UK & Italy
Apr-May 2017
Cotswolds, Oxfordshire
A crisp, cold morning in
the picturesque village of Chipping Norton…
Our nephew, Alex, was
cooked from scratch a delicious
butter chicken curry…
George the cat…
Late snow came with the
cold snap…
Lots of spring flowers
and blossoms…
The tour of Hook Norton
Brewery showed us the old gravity fed, family owned brewery…
They still deliver kegs
of beer to the local pubs via horse and cart…
Walking the public
footpaths around Chipping Norton…
On our way to the
anniversary…
Dave & Joan (Katy’s
parents) 50th wedding anniversary celebration
was held at a beautiful
country pub in Long Compton…
29 April 1967…
29 April 2017…
Katy put her skills to
work with the flower arrangements…
Herefordshire
We spent a few days with
Katy’s parents at Madley.
Spring time at the Weir
Garden on the banks of the river Wye…
Oxford
A quick stopover in Oxford
on our way to London…
Quack!
London
Somerset House…
Temple…
The new Switch House wing
at Tate Modern…
Italy
View of the Alps flying
to Milan…
We had one week near the
shores of Lake Maggiore, bombing around
in our little Fiat 500
(Macchina Rossa)…
Our little stone cottage
amongst the chestnut grove…
Lake Orta…
Gallery Villa Panza,
Varese…
Hermitage Santa Caterina
del Sasso…
Walking in the hills
above our cottage…
The shores of Lake
Maggiore in Stresa…
Stresa Harbour with views
towards Switzerland…
Heading towards the first
of three islands, Isola Bella…
Palazzo Borromeo…
Every garden needs a
unicorn statue…
Arriving at Isola
Pescatori (fishing village)…
On our way to Isola Madre
(botanic gardens)…
Around Lake Orta…
Santuario della Madonna
del Sasso…
Piazza del Mercato,
Domodossola…
The panoramico narrow
gauge railway through the mountains to Switzerland…
Locarno, Switzerland…
It had to be done…
Heading back to London…
London
Some random performance
art…
[Click here to hear the acoustic
amplification of these singers]
24 tonnes of newspaper
created this installation…
Saatchi Gallery…
