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Thursday, July 13, 2006
THREE ENGLISH HERITAGE CASTLES and SECRET WWII TUNNELS - July 10
From Margate we headed south through holiday towns of the 18th and 19th centuries—time has dealt differently with each of them. An Tudor fort restored pretty much to its original state, another modified into a gentleman’s country house, and finally Dover Castle, first fortified (so far as is known) by the Romans and used militarily all the way through the Cold War!
Here is the Roman lighthouse - all the way up to where you see the decreasing diameter. Above that is a later section, though the original Roman structure was twice this height! At left is the Saxon church (about 600 a.d.) which was rebuilt, abandoned, used as a coal store, and then restored
Update: Photos have been added
Sunday, July 09, 2006
FOLLOWING CHAUCER - July 9, 2006
Today we left Medway, toured Canterbury - Cathedral and Abbey (was the Augustine who founded these places really THE Augustine - the one of the Confessions?), and then came on in to Margate. Yes, fish and chips were on the supper menu!
Soon these trip logs will be illustrated by selected photographs I’ve been taking. So, even if you’ve already read earlier ones, as soon as you see photos anywhere, check out the older entries - look for the “Update - photos” and you’ll know.
UPDATED with photos…..
THE LONG DRIVE SOUTH - July 8, 2006
Leaving Anglia for England’s southeast….we visited the site of very early evidence of Christianity in the UK, saw flowers everywhere, a magnificent cathedral, a couple more castles, and finally a “dry” ski slope!
SORRY—no photos here…I forgot to “shrink” them in the camera before downloading to the computer (and deleting from the camera), so I can’t upload because the files are too big.
(Yes, I know there is probably a way to do it in the computer, but I’m ‘way too ignorant at this point to even attempt it. Later…...
TOURING AROUND THE BLAXHALL AREA - July 7, 2006
A couple of amazing castles, two different sorts of windmill, an incredible archeological treasure, and a pirate raid!
This is a poorhouse within the old castle….and notice the decorative (and completely non-functional) chimney put up on top of the old tower in Tudor times…....
UPDATED with photos…..
GREAT YARMOUTH to ALDEBURGH to BLAXHALL - July 6, 2006
A theater in a church, and a good deal of history around Great Yarmouth, then a lovely beach town recommended by Susan, and finally a wrecked abbey…..
Saw the road-sign indicating this village, and what reader of Harry Potter could resist? Yes, it DOES say “Snape”.....although there is no serpent in their crest!
UPDATED with photos….
ENRICHING KING’S LYNN, ENJOYING FELBRIGG HALL, and the BRIGHTON OF THE NORTH - July 5, 2006
July 5, 2006
Left King’s Lynn YHA early and drove through town – stopped at the Cathedral and after talking about it, decided that no one was parking there, it was so early in the morning, it was a long ways to the pay station, we were going to be only five minutes in the cathedral, and the parking attendant SURELY wouldn’t come by and ticket the car. Wrong. Fifteen pounds wrong, to be exact. The turkey must have been watching us and waiting for until we went inside the cathedral – we couldn’t have been more than five minutes, as we didn’t even leave the towers above the entrance on the west end!! Ah well.
Here you see Gail talking to the perfectly delightful “mine host” of a B&B in Great Yarmouth—he told us wonderful stories, and showed us around his B&B. When you’re next in Great Yarmouth, don’t stay ANYwhere but the Spindrift - it’s clean (every day by the owners), comfortable and economical…only about 50% more than our bare-bones hostel in the off-season.
UPDATED with photos…..
TOO MANY COLLEGES, ONE GREAT CATHEDRAL, and THE GREAT OUZE…July 4, 2006
That would be Cambridge (just join ‘em, and get a bike!), Ely, and the hostel in King’s Lynn….
This should prove to Thor that we don’t see EVERYthing in England through our “rose-colored spectacles”....this is right down in Cambridge, very near the colleges for which the city is famous.
UPDATED with photos…..
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