tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625791338673537882024-03-19T09:07:58.771+00:00My Adventures!!Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-31828345581694899942013-01-14T07:21:00.002+00:002013-01-14T07:21:38.301+00:00The Adventures continue on................THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE <a href="http://adventuresivebeenon2.blogspot.co.uk/"><b> HERE</b></a><br />
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<br />Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-56095272061720951782012-10-09T17:00:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:07:12.905+00:00Royal London walk 8th October 2012This is a circular walk starting and ending at Westminster station.<br />
On 8th October 2012 I set off for a short walk around London. I didn't have much time so this made a pleasant break from my London Loop walks. <br />
Again it was another wet day,so sorry for some of the pictures that have raindrops spoiling them,I did try my best to keep the lens free from rain.<br />
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I arrived at Westminster Station and left the station,<span class="directions">walking towards Westminster bridge, stopped at the first traffic
lights on the corner (at the junction of Victoria Embankment and Bridge
Street). Behind me is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portcullis_House">Portcullis House</a>, and in front of you, Victoria Embankment.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portcullis House</td></tr>
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<span class="directions"> <span class="walkheadings">Portcullis House</span> was opened in 2000, it hosts the offices for British Members of Parliament. There is an underground walkway
leading from the building through to the Palace of Westminster.</span><br />
<span class="directions"> <span class="walkheadings">Victoria Embankment</span> was completed in 1870 and is a classic example of Victorian
construction and design. It was the first electrically illuminated street
in London.</span>You can see many examples of Victorian England along the Embankment. These range
from the granite blocks used to shore up the river walls through to the
streetlamps with dolphins at their bases. <br />
I cross the road and <span class="directions"> go down the steps directly
after the statue of Boadicea . Stop next to the green turret
at the bottom of the steps, overlooking the Thames.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Westminster Tide Recorder</td></tr>
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<span class="directions">From here I had great views across to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Hall,_London">The County Hall</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bank">The South Bank</a> and <a href="http://www.londoneye.com/">The London Eye.</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Westminster Bridge</td></tr>
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<span class="directions"> The turret in front of you is called the <span class="walkheadings">Westminster tide recorder</span>. It
measures the depth of the Thames at this point. You can climb up the rails
on the side of the turret and look inside to see the computerized depth
reading.</span><br />
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<span class="directions"> I now walked across <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Bridge">Westminster Bridge</a> to get a better view of The Lions Head on the side of the river wall.</span><br />
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Looking across the river to the wall I saw
a number of lions' heads facing the river, with mooring rings
hanging from their mouths. They are part of London's flood warning
system.
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Although the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier">Thames Barrier</a> has reduced the risk, the phrase
"When the lions drink, London's in danger" is still true. If the water
reaches the lions' mouths, the Thames is at danger level and the tube
system and all Thames tunnels would be closed.<br />
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Now I walk back across Westminster Bridge towards <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses_of_Parliament">The Houses Of Parliament.</a><br />
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The correct name for the Houses
of Parliament is the Palace of Westminster, which was built in 1040
by Edward the Confessor and was the main Royal residence in London until Henry VIII
moved to Whitehall. <br />
The present building dates from the 1800's and took 20 years to complete. It was built by Charles Barry,
who is buried in Westminster Abbey.<br />
It is the largest Gothic building in the world - there are over 1,000
rooms and two miles of corridors in it. In the centre stands Westminster
Hall, the only part of the original building that survives.<br />
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Though many people think Big Ben is the name of the tower with the famous clock face,
it is actually the name of the bell within it. <br />
Big Ben is named after the Commissioner of Works, Sir Benjamin
Hall, who was in charge of construction of the clock. He was heavily
criticised by politicians over the problems he had in building it.<br />
The bell's familiar ring is caused by a crack which appeared in 1859, within
a few months of the bell being installed. The bell was re-cast at the Whitechapel
Bell Foundry Company but soon cracked again. It has never been repaired.<br />
When the light above Big Ben is illuminated, Parliament is sitting.<br />
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Now I walk down into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_Square">Parliament Square</a>.<span class="walkheadings">Parliament Square</span> was built in 1868, and rebuilt in the 1940's.Directly in front of me is the Statue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill">Sir Winston Churchill.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No pigeons ever land on the statue of Churchill. Why? Because a small electric current
