New England, October 2014

Boston

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Start of the "Freedom Trail", on Boston Common, showing the State House.

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Statue of Ben Franklin, outside Old City Hall.

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Quincy Market.

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Inside Quincy Market.

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In Quincy Market, a shop devoted entirely to kitsch Christmas decorations.

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Paul Revere's house (c.1680), unfortunately obscured by builders' vans.

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Boats on the Charles River, with the rotunda of the MIT campus on the opposite shore.

Maine

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Ogunquit beach.

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Restaurant in Kennebunkport.

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We had our lobster dinner at another Kennebunkport restaurant, the Pilot House.

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Kennebunkport, Sunday morning.

New Hampshire

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Wolfeboro has a fine station building (though the last train left in 1985, and there has been no regular passenger service since 1936).

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Lake Winnipesaukee, from Wolfeboro.

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Leaves on Lake Winnipesaukee, at Ellacoya State Park.

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We stayed overnight at the Inn at Mill Falls, Meredith.

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Lake Winnipesaukee at Meredith.

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Another view from the same spot.

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Lake Squam, where On Golden Pond was filmed.

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Another corner of Lake Squam.

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This house occupies almost the whole of a little island on Lake Squam.

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The picturesque village of Center Sandwich.

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The church at Center Sandwich.

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Echo Lake, in the foothills of the White Mountains.

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Echo Lake from the other side (we walked right round it).

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Cathedral Ledge (with a pair of rock climbers making their way up it).

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Echo Lake, seen from Cathedral Ledge.

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Diana's Baths, in the White Mountains National Forest.

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Mary at Diana's Baths.