Welcome to the Vacation Log for our UK 2025 trip to Southern England.  The primary audience for this website is us, written primarily by Tim.  We created it so that we can better remember our vacation, especially the small but great experiences that might otherwise fade away from us.  The secondary audience for this website is anyone who might want to plan a similar adventure.  If you have any questions, please visit the contact page. 

You may notice the dog icons next to each day.  This is the "Bingo Scale."  Bingo is our dog (who did not get to go with us to the UK).  The scale goes up to 5 Bingos out of 5.  One-Bingo is a bad day, Two-Bingo is not a great day but not especially bad, Three-Bingo is comparable to an average non-vacation day at home, Four-Bingo is a good vacation day, Five-Bingo is a Great vacation day.  And since some days just transcend the scale, a 6-out-of-5 Bingo day is paradise on earth.

Most of the pictures on this trip log were taken by me, but Kristin has a great eye for photography.  She took great shots of scenes I did not even notice.  Her pics are noted with a KV icon, so that  I don't take credit for her vision and composition.

One quick note about the churches.  While I was raised a dutiful preacher's kid, neither Kristin nor I are especially religious.  However, in the UK, churches are more than just religious centers.  They are the centers of community and often centers of governance.  It is impossible to understand UK history without appreciating the role that churches played and continue to play in shaping and interpreting that history.  In addition, while churches in the US are often locked and tightly secured, churches in the UK are usually unlocked and unattended (although we encountered several locked rural churches on this trip, which surprised us).  They are peaceful and contemplative places where visitors can hear themselves think, and where they can imagine the centuries of community that have centered there.

Click on the buttons below to see the two legs of our journey.

Map of Sites Visited

(click to view in Google Maps)