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I walk around the square to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey">Westminster Abbey.</a><br />
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I didn't go in,one there were long queues and secondly the admission charge.<br />
The Abbey was built by Edward the Confessor, and William the Conqueror
was crowned in it on Christmas Day 1066. Thousands of people are buried,
or have their ashes interred, in it. Many others have plaques. Those buried
in the Abbey include
* Royalty - Henry III, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I,
James I, Charles II<br />
* Politicians - Pitt the Younger, Pitt the Elder, Chamberlain,
Gladstone<br />
* Poets and Writers - Chaucer, Jonson, Browning, Tennyson <br />
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The <b>Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster</b>, popularly known as <b>Westminster Abbey</b>, is a large, mainly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic</a> church, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a>.<br />
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I walk further around the square to <a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk/about/history.html">The Supreme Courts</a><b>. </b><span class="st">The <i>Supreme Court</i> is the final <i>court</i> of appeal in the UK for civil cases. It hears appeals in criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</span><br />
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<b> </b>I walk a few back streets and out onto Queen Annes Gate.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old
headquarters of the Secret Service, where James Bond would have worked,
used to be at no 21 and the buildings on either side of it.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<b> </b>I walk out and cross <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdcage_Walk">Birdcage Walk</a> and enter<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James%27s_Park"> St James Park</a>.<b> </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water Fountain at the entrance of St James Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St James Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View to Buckingham Palace from St James Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St James Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St James Park.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelican in St James Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St James Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St James Park.</td></tr>
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I walk through the park crossing a bridge over the lake along the lake to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>.<br />
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The home of the Queen, <span class="walkheadings">Buckingham Palace</span> was built
in 1703. The present building is the third on the site. Around 300 people
work there.<br />
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Look at the flag pole on top of the Palace. When the Queen is in residence,
the Royal Standard flag is raised. A soldier is responsible for taking
it down the moment the Queen leaves.<br />
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The <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Memorial_%28London%29" title="Victoria Memorial (London)">Victoria Memorial</a> was created by sculptor Sir <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brock" title="Thomas Brock">Thomas Brock</a> in 1911 and erected in front of the main gates at Buckingham Palace on a surround constructed by architect Sir Aston Webb.Made from a single block of marble.<br />
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I had missed the changing of the guard by half an hour that happens every day at 11.30am during summer and every second morning during winter. I leave and walk into <a href="http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/green-park">Green park</a> past the elaborate gates.<br />
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I walk out of the park into The Mall and pass <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_House">Lancaster House</a> where there were soldiers posted outside in sentry boxes keeping guard.<br />
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<b>Lancaster House</b> (previously known as <b>York House</b> and <b>Stafford House</b>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion" title="Mansion">mansion</a> in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James%27s" title="St. James's">St. James's</a> district in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. It is close to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James%27s_Palace" title="St. James's Palace">St. James's Palace</a> and much of the site was once part of the palace complex. This Grade I <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_House#cite_note-0"></a></sup> is now managed by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" title="Foreign and Commonwealth Office">Foreign and Commonwealth Office</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I now pass<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/theroyalresidences/stjamesspalace/stjamesspalace.aspx"> St James Palace</a>.</td></tr>
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<span class="walkheadings">St James' Palace</span> was built by Henry VIII and though it is
no longer used for official royal purposes, it has had a long association
with royalty throughout its history. Queen Elizabeth and her successor,
James I, both held court here. Charles I also spent his last night here
before his execution in Whitehall. And Queen Victoria was married here.<br />
The only surviving part of the original building is the
gatehouse<br />
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I walk along <span class="walkheadings">St James Street</span>, and walk into a small archway my your right,
