did you have a chance to do any geneaology stuff while you were there? the pictures are awesome, thanks for sharing

Beautiful pictures, and the narrative was interesting and helpful, too. Thanks for taking the time to share them. I am not much of a shopper, yet for some reason, whenever people tell about their travels I always want to know what, if anything, they brought home as remembrances. Did you bring something home from your travels?

Unfortunately I didn't make it to the ancestral homeland of the Claybourns, but it'll be on the agenda for my next trip over.

Regarding gifts, I bought a cross at Westminster Abbey, scarves in Scotland, a Welsh love spoon, various choir CDs, cigars in Oxford, and golf items at the Old Course.