Extreme piercing |
The Gaiety Theatre at Plas Newydd, once the family chapel |
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...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.
Extreme piercing |
The Gaiety Theatre at Plas Newydd, once the family chapel |
Click to enlarge for the fuller story |
The house, on a hill overlooking the Strait of Menai, which separates Anglesey from the mainland Wales |
But first, a garden and parkland stroll |
Wellington, close personal bud |
Not open in 2009, the library, which was in use by a family member until his death in 2013; see below for explanation |
Comfy room |
Miss Manners |
Seriously; a Van Dyck too |
As much of Whistler's painting as I could get in one frame; the docent just wouldn't move |
So I have done it in pieces |
A detail...Neptune has just stepped out of harbor and onto land |
Now in the Waterloo museum |
Lord Uxbridge lost his leg in the battle; pictured is the artificial limb he wore the rest of his life, walking 5-6 miles or more a day |
Dennis Dighton's Waterloo, 18th June 1815 |
After finishing Plas Newydd (see next post), we drove into Bangor and spent the night in a quiet car park on the harbor |
It's a long way, but we finally made it |
More than kissing cousins, as it turned out |
Don't mess with Ireland |
King of the mountain |
Call the confidential Doggy Poop Hotline, turn in your neighbor...we actually saw someone doing this at Strandhill |
Welcome to Ireland |
In Northern Ireland now, UK of GB, where everything is sorted |
VCR library at Springhill; not leather-bound |
Library policy |
And on the third day... |
Dog wash at a gas station |
Victorians loved these animal dramas, here, stuffed squirrels prize-fighting |
In Ireland, of course |
Down Town |
Mind your head |
Wild Irish rose |
Roundabout in County Meath; note carved stone |
Get your Book of Kells mousepads, soap-on-a-rope, tea towels, etc., here |
Red-heads everywhere |
"Bin your gum when you're done...and avoid a 150 euro gum litter fine" |
"Jame Joyce Pub Award"--I should have done a post on the Joyce industry, which he would have abhorred |
"James Joyce left Dublin with Nora, his wife to be, in 1904. They used a ferry to make good their getaway. Why not you?" I rest my case. |