Shakespeare wuz Here: Stratford upon Avon

As you ought to know, before it hit the fashion and aestetic world, steampunk began as a literary tradition. While Shakespeare lived long before steampunk, or even steam power, was a "thing," I thought a few pictures of his hometown would be a worthy homage.

This here is his place. I showed up in the evening, after the tours had closed, so I didn't get to see inside. :(

Local business, of course, has been capitalizing well on the town's most famous resident.

An Afternoon of Time Travel! Blists Hill Victorian Town

First, I must apologize profusely for the long delay between posts; I was very busy for the last bit of my travel, and then was unfortunate enough to catch a dreadful illness on one of those awful heavier-than-air flying machines. I promise to chronicle the rest of my journey in reasonable time, and then we will get back to regular scheduled DIY tutorials and other such blogging.

So for those of you who may not remember my post on Iron Bridge Gorge, I remind you that the region was the jumping-off-point for the Industrial Revolution. And they built a fantastic outdoor museum to commemorate it! *cue geek-out*

Alrighty, picture spamming time:

This contraption here is to control a mine lift!

Inside an iron-working plant.

This is also the filming location for the show Victorian Pharmacy, which I blogged about ages ago. As if I wasn't already geeking out enough.