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Grant Llewellyn Photo Gallery

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  • The Spring 07 issue of Opus magazine takes you on a tour of Grant's Britain. We begin at his university, Cambridge. Here is an inner courtyard at Grant's college, Gonville and Caius. Photographs by Alan Schueler
  • Gonville and Caius College
  • Cambridge street
  • Gonville and Caius Chapel
  • Gonville and Caius College
  • No lack of things to do in Cambridge
  • Floating down the Cam River in a punt.
  • On the street next to Gonville and Caius College. King's College is in the background.
  • View of King's College from The Backs, Cambridge.
  • Friendly Brits.
  • Jasper Llewellyn watches World Cup play in the family room in Dinas Powys.
  • Imogen Llewellyn reacts to a great World Cup play.
  • Did you see that? What a move!
  • Ceridwyn, Charlotte and Jasper love their World Cup.
  • Theo Llewellyn takes a break at football practice.
  • Goalie Theo keeps his eye on the ball.
  • The fabulous Raleigh Llewellyn, ready to play.
  • Celebrity Frisbee Death Match: Grant and Raleigh
  • After dinner talk on the patio.
  • Egerton Grey Country House Hotel, Porthkerry, near Cardiff
  • Egerton Grey Country House Hotel
  • Oldest pub in Wales, Vale of Glamorgan. Note hobbit-sized door.
  • Theo works on a project for his teacher.
  • Gwynne Llewellyn (Grant's father) and Jasper enjoy Theo's school play.
  • Theo performs in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
  • Grant plays piano and Charlotte turns pages for Joseph.
  • Post performance at The Star: Charlotte, Grant and Theo's teacher, Mrs. Messer, director of Joseph.
  • Grant and Gwynne at The Star.
  • Pastel buildings and hilly streets in Tenby, Wales, Grant's home town.
  • Tenby Harbour, South Bay
  • Tenby: the wall dates to medieval times.
  • Tenby, South Bay.
  • Tenby, gate of a private home.
  • Tenby, ancient canon set for defense of the harbour.
  • St. Bride's Hotel, Saundersfoot (near Tenby).
  • Souvenirs and beach gear in Tenby.
  • Masterland Farm, home of Grant's parents: Cindy and Star in the pasture.
  • Grant's brother Ross Llewellyn and his wife Michelle prepare dinner at Masterland Farm.
  • Jasper enjoys the pool at Masterland Farm.
  • One of Gwynne's flower gardens at Masterland Farm.
  • Grant's mother, Carole Llewellyn.
  • Gwynne Llewellyn enjoys the late day sun on his patio at Masterland Farm.
  • Dinner outside at Masterland Farm: Michelle, Jasper and Theo
  • It's a great new look for Grant.
  • Carew Castle, near Cardiff.
  • Ross and Grant checking the tidal pool at Carew Castle.
  • Grant runs into some friends at Carew Castle.
  • Carole, Jasper, Grant and Theo at Carew Castle.
  • Mr. Cole, proprietor of the Cresselly Arms, the Llewellyns' favorite pub. We're not sure why he is wielding that large mallet.
  • The Cresselly Arms on a Sunday afternoon: far right, Mr. Cole's summer-long used book fair for charity.
  • The Cresselly Arms Championship Cricket Team, 1960. Gwynne Llewellyn is pictured in the middle row, second from left.
  • Dining room, Penally Abbey Country House Hotel, near Tenby.
  • Sun porch, Penally Abbey Country House Hotel.
  • Memorial concert at St. Andrew's Church, Narberth. Carole Llewellyn's choir, The Griffons, in red.
  • Grant shows he still has the stuff: on the beach at Tenby Harbour.
  • Michelle and daughter, Tegan at Tenby Harbour.
  • Theo and Jasper playing on Uncle Ross's boat, the Buttercup.
  • Grant and Ross, about to deliver the bad news that the sea is too rough to take the Buttercup out.
  • Bacon batties and coffee, Tenby Harbour.
  • Tegan and Gwynne, Tenby Harbour.
  • Newgale, on the Pembrokeshire coast: a cold day for kayaking.
  • St. David's Cathedral, St. David's Town: St. David is the patron saint of Wales.
  • St. David's Cathedral
  • St. David's Cathedral
  • A variation of this sign is seen on nearly every pub in Wales during the World Cup.
  • Lobster traps at Porthgain on the Pembrokeshire coast.
  • The town of Fishguard.
  • Oldest Celtic cross in Britain: St. Brynach's, Nevern.
  • Ancient standing stones at Pentre Ifan.
  • Pwllgwaelod, on the Pembrokeshire coast.
  • A door in Caerleon.
  • Tintern Abbey, inspiration for William Wordsworth's famous poem, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.
  • Tintern Abbey
  • Charlotte in her kitchen at Dinas Powys.
  • An early dinner of Shepherd's Pie with the boys.
  • Jasper and Grant after Jasper's rugby club awards ceremony at Millenium Stadium, Cardiff.
  • Typical crazy Welsh motorist, driving on the wrong side of the road.
  • Street entertainer, Cardiff.
  • Coffee shop, Cardiff.
  • Charlotte makes a purchase for Theo in a Cardiff shop.
  • Cardiff Castle, built in the 1860s by the Marquis of Bute, at the time reputed to be the richest man in the world.
  • Cardiff Castle gargoyle.
  • Guarding the wall around Bute Park, Cardiff.
  • Downtown Cardiff
  • Downtown Cardiff
  • Grant and Charlotte at the Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff.
  • At the Martin Tinney Gallery.
  • The St. David's Hotel, Cardiff.
  • The St. David's Hotel Lobby
  • St. David's Hotel balcony: view of Cardiff Bay.
  • St. David's Hotel, the Marine Spa.
  • Charlotte and Grant at dinner in The Tides Bar and Grill, St. David's Hotel.
  • Pasture just outside Hay-on-Wye.
  • Shop in Hay-on-Wye: please mind your head.
  • The Brecon Beacons
  • Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon: Grant performed here with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Chatting with composer Michael Berkeley after the Brecon concert.
  • Tim Older and Caitlyn Kamminga from the BBC Wales Orchestra.
  • Publisher, author and art director Theo works on the summer issue of his new magazine, Jambo Mambo.
  • Grant's study at home in Dinas Powys.
  • In Grant's study.
  • The Llewellyn's sunroom/kids' hangout.
  • Soccer awards.
  • Raleigh hopes to distract Charlotte from gardening with a red ball.
  • Grant in his study.
  • Theo, Charlotte and Grant share a joke.
  • Immy, Grant and Ceridy before Grant's concert at Bradford-on-Avon, England.
  • Immy and Ceridy at Bradford-on-Avon.
  • Those fabulous Llewellyn girls.
  • Farewell, Wales!
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