at the side of the Berry Bros and Rudd wine store (No. 3). This archway leads into Pickering Place,
which was the location of the Texan Republic's embassy until the state joined the
US union in 1845. It was also where the last duel in England was fought.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pickering Place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pickering Place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pickering Place</td></tr>
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I walk back out onto St James Street as far as Jermyn Street,but just before on my right are some statues placed outside by what appears to be a office that deal in Statues.<br />
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I now walk into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermyn_Street">Jermyn Street</a>. It is widely known as a place where the shops are almost exclusively
aimed at the gentlemen's clothing market and it is famous for its
resident shirtmakers such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnbull_%26_Asser" title="Turnbull & Asser">Turnbull & Asser</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tyrwhitt" title="Charles Tyrwhitt">Charles Tyrwhitt</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pink" title="Thomas Pink">Thomas Pink</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._M._Lewin" title="T. M. Lewin">T. M. Lewin</a>. Gentlemen's outfitters <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackett_London" title="Hackett London">Hackett</a> and Harvie & Hudson are also located on Jermyn Street, as well as shoe- and boot-makers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lobb_Bootmaker" title="John Lobb Bootmaker">John Lobb</a> and Foster & Son.<br />
At Christmas time, the famous Jermyn Street lights attract people from all over the world.<br />
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I walk past <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Arcade">Piccadilly Arcade</a>. The <b>Piccadilly <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_Mall" title="Shopping Mall">Arcade</a></b> runs between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly" title="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermyn_Street" title="Jermyn Street">Jermyn Street</a> in central <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. It was opened in 1909, having been designed by Thrale Jell.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piccadilly Arcade</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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It contains sixteen high class shops, many of which sell clothing
especially shirts (being close to many shirt makers on Jermyn Street).
Also there was a showroom for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Crystal" title="Waterford Crystal">Waterford Crystal</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood</a>
chinaware; now occupied by Kent & Curwen (Gentleman's Club Sports
wear). Another unusual shop is "The Armoury of St James" a seller of
World <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_%28decoration%29" title="Order (decoration)">Orders</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_soldier" title="Toy soldier">toy soldiers</a>.<br />
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I turn left onto Duke Street and walk into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnum_and_Mason">Fortnum and Mason</a> and have a look about, but everything seems a little out of my price range.<br />
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In 1761, William Fortnum's grandson Charles went into the service of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Charlotte" title="Queen Charlotte">Queen Charlotte</a> and the Royal Court affiliation led to an increase in business. Fortnum & Mason claims to have invented the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_egg" title="Scotch egg">Scotch egg</a> in 1738.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnum_and_Mason#cite_note-1"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnum_and_Mason#cite_note-2"></a></sup> The store began to stock speciality items, namely ready-to-eat luxury meals such as fresh poultry or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%28food%29" title="Game (food)">game</a> served in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspic" title="Aspic">aspic jelly</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnum_and_Mason#cite_note-Open_For_Business-3"></a><br />
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Royal warrants,
such as those held by Fortnum and Mason and displayed above their door or
inside their store, are issued by the Royal Household to companies providing
services and goods to the Royal family.<br />
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I walk back to Duke Street making my way to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus">Piccadilly Circus</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An elaborate roof that seems out of place above a Tesco Metro store.</td></tr>
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I walk out onto Piccadilly Circus and its famous sights.<br />
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Originally a crossroad of Piccadilly and Regent Street, the circus took
on its present appearance in the late 1800's when Shaftesbury Avenue was
connected to it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The statue of Eros has pointed in three different directions since being erected, but
never in the direction to which it was intended : facing Shaftesbury Avenue<span id="sasText" style="left: -9999px; position: fixed; top: 0px;"> It
was erected in 1892 to commemorate Anthony Cooper, the 7th Earl of
Shaftesbury, whose tireless work for the poor and mentally ill led to
calls for a memorial. - from <a href="http://www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php">www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php</a></span>.<span id="sasText" style="left: -9999px; position: fixed; top: 0px;"> It
was erected in 1892 to commemorate Anthony Cooper, the 7th Earl of
