Update from Kent

We bid a sad farewell to Europe and closed the door on that part of our journey.  More adventures to come with the UK and Ireland before heading home via Dubai.

Wind Farms

They’re everywhere in Europe.  Standing like statues on the horizon.  Huge, alien like structures silently surveying their surroundings. Call me paranoid but I think they look sinister.  I expect them to transform at any moment, sprout limbs and stomp over the countryside causing havoc and destruction.

England so far – we have visited:

·         Battle near Hastings – scene of the 1066 confrontation between William and Harold which was to transform the country for ever. Excellent audio guide enabled us to relive the events of the battle.

·         Brighton – No visit would be complete unless you wander along the pier, check out the fairground thrill rides, peer into the noisy arcades and sample the greasy takeout food (well Greg did, Nick and I had Cornish pasties from the bakery).  We also visited the ‘Royal Pavilion’.  Once again they provided an excellent audio guide.  I love this exotic pleasure palace of George 1V with its flamboyant Indian style domes and Moorish minarets and lavish oriental themed interior.

·         Day out on The Isle of Wight visiting Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s seaside retreat.  Very different from her uncle’s Pavilion – a family home.  Cool bathing machine complete with a WC.

·         Salisbury Cathedral – highlights modern font with its overflowing water that reflects the stain glass windows and checking out the Magna Carta (one of 4 originals still in existence).

·         Crossing Dartmoor on a bleak misty day – very ‘Hounds of the Baskerville”