Tour of Great Britain 2007

At the end of August, 2007 we traveled from California to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire to pick up our daughter and continued on to Glasgow, Scotland. The trip was for us to revisit Great Britain and introduce our daughter to some of our favorite places, as she would soon be starting a term at the University of Glasgow. Along the way we visited the Lake District of England, York, Cambridge, Ely, Bletchley Park, Oxford, London, Durham, and Glasgow.

While in Hanover, we visited the Webster Cottage Museum. The Reverend Sylvanus Ripley built the cottage in 1780 on a 15-acre lot he received from Eleazar Wheelock as a dowry following his marriage to Wheelock's daughter Abigail. Legend has it that the cottage's south chamber housed one of Dartmouth's favorite sons, Daniel Webster, class of 1801, during his senior year at the College. The Webster mystique, however, has been the subject of dispute over the years. The cottage has been owned by Dartmouth College since 1900 but maintained as a museum by the Hanover Historical Society since the group's formation in the early 1960s. Sylvia Nelson, the Society's current president, candidly points out that "there is no written evidence Daniel was ever in the house."
Using parsley as a landscaping feature was unusual.
Sylvia Nelson was kind enough to show us around.
Sitting Room
Kitchen
Checking it out
Upstairs bedroom
Upstairs bedroom
We were told that "sleep tight" referred to the tension in a rope-supported bed. The tool to the right was obviously the way to assure a good night's sleep.
Now, that looks like a dangerous way to go
An early map of Hanover, NH
An early map of the area around Hanover, NH
Crabapples?
We also visited the offices of The William Jewett Tucker Foundation. The mission of the Tucker Foundation is to educate Dartmouth students to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community through service, character development, and spiritual exploration.
Coworkers Jillian and Ruth
From the Newark Airport there was a pretty good view of the Manhattan Skyline.
This Boeing 757 would be hour home for the next 5-1/2 hours on the way to Glasgow, Scotland.
Views of Scotland
Views of Scotland
Views of Scotland
Views of Scotland
Views of Scotland
Views of Scotland
Views of Scotland
Views of Scotland
The airport near Glasgow, Scotland
An end-on view of "The Armadillo" the auditorium by the Clyde.
The Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow Library
The main gate at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
Victorian student apartments at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow main buildings
University of Glasgow main building
The MacIntosh House museum at the University of Glasgow
Chapel at the University of Glasgow
The fence up the hill at the University of Glasgow
Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow
Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow
Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow