Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
October 13th, 2009
NORWICH — This morning I walked into Norwich and had a look at another Norman Keep that is now a museum. It is also an art gallery too.
There must be an art or design school at the local university as there were lots of students sitting and drawing in front of exhibits. Quite a few classes of school children too!
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October 12th, 2009
NORWICH — I left Colchester with a bit more planning this morning. I have been in the habit of spending some time looking at the road atlas just before driving away. The driveway for Charlie Brown’s is right on the corner of a very busy roundabout and backing out is fraught with danger except my host very kindly stood in the road and stopped the traffic whole I backed out—so there was no time to look at the map once I was in the car.
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October 11th, 2009
COLCHESTER — My first destination today was Halstead. I got off to a tricky start as I didn’t have time to consult my road atlas and it was quite some distance before I could stop and confirm I wasn’t going in the right direction. I finally found my way back to the right road (passed the same cyclist three times) and reached Halstead.
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October 10th, 2009
COLCHESTER — Today I explored Colchester on foot. The first stop was the Information Office to get a map of the city. From there it was across the road and into Castle Park to visit the Castle Museum. The museum is housed in a Norman stone keep built on the foundations of a Roman temple.
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October 9th, 2009
COLCHESTER — It wasn’t that I had a long way to go but that the tangle of roads in the atlas looked very complicated, so I decided to try and get to Colchester as directly and quickly as possible. Except for the bit where I took a brief detour to the Isle of Sheppey. I passed through Queenborough and on to Sheerness. A rather featureless and desolate-looking piece of England. The most interesting part of the detour was the giant hump of a bridge that you had to cross to and from the Isle. You were warned about hazardous cross-winds when crossing.
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October 8th, 2009
HIGH HALDEN — The sun came out again today just in time for my pilgrimage to Canterbury. But first i took a detour to Biddenden to have a look around the churchyard for Humphreys. As expected a lot of the tombstones old enough to be of interest were well worn and unreadable.
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October 7th, 2009
HIGH HALDEN — Today was Groundhog Day—a replay of yesterday except the weather got worse. I found a few more probable and possible ancestors but still not the most wanted. Not much more to say about today.
October 6th, 2009
HIGH HALDEN — It was an early start to the day; I was out the door by 7:30 am. and heading for one of Maidstone’s park and rides. I arrived at the bus stop outside County Hall an hour later which gave me an hour and a half to retrieve some e-mails and update the blog at McDonalds.
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October 5th, 2009
HIGH HALDEN — I’ve enjoyed a really good run of weather since I arrived in England. Today, if I remember correctly, was only the second day that it has rained consistently but the first that has affected my sightseeing. The forecast is for more rain tomorrow but as I will be inside at the Centre for Kentish Studies the weather can do what it likes—just as long as it clears up for Thursday.
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October 4th, 2009
HIGH HALDEN — This morning I drove down to Battle to visit Battle Abbey and the site of the Battle of Hastings. I did the audio tour and took the long option which led you right around the battlefield. The site is not quite as it was in 1066 as the top of the hill was subsequently levelled to build the abbey and the field was terraced for the abbey’s use. There are probably a few more trees now as well—so you had to use your imagination a little.
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