Shaftesbury, whose tireless work for the poor and mentally ill led to
calls for a memorial. - from <a href="http://www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php">www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php</a></span><span id="sasText" style="left: -9999px; position: fixed; top: 0px;"> t
was erected in 1892 to commemorate Anthony Cooper, the 7th Earl of
Shaftesbury, whose tireless work for the poor and mentally ill led to
calls for a memorial. - from <a href="http://www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php">www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php</a></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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was erected in 1892 to commemorate Anthony Cooper, the 7th Earl of
Shaftesbury, whose tireless work for the poor and mentally ill led to
calls for a memorial. - from <a href="http://www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php">www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php</a></span><br />
<span id="sasText" style="left: -9999px; position: fixed; top: 0px;"> It
was erected in 1892 to commemorate Anthony Cooper, the 7th Earl of
Shaftesbury, whose tireless work for the poor and mentally ill led to
calls for a memorial. - from <a href="http://www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.php">www.londondrum.com/cityguide/eros-statue.ph</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lilywhite's sports store, on the corner behind Eros, was established by
James Lilywhite, who captained the English cricket team against Australia
in 1876. </td></tr>
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I now walk past Criterion Hotel and Theatre. Marco Pierre White, has his <a href="http://www.criterionrestaurant.com/">restaurant</a> inside
the Criterion Hotel, which is behind Eros.<br />
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Next to the Hotel is a store called <a href="http://www.coolbritannia.com/">Cool Britannia</a>(formerly HMV)selling all kinds of British tourist gifts,inside a mini in the union flag colours. <br />
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I walk out of the store and turn right onto <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_%28London%29">Haymarket</a> and the fancy fountain.<br />
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I walk along Haymarket past the theatres,and turn onto Cockspur Street.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her Majestys Theatre,Haymarket</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view down Cockspur Street to Trafalgar Square</td></tr>
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I enter the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery">National Gallery</a> for a quick look about and to get out of the rain for a bit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside The National Gallery. I thought Id sneak a photo,even though you're not allowed. You can see the guard coming to tell me so. I didn't see any signs though indicating you couldn't.</td></tr>
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I left the gallery out onto the balcony outside with views across <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square">Trafalgar Square</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trafalgar Square</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trafalgar Square</td></tr>
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<span class="walkheadings">Trafalgar Square</span> commemorates Britain's victory over France in 1805. <br />
In the centre of the square stands <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Column">Nelson's Column</a>, at 170 feet
tall. Buildings surrounding the Square include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_House">South Africa House</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_House">Canada House</a>, the National Gallery and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London">National Portrait Gallery </a>(both FREE
admission) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin-in-the-Fields_Church">St Martin-in-the-Fields church</a>. <br />
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In front of
Nelson's Column, on a traffic island at the top of Whitehall, which also
marks the site of the old Charing Cross, stands a statue of Charles I on
horseback. It was deliberately positioned here by his son, Charles II, to
look down Whitehall to the spot where his father had been executed (in front
of Banqueting House.) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The National gallery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trafalgar Square</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trafalgar Square</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nelsons Column looking across to St Martins In The Field Church</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to The Mall</td></tr>
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After walking through Trafalagar Square I cross over and walk down<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall"> Whitehall.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whitehall</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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I pass by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_Guards_Parade">Horse Guards Parade</a>,where the guards were in the process of being changed. It is the site of the annual ceremonies of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trooping_the_Colour" title="Trooping the Colour">Trooping the Colour</a>, which commemorates the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Official_Birthday" title="Queen's Official Birthday">monarch's official birthday</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beating_Retreat" title="Beating Retreat">Beating Retreat</a>.</div>
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It was once the Headquarters of the British Army. <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Wellington" title="The Duke of Wellington">The Duke of Wellington</a> was based in Horse Guards when he was <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of the British Army. </div>
