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Port Isaac in Cornwall: walk past the house used as Doc Martin’s exterior, (you will also pass Bert Large’s restaurant on your right) and stay on the road to where it turns into a footpath. Continue on up to the top of the bluff to greet the cattle shown in the opening scenes of the program, and get a beautiful view of the village and harbor.

Goodrich Castle. It's between Monmouth and Ross on Wye, so right on the English/Welsh border. It stands on a bluff overlooking the River Wye and is a ruin, badly damaged in the English Civil War. It's owned by English Heritage, and there is a nice cafe by the car park.

Rent a narrowboat and cruise the Grand Union canal through the Midlands, following swans, seeing villages that highways never see, and stopping at pubs for bucolic meals and overnight stops.

Sunday morning Columbia Road Flower Market is a great place for people watching amidst wonderful scents and terrific little shops, especially if it’s your first full day in London after flying in on Saturday. Not too many tourists there, and it’s a nice start of the day.

Also, Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire has lots of great camera angles for striking images. My favorite was the line of vestigial flying buttresses along the north side of the chancel.

Can someone tell me more about these canal boat tours? Do they have those for just the day or a few hours? Do they allow children? Are there any near Bath?

In London and around London:

The Hampstead Heath.

The small park off Jermyn street next to St James of Piccadilly. Perfect for sitting and enjoying a coffee from the adjacent Cafe Nero.

Mudlarking by Oxo Tower

Ploughway Cafe for breakfast in the Surrey Quay neighborhood.

A pint of Guinness and enjoying Craic at the Irish pub Tir Na Nog in the Wadsworth neighborhood

Walking from Tower Bridge to Rotherhithe. Lunch at the Salt Quay.

Dominique Ansel Bakery in Belgravia for Cronuts

The Lido in Hyde Park before 8am in the morning to watch the swimmers. Then a nosh at the Lido Cafe which opens at 8am. Relaxing and wonderful spot to people and dog watch.

The J & A Cafe in Clerkenwell. A real gem.

Can someone tell me more about these canal boat tours? Do they have those for just the day or a few hours? Do they allow children? Are there any near Bath?

The one we did (twice) was for a week each time: once from Milton Keynes up the Grand Union to Braunston and back; and once from Market Harborough down the Grand Union to Napton and back. The company is Canaltime

Just Google "narrowboat rentals" and you'll find lots of information. The best way to see England!

Tommy the 9 foot metal sculpture of a weary WW1 soilder in Seaham on the East coast.

The 9 Alters Cafe in Durham England. On the river path below the gorgeous Durham Cathedral. Also in Durham the Ye Olde Elm Tree Pub. A traditional neighborhood pub above the town center.

Off the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth the Durdle Door Arch and beach. Nice hike and walk.

Cambridge. Walk along the backs. Meander into the college quads. Look for the food trucks. Find the dim sum one. Fabulous and cheap.

Lastly, Lyme Regis.

Watch fudge being made at Rolys, checkout the tiny but pleasing Sanctuary Bookshop and then pop across the road to Pug and Puffin for toys for your pet.

Walk along the Cobb and if weather is good hope there’s lawn bowling taking place. Hunt for fossils.

Tour the small but enjoyable Lyme Regis museum. Then have coffee and a nosh at the nearby Aroma coffee shop and watch the behemoth busses make the turn into town. Aroma opens at 10, closes at 4pm.

I was sorely disappointed twice in London trying to find fish and chip joints that lived up to expectations. Finally, in Bath, the Scallop Shell was like finding a diamond.Greatly exceeded expectations. Go there if your are in Bath and want the absolute best fish and chips.
Another big hit with me was Chatsworth House and the Peak District where it is located in Debyshire. Stunning and bucolic countryside. Many cozy and quaint villages to visit. And as a staff person at Hardwick Hall (which I also visited) mentioned, "Chatsworth has all the bling." Beautifully maintained English country Manor House built in the 17th Century. Great accommodations are available situated on the estate property.

I've now been to Cambridge for work that it's stopped feeling touristy. But, I'm building up my list of places that I like to visit on each trip. On my last trip, I had some very specific tasks---visit the Fitzwilliam Museum, pick up some makeup at John Lewis in Lion's Yard, visit Waterstones etc. But after visiting the Fitzwilliam and hearing a bit of the concert, it was just lovely to have a wander about the town. I ended up at the market and for the second time in a row made the same purchases as my last visit--another pair of bamboo socks and a scarf from the Hemp Booth. There are lots of college tours to take and you can go punting, but there was something delightful about wandering around the town, picking up necessities, buying a book on the Debatable Lands, and then heading back to my hotel for a pot of tea. Of course, then the snows came--a "blizzard" from Russia--and the cold which even a Wisconsinite found worthy of complaint. I was there in late February and early March so was expecting the early spring my grandmother has spoken of longingly in frozen Illinois winters but got a bit of frozen Wisconsin. Next time, I'll bring my REI boots.

Salisbury - there's a Waitrose supermarket close to the river Avon. Buy a single bread roll, and go feed the ducks and swans. The swans seemed to be very polite and would line up in the water for their crust of bread. Very polite birds on that day.

The modern advice is not to feed bread to wildfowl. Bread is not part of the natural diet for ducks, swans etc and filling up on food that has little nutritional value poses health risks to the birds. There's also the problem of uneaten food rotting in the water and causing toxicity problems. If you want to feed the ducks and swans then opt for oats, corn or other appropriate food but personally I'd leave them alone, they're quite adept at finding their own food.

On our 1st visit to Portsmouth (my sister lives there, so we've been multiple times) she took us to the Royal Garrison Church.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/royal-garrison-church-portsmouth/

Now - we just thought we'd have a quick in and out - but the docents (volunteers? whatever word you'd use) popped out and we were seriously there for an hour learning all about the fascinating history. The fellow talking to us even handed me a wooden statue and said...guess how old this is? The thing was hundreds of years old so I handed it back before I could drop it. (Or maybe he just liked to play that trick on people). Anyways, we've had some great talks with docents in churches (especially one in Haarlem), so if you see them, go over and start talking - it's amazing what you will learn - and it'll make the place come alive for you.

Symonds Yat

On a recent trip to London I visited 2 new places and would highly recommend both.

In London visit Charterhouse (http://www.thecharterhouse.org/) near Barbican tube and Smithfields Market. Museum isn't much, but the standard tour is great with history including Black Death, Henry VIII's dissolution of churches and Elizabeth I's first court.

The second is Longford Castle near Salisbury. Limited tours arranged by National Gallery each year, but awesome.