just driving along, maybe they just leave it there because it's part of history?

Banbury Cross - only changes are the cars.

Banbury Cross from the Car Park - same story no change, except for the cars, in over 40 years.

 Head of the River Thames.

Carfax Tower today, below, I just couldn't get a photo from Google without that darn big bus in the way :-)

We went back to visit the Gallagher's at The Chase, Leamington Spa this weekend... we'd visited them just after we were married 12 months ago.  The Gallaghers were related to one of David's mothers neighbours and they were very welcoming to us.

While David smelled the roses... I was busy up a tree with a saw!

Here I am trying to escape over the Stile!