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I walk down to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street">Downing Street</a>. <span class="walkheadings">Downing Street</span> is named after Sir George Downing, the
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Now back to the start I take Westminster Station to return home.<br />
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<span class="directions"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=562579133867353788" id="portcullis" name="portcullis"></a>Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-11839451361146817302012-09-22T15:10:00.001+01:002019-01-14T18:35:49.961+00:00Havering Open House Day 22nd Sept 12My son and I set off to visit the Round House in Havering Atte Bower as part of London's Open House Day. On arrival it appears that the round house is open the next day and only by appointment, so a couple of quick pictures were taken and we left. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The Round House, a late C18th oval stuccoed
country villa, was built for William Sheldon, and is said to owe its
unusual shape resembling a tea-caddie to his profession as a successful
tea merchant. From the C18th gentlemen's mansions and parks began to be
built around the old village of Havering-atte-Bower, which had fine
views southwards across the Thames. In the early C20th the house was
occupied by the Revd Joseph Hardwick Pemberton, a famous rose-grower and
President of the National Rose Society. Here he grew and hybridised
roses, including the Alexandra Rose as well as various Musk and Shrub
roses. The adjacent grounds of Roundhouse Farm have the site of a large
kitchen garden, now grassed, enclosed with high brick walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> So we drove down the road to visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bower_House">Bower House</a> also in Havering Atte Bower to visit which I'm glad to say was open.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">The <b>Bower House</b> is a grade I listed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladian_architecture" title="Palladian architecture">Palladian</a> mansion in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havering-atte-Bower" title="Havering-atte-Bower">Havering-atte-Bower</a>, England.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-listing_house_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bower_House#cite_note-listing_house-0"></a></sup> It was built in 1729 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Flitcroft" title="Henry Flitcroft">Henry Flitcroft</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-listing_house_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bower_House#cite_note-listing_house-0"></a></sup> The stable block is separately grade I listed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-listing_stable_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bower_House#cite_note-listing_stable-1"></a></sup> It incorporated architectural items salvaged from the ruined <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havering_Palace" title="Havering Palace">Havering Palace</a>. It remained a private home until 1976 when it was purchased by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bower_House#cite_note-2"></a></sup> It is currently used as a religious training centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Bower House or "Monthavering" as it was known then is a small country house built in 1729 by John Baynes,a sargeant-at-law and the event is commemorated on a plaque of the fireplace of the entrance hall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The architect was Henry Flitcroft,designed by Charles Bridgman.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireplace in the entrance hall,bearing the coat of arms of King Edward III. It is believed this fireplace was bought here from the nearby Havering Palace.</td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">Commemorative plaque reads" From the remains of the Royal Palace Of Havering Bower,situated on the summit of the hill,this dwelling was founded by John Baynes, Serjeant-at Law,so that he might retire into sure ease and have pleasure for himself and his friends.</td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting of Mary (wife of John Baynes) painted by John Vanderbank in 1727.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The murals of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thornhill">Sir James Thornhill</a>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This fire place engraved with 1659 is again older then Bower House and believed also to have come from The Royal Palace. The stonework and bricks are said be be Tudor in age.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">We grabbed a free tea and biscuits for which I made a small donation and drank and ate them out in the gardens with the views across Havering and beyond.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Coach house and stables building is square and has a central ridge from which the belfry and clock tower arises. The clock is a one hand type with a bell to strike the hours. It was most probable that in earlier days the upper floor was a hayloft. Its also believed that the southern part of the coach house provided a two storey apartment for a coachman.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">John Baynes died aged 60 after 5 years of Bower House's completion. Mary and daughter Lucy received a substantial legacy. Mary recived an annuity of £300 per year as well as the rents of several farms at Navestock and Ford and the use of a new house at Havering and another at Bloomsbury. The larger part of the estate was passed to daughter Lucy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">A great day out, will have to visit more next year ......