We had a very enjoyable visit with Aunt Joyce and Aunt Valerie for 4 days this past week. Our cousin Marylyn Pringle came to visit on the Tuesday and took us out to see some of the sites. She took us to visit Queen's Park where we had lunch. There were beautiful gardens in the park and an amazing Bell Tower that had a carillon in it. The bells in the tower were all made at the John Taylor Bellfoundry located in Loughborough. After lunch Elder Kiddle climbed up the inside of the tower and on to a balcony where he enjoyed a marvellous view and took some great pictures. We then went and visited the John Taylor Bellfoundry. The bell (Great Paul) for St. Paul's Cathedral was made there. We saw the large casing in which the bell was made on display in Queen's Park. We had a guided tour of the Foundry that was very interesting. They still use the same method in making new bells as was used over 200 years ago.
Sister Kiddle with cousin Marylyn in front of the Casing for the bell in St. Pauls
The Carillon Bell Tower
some of the bells in the bell tower
a view of some of the gardens and the band stand from the balcony on the bell tower
a view of our hotel (red building) from the bell tower
On Wednesday Aunt Valerie drove us to Beacon Hill and Bradgate Park which are high points from which you can see a lot of the country side. One of the rock out-croppings at Beacon Hill looks like the side view of a person's face.
View from top of Beacon Hill
Sister Kiddle in front of a 600 Million Year old outcropping of rock
Sister Kiddle is a quite a bit younger than that!!
Information sign about Beacon Hill
Elder Kiddle in front of rocks that look like a human face
Sister Kiddle and her aunts Valerie & Joyce by a wood carving near parking lot at Beacon Hill
Rosalie and her aunts in front of rock wall built as the Romans did rock on rock
View of climb up to Old John at Bradgate Park
Old John
a view from Old John
another view from Old John
The above represent only a few of over 200 pictures we took on our visit to Loughborough
Below is a picture of Sister Kiddle waiting for a train in Loughborough Train Station for our return journey to the Temple.
We love you Aunt Joyce and Aunt Valerie. We can hardly wait to visit again in December
Elder & Sister Kiddle
