Friday, September 08, 2006
Some time around 11pm tonight I poked my head out of the back door, noticed it was more or less a full moon, and that the sky was perfectly clear."Fancy going out for a drive later, to do some midnight photography?" I asked Andrea.
Now you'd think that considering she had to be up not long after 7 in the morning, that she'd tell me I'm having a laugh.
Not so.
And better than that... she knew exactly the places to take me.
Roche Abbey, between Oldcotes and Maltby in South Yorks. Around 12:30am.
Conisbrough Castle, in Conisbrough, South Yorks. Around 1am.
What a marvelous girlfriend.
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Sunday, April 23, 2006
More travelling again this weekend.First, Kenilworth, where we saw the ruined castle, built by the Normans and extended by the Tudors, and then ruined after the civil war...
...a walk through the churchyard of the ancient Norman era church...
Then on to Leamington Spa...
followed by the historic town of Warwick.
Labels: castles, holidays, photos
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Monday, November 25, 2002
Lies, I tell you. It's all lies. And as for the tank, the simple truth is, it was blushing after hearing Brigitte comment on the size of it's weapon.So, a 320 mile round trip, down to Portsmouth, Southsea, and some other little places I don't remember the names of. There was a lot of that actually, like "Where are we?"... "I don't know."... "Well you have the map".... "But it's not on the map."
It was rather foggy on the way down there, but the combined effect of baked beans for breakfast and a healthy sea breeze cleared things up by the time we got there, though oportunities for great photos were limited.
Here's a couple to be going along with though.
This is an old sea fort built by HenryVIII, because he knew we were coming. Didn't do any good though, as we just snuck up from behind.
This one was what the trip was all about though. Before today, the last time I saw the sea was 20 years ago.
Labels: castles, holidays, photos
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