</span>Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-36698748968927099682012-06-17T14:25:00.002+01:002019-01-14T18:13:39.590+00:00My North Wales Daily Dog walksWhilst on Holiday to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwllheli">Pwllheli</a> North Wales at <a href="http://www.haven.com/parks/north-wales/hafan-y-mor/index.aspx?waplacement=hafan_y_mor&waSite=Google&waSource=Online&waChannel=Paid_Search&waCampaign=Paid_Search-Parks&waGroup=Hafan_y_Mor&mpch=sem">Hafan Y Mor Holiday site</a>,I had the pleasure of walking the dog daily along the new <a href="http://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/default.aspx">Wales Coastal path</a> between <a href="http://www.criccieth.co.uk/">Criccieth</a> and Pwllheli. Below are some pictures of the walks,I miss this daily walks as does Ben my dog!<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-84741693241271377212012-06-11T21:51:00.003+01:002019-01-14T18:36:20.815+00:00Snowdon via The Watkins Path and down PYG and Miners Track 4th June 2012I set off from the Hafan Y Mor Holiday camp in Pwllheli early to climb Snowdon. I parked up in a car park at Nant Gwynant at the bottom of the Watkins Path.As soon as I was out of the car,I was attacked by midges,they were everywhere. I walked over to pay to park.All I could see was a £2 tariff for 4 hours. I was gonna need more time than that.So I drove a little further up the road and parked for free,Bonus!<br />
After a short walk back to the Watkins Path,I was on my way.<br />
The Watkin Path is "the most demanding route direct to the summit of Snowdon",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Marsh_Watkin_6-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#cite_note-Marsh_Watkin-6"></a></sup> since it starts at the lowest elevation of any of the main routes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hermon_21-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#cite_note-Hermon-21"></a></sup> It was first conceived by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Watkin" title="Edward Watkin">Edward Watkin</a>, a railway owner who had attempted to build a railway tunnel under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>, and had a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_home" title="Summer home">summer home</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nant_Gwynant" title="Nant Gwynant">Nant Gwynant</a> near the start of the path.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barnes_4-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#cite_note-Barnes-4"></a></sup> It was originally designed as a donkey track and opened in 1892.<br />
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Scenes from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On..._Up_the_Khyber" title="Carry On... Up the Khyber">Carry On... Up the Khyber</a></i> were filmed on the lower part of the Watkin Path in 1968, with the Watkin Path representing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass" title="Khyber Pass">Khyber Pass</a> in the film.<br />
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The path starts through a wooded area of Park Hafod-y-llan.<br />
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The path climbs steadily towards the sound of running water.<br />
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I pass through another gate and pass a sign explaining some of the sights to be seen up the route.<br />
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I now see a much more impressive waterfall a little way off in the distance.The sound of crashing water is just amazing.<br />
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I stop and take off my coat as I was quickly warming up and stop to take a look back at how far I have climbed and take in the view back towards Nant Gwynant.<br />
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I now continue to walk with my coat safely packed away in my rucksack.It was nice to be walking alone with only 3 guys to be seen in the distance.<br />
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I stop to take in the sight of the waterfalls of the Afon Llan and take a couple of pictures.<br />
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I continue walking and nearly catch up with the 3 guys in the distance,they veer off to the left and start climbing.I check my map and see that I continue onwards across a ford and to my right is a large wall of rock.<br />
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I walk onwards and near Plas Cwmllan, is the large boulder known as Gladstone Rock, which bears a plaque commemorating a speech given in 1892 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a>, the then 83-year-old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>, on the subject of <i>Justice for Wales</i>.<br />
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It had started raining again and I reluctantly put my coat back on.I walk further on and soon pass the slate workings in Cwm Llan were opened in 1840, but closed in 1882 due to the expense of transporting the slate to the sea at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porthmadog" title="Porthmadog">Porthmadog</a>. Various buildings, including barracks and dressing sheds, remain.<br />
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The path now starts to climb steeply, I pass a family and stop a little further up to take my coat back off as I was in danger of overheating. The family I had passed had caught up and I chatted to a woman to enquire where they were from. I had guessed right by the accent that they were from Germany on Holiday,Munich to be exact. After a short chat I said my goodbye and pressed on upwards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back to where I had came.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The steep path upwards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An so the path goes on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Mountain Goat</td></tr>
