A few more church yard pics, and odds and ends...

[curiouswombat]

When I posted the pictures of Bride Old Church Yard earlier this week I commented that I had also taken some in the newer part of the graveyard. The original churchyard runs east from the sanctuary end of the church, the newer one is basically the width of a small field running along the north side of both church and old churchyard

Comments

[zanthinegirl]

What a lovely graveyard. I like the idea of having so much family near and able to visit!

Hee! I'm D-d on museums vs shopping! The museums do indeed make the shopping worthwhile!

[curiouswombat]

She's always enjoyed museums when we went on holiday - we once spent an entire day in the Museum of Scotland when she was about 12. It means she's always been an excellent holiday companion!

[zanthinegirl]

Sounds like my mom and I. We used to take a trip every autumn during my dad's big annual elk trip and if we weren't in museums we were usually in art galleries! We plan to do it again, but my mother foolishly decided I should organize it this year and that's just clearly not my skill set!

[enigmaticblues]

Hee! I loved Kat's response to the procession. That's pretty cool.

[curiouswombat]

Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna,
Hare Krishna, Rama, Rama...

I can see it would be fun!

[julia_here]

Ah, Museum! Nothing better than a good museum.

I just survived the family doings; my most geneology smitten cousin did not realize that our grandmother's next two younger sisters were called Nell and Pude so she was a bit confused by my conversation about our great-uncle Joe's 80th birthday party. Those are the two I'm named for- Julia (Pude) and Ellen.

Julia, life is rich and fulland the Sound is full of salmon

[curiouswombat]

Family genealogy is fascinating - but you really have to know that people aren't always called what they were christened or it can be very confusing! In our family, the James Henry Howland who was my great-grandfather was always known as Grandfather William...

I wonder if the carrying down the generations of names is a hindrance or a help to the dedicated genealogist? I think being named after your aunts is really rather nice. Had my parents gone back to MY grandmother's sisters I would have been Eleanor Emily.

Also - mmm - salmon...

[framefolly]

Your daughter sounds like the best kind of travel companion :) .

And I love the first picture of the church. Such a tall tower! Can one climb up in it? Is there a lovely view?

[curiouswombat]

She is a good travel companion - it was good to have our week together in July.

I don't think the public can go up the church tower - I think there is just access to the bells up a small wooden stair. The view would be good though - my mother lives close by, but up a steep hill and the view must be much the same.

[bojojoti]

Good for your daughter--slipping away to the museum!

[curiouswombat]

To D-d a holiday is not complete without a museum or two. An excellent trait - particularly in a historian! Mind you, they also went on a pub-crawl and a tour of the Heineken brewery...

[bojojoti]

As much as I love museums, I adore tours, too. A few summers ago, I toured the Coors brewery. It was fascinating!

[curiouswombat]

They are fun, aren't they?

She did a tour of the Guinness brewery in Dublin a couple of summers ago.

I was a bit more up-market - I did the Talisker Whisky Distillery on Skye a few years ago.