Hello all!! I apologize for the delay, Flat Stanley has been very busy. We arrived in England and headed straight for Liverpool, an historic shipping town with enough cultural history to make your head spin. But perhaps one of the most impressive sights in (or, near) Liverpool is the beach at Crosby, where a few years ago an artist by the name of Antony Gormley placed dozens of statues all over the beach, each exactly the same.
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| Stanley at Crosby beach. |
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| Each black dot in the distance is another statue. |
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| One of the statues close-up. |
Stanley's next stop was in the southwest of England, in the countryside area known as Dorset. Specifically, he stayed in a wonderful little cottage in the village of Berwick-St. John. The countryside is absolutely beautiful, with different shades of green covering the landscape and little patches of forest scattered throughout.
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| The cottage where Stanley and I stayed. |
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| Archibald (Archie) was a constant companion. |
One especially picturesque location is the famous Gold Hill in Shatesbury, about 5 miles away from the cottage in Berwick-St. John. A bread commercial was filmed here decades ago, and it has been famous across England ever since.
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| Gold Hill, Shaftesbury |
No trip to England is complete without a castle or two. In this case, Wardour Castle. Hidden deep in the countryside, this castle is now more of a ruins than anything else, but it still attracts visitors all year round.
After a long day of sightseeing, nothing is more refreshing than a cup of tea and some scones (complete with clotted cream and jam).
Stanley's next stop is Geneva, Switzerland!
