Only one more day to go and our wonderful holiday in England is at an end. What a very special time it has been. I have learned so much about my ancestors; where some of them were born, where they moved from and to, where they died.
Incredibly, one of my cousins gave us insight into [...]

This has to have been the most brilliant day yet, to use the local vernacular for awesome. The most spectacular scenery unfolded as we drove, made sharp by a clear, sunny day, first to Glenridding for a look at a friends home territory on Ullswater Lake. On the way to Keswick we stopped briefly [...]

The journey from our digs in Kendal to ones in Patterdale was a mixture of interesting side trips, spectacular scenery and hardly a wrong turn.
A suprising view of a peacock along the roadside, obviously escapd from somewhere much safer, contrasted to ubiquitous sheep on the steepest hillsides.
Unfortunately, Lynda could not view as many of the [...]

Here we are at Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, having a conference with two of my cousins, that has been recorded on Lynda’s laptop – which is what I am using to write this blog – all about our ancestors. Lynda now has 1200 names of people connected to our family. Now that’s a tree!!!
This particular stop is [...]