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I paused for one final glance back before all I could see before me was a large wall,that needed to be climbed. I was unprepared and had no idea that this path had a hard scramble up loose scree! I didn't know if the kids with the German family would be able to make it up.I never found out as I didn't see them again,maybe they turned back.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final look back before the scramble</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The path leading to the scramble.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I stopped a little way up,the picture doesn't do justice to the gradient of the scramble.</td></tr>
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From here,the path heads west to meet the Rhyd Ddu Path at a standing stone shortly below the summit of Snowdon.<br />
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I now follow the Rhyd Ddu Path to the summit,There are now loads of people on this path.After The climb I just had I can see why many people don't choose the Watkins Path!<br />
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I now reach the summit for the customary photograph,before a cup of tea in the cafe and to buy some gifts for the kids. £1.95 for a cuppa but it was worth every penny! Once on the summit it was a mixture of snow and sleet...lovely!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects" title="Royal Institute of British Architects">RIBA</a> Award-winning<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#cite_note-45"></a></sup> £8.4 million visitor centre, <i><span lang="cy">Hafod Eryri</span></i>, designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Hole_Architects" title="Ray Hole Architects">Ray Hole Architects</a> in conjunction with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arup" title="Arup">Arup</a> and built by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillion" title="Carillion">Carillion</a>, was officially opened on 12 June 2009<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#cite_note-46"> </a></sup>by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a></td></tr>
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The "Pig Track", or "Pyg Track" , leads to Pen-y-Pass.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hermon_21-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#cite_note-Hermon-21"></a></sup> <br />
Nobody knows for sure why this path is called the Pyg Track. It's possible that it was named after the pass it leads through, <span lang="cy">Bwlch y Moch</span> (translated Pigs' Pass) as the path is sometimes spelled 'Pig Track'. Or, maybe because it was used to carry '<span lang="cy">pyg</span>' (black tar) to the copper mines on Snowdon. Another possible explanation is that the path was named after the nearby Pen y Gwryd Hotel, popular amongst the early mountain walkers.<br />
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I was thinking of going back down via the Crib Goch a ridge,but with the rain,the rocks coming up were slippery and didn't fancy chancing the ridge.Maybe another day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glaslyn (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <span lang="cy"><i>Blue lake</i></span>)</td></tr>
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I stop off to cool my feet in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaslyn"> Glaslyn</a>, the water really is as cold as it looks. Had the route not been so busy,I may have been tempted to even have a swim.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_Llydaw">Llyn Llydaw Reservoir </a>(from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> meaning <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a> lake</i>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View across Llyn Llydaw to Snowdons summit</td></tr>
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I now arrived in Pen-Y-Pass,I walk to the bus stop to get a bus back to my car. A quick look at the timetable shows the next <a href="http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/gwy_doc.asp?doc=25961&Language=1&p=1&c=1">Snowdon Sherpa bus</a> was due in 2 hours and 15 minutes! I was horrified,I know it was a bank holiday and all but I couldn't believe it. So my walk wasn't over as I decided to walk however many miles it was back to the car. A look at the map showed a footpath that leads to Nant Gwynant.So off I trekked.<br />
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The ground in places was extremely boggy and I had to navigate across carefully,some spots my stick disappeared in the bog!<br />
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I came up to a power station where the pipe that ran off from Llan Llydaw reservoir ran to.The pipeline featured in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Not_Enough" title="The World Is Not Enough">The World Is Not Enough</a></i>.<br />
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After more walking I eventually came to,Llyn Gwynant and the <a href="http://www.gwynant.com/pages/find_us.html">campsite</a> and finally my car. I was knackered but it had been a great day! 12.2 miles in all but felt like so much more!<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon#cite_note-Hermon-21"></a>Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-2253875536276746342012-04-19T17:28:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:36:36.087+00:00Ingatestone Loop 19.04.2012Having limited time today and with poor weather predicted, Marie and I decided to do a walk closer to home and settled for the Ingatestone Loop.<br />
We started at Mountnessing Windmill.<br />
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<b>Mountnessing Windmill</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">grade II* listed</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EH_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountnessing_Windmill#cite_note-EH-0"> </a></sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_mill" title="Post mill">post mill</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountnessing" title="Mountnessing">Mountnessing</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> which has been restored to working order.<br />
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<i>Mountnessing Windmill</i> was built in 1807, replacing an earlier
