Our Tentative Itinerary

Mon. 6/22 Depart from LAX @ 9:40 a.m.

Tues. 6/23 Arrive London Heathrow 7:50 a.m. Taxi to Reading, about 1 hr. west of airport. Spend the day recovering! Mike to work (maybe).

Wed. 6/24 Mike to work. Gina to 'discover Reading'? (It's a business town, so....)

Thurs. 6/25 Mike to work again. Wed. or Thurs. evening we hope to get together with George and Haidee Dandridge (Steve's brother & sister-in-law) and "have a pint".

Fri. 6/26 Pick up rental car and head to Bath to visit a real Roman bath house. Then on to (Steve's sister) Jane Devlin's 600 year old house in Devon, near the west coast.

Sat. 6/27 We will visit Joyce, Steve's Mum, and get a guided tour (via Jane) of some parts of Devon. We're leaving this day in Jane's capable hands!

Sun. 6/28 Attend church with Jane. She lives right next door and the bells are supposed to be wonderful in the morning! After church, we are heading for Wales. Our plan is to visit the Llanthony Priory, built in the 12th century, and stay the night in a small hotel built in part of the priory. Click the name to check out their web-site.

Mon. 6/29 Explore the priory and beautiful country side nearby. Then head back into England toward Ludlow. We plan to visit Stokesay Castle today, as well as enjoy the Georgian and Tudor architecture.

Tues. 6/30 We hope to visit Ludlow Castle today before heading to our next destination. Here's where it gets a bit tricky as we'd like to go a few miles north to Ironbridge Gorge to visit the 'Industrial Revolution' manufacturing museums, but we need to start heading back toward Reading. We will probably head south-east and tour the Cotswold Hills area, which is on our must-do list. Going to have to see how things go.

Wed. 7/1 Return car to Reading and take public transport into London. Check in at London-The City Hotel and do something (we don't yet know what) for the evening.

Thurs. 7/2 Tour London. We plan to take in St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, London Bridge, ride a double decker bus, boat excursion down the Thames, etc.

Fri. 7/3 Head home. We arrive LAX at 2:15 p.m.