Bristol

We arrived in London on May 14, 2014, and after a hectic drive to Bristol, we settled into the Avon Gorge Hotel, near the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and spent the evening on the terrace overlooking the gorge.

View of Clifton Village from the hotel window
Chimney pots galore

The Avon Gorge Hotel

House seen from our window, an old priory

Where we managed to find a parking space next to the hotel

Clifton Suspension Bridge with the River Avon below

Scenes around Clifton Village
(really a part of the City of Bristol,
but nicely situated on a hill high above it

Lots of lovely walks in the area

There are caves in these cliffs where the early Christians held their services
during the time of the Romans, or so they say

Dorset House
Headquarters of the Royal Marines in Bristol
(Mike was a Royal Marine Reserve in his salad days)

Mike at The Victoria Rooms, Clifton

Lunch on College Green

A celebration of Somalia Independence Day on College Green
Mollie worked at The Council House in the background,
second window from the right, third row down

Bristol Cathedral from College Green

A church bombed in World War II in a nearby park

Waiting on the wharf for the ferry to make the climb up to the Avon Gorge Hotel

Ships such as this one used to sail up the river to the center of Bristol

Mike's hat blew overboard

 Mike in his wet hat

Our happy bunch of German sailors

Our captain and crew!

Visit with the relatives

From the left:  Mavis, Mollie, Barbara, Graham, Peter, Pat

Graham, Mike's younger brother, and Peter his older brother

Barbara, Mike's sister, 88 years young

Pat, Graham's wife, and Mavis, Pete's wife