Advertisements

Week 119 – Wales and Devon

Back to the UK this week – took care of some medical issues and getting settled with several trips within the USA. Most of the week was with my colleagues in a conference room – of course US politics came up and luckily I could counter our situation with Brexit (Britain leaving the EU). Professionally, we have develop different scenarios for energy policy and the matrix of Trump/moderate GOP/Hillary/Bernie versus Brexit (yes/no) was pretty much meaningless because of the wide ranging variation, especially when the participants are from different countries as well.

President Obama was here too – he had been pretty popular until he dipped his toe in the Brexit fight. Although most experts agree it would be an economic set back for the UK, it is the self-governess issue that upset the Brits as the USA would never agree to the same terms. An analogy (and maybe not a good one) is if NAFTA was converted from an economic agreement to a political agreement. Initially the USA gets 5 votes while Mexico gets 2 and Canada gets one. So USA controls the outcome. But if NAFTA added 10 Central American countries and ultimately the small countries could band their votes together to force the USA to change their laws. Imagine the USA being told that because a NAFTA commission with people from the other countries decided that abortion should be against law and guns need to be collected and made illegal. That is why even people who are against Brexit were not happy with President Obama – the USA would never stand for it.

Cotswolds

My residence for the week – a old B&B near the office
The White Hart – home away from home
Near our B&B
Many flowering fields

Most of the weekend free – made a quick trip to Wales for lunch then down to Devon. Spectacular scenery. It is called the English Rivera – on a sunny day it is not an overstatement. Although chilly in the high 50’s and low 60’s. Lots of pictures and all are within a couple of hours of each other. Most pictures are from Torquay “Tor-Key” to Salcombe on Southwest coast – facing France.

Cardiff

Old and new assembly buildings in Cardiff
Cardiff Bay
Random Castle in Wales

West coast of England

Weston-super-Mare – Beach town
Weston-Super-Mare – huge tidal difference – 30 feet. This was low tide. This is on the Ireland sdie of South West England
Low tide – at high tide the ocean is over the wall. The pool traps marine life to catch.

English Rivera – Southeast Coast

Marina at Torquay
Garden in Torquay
Torbay from Torquay
Cliffside garden in Torquay
Paignton Beach
Berry Head – near Brixham
Berry Head – near Brixham – I was pretty sure one of the kids was going to fall off
Lighthouse at eye-level
Dartmouth – at the mouth of the River Dart
Blackpool Sands
Near Blackpool sands
Salcombe
Salcombe

From Week 119 – Wales and Devon. Posted by JC Travels on 4/24/2016 (29 items)

Advertisements

Leave a Reply

Powered by WordPress.com.

Up ↑

%d bloggers like this: