Birmingham and Stratford upon Avon
In late June 2014 we went to Birmingham for the Welsh National Opera Season anad then spent a an overnight stay in Stratford upon Avon to visit the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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Our room overlooked the canal. We were on the second floor under the white arch.
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taken from one of the canal overbridges
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looking the other way
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one of the moorings
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three Birmingham notables - Boulton, Watt and Murdoch - although they came orginally from elsewhere
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sights on the canal
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an unexpected sight in the centre of a town - unless of course its Birmingham
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with more miles of canals than Venice, 8 more miles in fact
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even a roundabout
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we travelled to Stratford upon Avon on the Saturday and ....
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... we came across a regatta
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in honour of Stratford's Olympiuc gold medalists
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the reason for our visit - the Royal Shakespeare theatre
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the theatre from the river
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Holy Trinity Church where William Shakespeare was christened and eventually buried
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it was Tony' birthday weekend so Faye helped granddad cut the birthday cake