Our last day in the UK Thursday 4th July American Independence Day

Our last day, and it was sunny and quite warm.  We traveled to Milton Keynes as that was where Elizabeth Bradshaw married Thomas Bradshaw.

Lots of roadworks on the way, and lots of delays.  On the perimeter of the town are industrial sheds for warehouse distribution.  They are huge.  And not sure how they are built but there seems to be a lack of windows.  Or perhaps the outside is a skin to assist with the heating in winter.

The is development all around the town, new housing estates, but the housing is all the same style, and in one called Oaklands, all centered around the supermarket.  A good idea.  We had morning tea here, and I once again tried to get the photos to load, but the message told me my internet was unreliable.  I asked another lady about the connections, and she told me they don't have fibre optic and it was not broadband something else.  Whatever it was, why build a new development and not include updated communication systems?

We found the church immediately, surrounded by lovely houses and open space.  

It was almost impossible to read the headstones, sadly a lot of history is lost because of the condition of the stones, making family history research difficult.

Then we went to that "other" place, Oxford.  Another university city, this one has 35 colleges.  It was quite hot, and the place was packed with young people.  Turns out it was Open Day, when the students all come to see whether they wish to study at Oxford or another choice.
They also host summer schools for English.  Lots of European students as well.

The buildings I don't think were as spectacular as those in Cambridge.

We didn't have time for the hop on hop off bus, but gleaned a bit of information from asking the students a the college.

This vagrant had good taste if the whiskey cartons are anything to go by!

Then we left for Heathrow.    We had to fill the car first, and that is no mean feat.  Trying to find a service station close by when you are on the motorway is not easy.  The return system to Europcar was very well organised.

They took us by bus to Terminal 5, where we spent our time in the Lounge. 

Our last look at the UK while boarding.