Posts Tagged ‘sightseeing’
October 18th, 2009
BANGOR — Now that I’m in Wales I have to get used to seeing everything written twice. The road signs now take twice as long to read.
I continued on into Wales: destination Bangor. I arrived about 12:30 pm. as I took the slower coast road through Flint and Prestatyn.
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October 17th, 2009
WREXHAM — Nottingham to Wrexham was a very pleasant drive I didn’t take as direct a route as I might have (Nottingham, Riplay, Belper, Ashbourne, Uttoxeter, Stone, Whitchurch, Ruabon, Wrexham) as I wanted to miss the most built-up areas.
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October 16th, 2009
NOTTINGHAM — This morning dawned brighter but decidedly chillier. I went north on the M1 and followed the signs to Bolsover Castle. This is a 17th century home built by William Cavendish as a medieval-style fantasy castle. He was an accomplished horseman and his horses lived in style as well.
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October 15th, 2009
NOTTINGHAM — After checking out of the Travelodge I drove into Lincoln and found a park in the cathedral quarter. The weather was overcast with patchy drizzle so I thought a visit to the cathedral might give the weather a chance to clear. I was very impressed with Lincoln Cathedral—from its impressive west front to its stained glass windows. Its windows are probably the best and most colourful I’ve seen in a cathedral.
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October 14th, 2009
LINCOLN — Leaving Norwich, I headed west towards King’s Lynn and a Norman Keep called Castle Rising. Hmmm, I seem to have a bit of a theme going here. This one was in a much more ruinous state than the last two and wasn’t being used as a museum but there was still plenty to look at and climb over. The castle was once the residence of the widow of Edward II and later belonged to the Howard family.
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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 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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