Foxton Locks 27-7-2007

Yesterday we had another great day out. We headed off to Market Harborough a lovely Old town in Leicestershire. We spent the morning looking about the town centre, then enjoyed a wonderful lunch at the angel Hotel a highly recommended place to eat by friends of ours. All we can say that it lived up to and surpassed our expectations, so we will certainly be back. As the day went on the weather improved so we headed off to have a look at Foxton Locks. It tured out to be a fascinating place lots to see and enjoy especially on a fine day. Plenty of walks along the side of the canals. See my pics of the locks and the surrounding area.

Day out at Bolsover Castle Derbyshire UK 24-07-07

View looking up at Bolsover Castle....

You can see we are having a lovely day, here's looking up at Bolsover Castle. Quite a lot of it is in ruins but thanks to Enlish Heritage some areas have been wonderfully restored as you will see.

More photos of inside and outside of the castle......

Battle Proms Evening Burghley House Stamford UK

What a wonderful evening we had. It had rained for most of the week leading up to our evening at the Proms and then after lunch on the Saturday of the 14th July the sky cleared and the sun came out and so off we set of for the walk across to Burghley House, with Glen carrying our folding chairs and I had the back pack with some goodies in it to help the evening along. Thousands of people were there some setting up tables (table clothes, food and wine, not forgetting the cut glass wine glasses) or rugs on the grass for an evening of entertainment. It started off with the horsemen in Napoleonic Uniforms showing off their their skills on horse back, all the time to the accompaniment of music from the orchestra in the background. The singing and the music was superb then people got up and waltzed on any grass area they could find near to where they were sitting. There were also 200 small cannons and one larger restored thirteen pound-er cannon that were fired at appropriate places throughout a number of the orchestral pieces. The finale was the fire works also set off to music. What an effect that was....fantastic. The evening finished about 11pm so we walked back to our flat in Stamford. Of course the rain was back by the early hours of the following morning, so how lucky were we ???? and those who had organised this great evening.