The end of the pictures

The stained glass behind the altar

The hallways in the cloister.

the Dean's house and the entrance (or exit from the way we're looking at it)

Edward Elgar, famous English composer, was born in this cottage near Worcester.

The Girls Choir. Just before dinner before our last Evensong.

In the coach on the way to the hotel by the airport

The sun setting on our last night in England (we're on our way to the hotel by the airport)

Our coach, leaving the airport in London

Pictures of London

London Paddington Station - our train station

The tower of London from across the Thames

Tower Bridge

The Globe Theater miniature

The Globe

Inside the theater

Julie as a Groundling. She was super excited to get to come, and quoted some of her favorite lines from Shakespeare. Everyone said they were glad to make Julie's day by going.

Tracie and Julie in the theater.

Julie and Tracie with Big Ben

The London Eye

The girls on the London Eye

Big Ben and Houses of Parliament from the Eye

Tracie Julie and Maddie with Darth Vader (near the London Eye)

The Tower of London (my try at a panoramic view)

Tower of London

Julie and Tracie at Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace

Dr. Mock waiting for the rest of our group to cross the street. It seems he was waiting for us a lot.

Pictures of Worcester and Ludlow

Above: The Commandery - where the commanders in the Battle of Worcester planned. (Worcester was loyal to the king instead of Cromwell. The last battle of that war was fought here.
Below: The green space behind the buildings is where the battle was fought.

Street in Worcester (the shopping area)

Above: a plaque reading: On this site stood the building in which the original Worcestershire sauce was manufactured by Messrs Lea and Perrins who entered into partnership on the premises 1st January 1823
Below: the building.

Above and Below: Tracie, Julie and Maddie and Kayleigh practicing their archery skills. Tracie and Julie actually hit something.

This market in Ludlow has been going on for 900 years.

Ludlow Castle

You can tell where the floors were by the windows and fireplaces on the walls. This was a great place to go.

From a tower in Ludlow Castle

From tower again

The Beautiful countryside around Ludlow.

More Pictures

Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Worcester

Tewkesbury Abbey - looking towards the altar and choir

Maddie, Julie and Tracie in Tewkesbury Abbey, where we sang on Sunday the 8.

Tewkesbury Abbey

The Severn River in Tewkesbury. We ate lunch here before heading off to Gloucester. We ate at the corner of the Bloody Field. (A battle from the War of the Roses)

Gloucester Cathedral. We saw the Three Choirs Festival there (Evensong on Sunday night). It was AMAZING.
Below, we ate at The New Inn after Evensong in Gloucester. The new in was built a long time ago for people on pilgrimage to the Cathedral.

We got to visit the library at Worcester (above the Nave). We saw many old books and pages, dating back into the 10th century!

We were singing for King John. He was right in front of the altar. He wanted his tomb to be in the middle of St. Oswald and St Wulfston (two bishops who had a lot to do with the building of the cathedral). Unfortunately, during the Reformation, their tombs were destroyed, but John's stayed. To the right of the altar, there is another tomb - Prince Arthur's (Henry VIII's older brother). This cathedral was probably not destroyed in the 1540s because of Arthur's tomb.

The Altar at Worcester Cathedral

The Tower of Worcester Cathedral from the courtyard inside the Cloister (where the Monks would have lived)

This is the view from where Julie and Tracie sit in the Choir. (Towards the Nave, where a sports exhibition is going on)

The Choir practicing room.

Tracie, Julie and Maddie at the top of the Cathedral Choir

After the coach window broke when we first arrived at Fownes Hotel. People were getting pictures before running inside to get the glass out of their clothes.

The shattered glass from the back window.