mill. There are records of a windmill here since 1477. The mill was
working until 1924, and it worked again in 1932-33.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Book4_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountnessing_Windmill#cite_note-Book4-1">[2]</a></sup><br />
In 1937, ownership of the mill passed from the Blencowe Estates to
Mountnessing Parish Council. It was repaired as a memorial to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="George VI of the United Kingdom">King George VI</a>, whose coronation was in that year.<br />
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The walk continues around the rear of the Mill and across a very muddy field full of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed">Rapeseed. </a><br />
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On leaving this field we walked along a lane and then crossed over the A12 into Ingatestone.Through a housing estate to a crossing over the railway line. This crossing has now been closed to the public, a local said it was closed by the railway after the <a href="http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/Network-Rail-fined-1-million-deaths/story-15523705-detail/story.html">deaths of two girl</a>s some years ago.We had to climb over the fencing they had put up to stop people crossing so we could continue the walk.<br />
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We continued along the path up to <a href="http://www.hha.org.uk/Property/132/Ingatestone-Hall">Ingatestone Hall.</a><br />
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<b>Ingatestone Hall</b> is a 16th-century manor house in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. It was built by Sir <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petre" title="William Petre">William Petre</a>, and his descendants live in the House to this day.<br />
Queen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I of England</a> spent several nights at the hall on her <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_progress" title="Royal progress">royal progress</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561" title="1561">1561</a>.<br />
The Hall has two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest_hole" title="Priest hole">priest holes</a>. Among the priests to have been at the hall was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payne_%28martyr%29" title="John Payne (martyr)">St. John Payne</a> who was executed in 1582.<br />
Ingatestone Hall is open to the public. It represented the exterior of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House" title="Bleak House">Bleak House</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House_%282005_TV_serial%29" title="Bleak House (2005 TV serial)">2005 television adaptation</a> of Charles Dickens' novel, and also appeared in an episode of the TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovejoy" title="Lovejoy">Lovejoy</a></i>.<br />
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We then diverted off the loop up to Ingatestone High street and <a href="http://www.ingatestoneparishchurch.org.uk/">St Edmund and St Mary Church</a>. <br />
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We walked along the Ingatestone High Street and found a bakery come cafe that had a patio to the rear where we sat with the dogs for tea and cake.<br />
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After the tea we double back on ourselves back down to Ingatestone Hall and along a track heading down towards Buttsbury. To our left we get a view of the rear of Ingatestone Hall.<br />
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Continuing along we have fine views to Buttsbury and St Marys at Buttsbury.<br />
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St. Mary's: the parish church of Buttsbury</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here we made a mistake,instead of crossing over the River Wid and up to St Marys, we continued around the field hoping to cut out the road section. However we made a error on the correct footpath and ended back up at Ingatestone Hall. So we took a road that lead us to a large house called Tilehurst House,Hall Lane Ingatestone.</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Back in the early 80's it was the des. res of Eugene Benewith worthy proprietor of the London Smoked Salmon Co. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial"; font-size: x-small;">The Benewiths sold Tilehurst to an
Iranian family (cement interests)and they used it only occasionally.
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We come out onto another road and pass Westland Farm before continuing across another field towards the <a href="http://www.essexchurches.info/church.asp?p=Mountnessing">Church of St Giles Mountnessing.</a><br />
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We then walked through the graveyard that lead up to the Church Of St Giles.<br />
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Late C11 origin, altered in C13, C17 and early C19, restored in 1889. Mixed rubble with dressings of <br />
limestone and Reigate stone, and red brick in English bond, roofed with handmade red brick tiles. The nave is of late C11 origin, but the only visible evidence is the use of Roman bricks and tiles in the NE quoin, and the re-use of indurated conglomerate in the C13 aisle walls; W end 1653. N and S aisles built in mid-C13, but N aisle re-faced and S aisle rebuilt in 1889. Belfry in W end of nave, C15. Chancel early C19. S porch and S organ-chamber 1889. <br />
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We followed the route across more extremely sticky muddy fields and roads towards Mountnessing and the water tower.<br />
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We now exit the field for a short walk back to Mountnessing to the Greene King Pub <a href="http://www.theprinceofwalesmountnessing.co.uk/">Prince Of Wales PH</a> opposite the Windmill for a pint of IPA and a packet of pork scratchings. Its been a wet day with bouts of sunshine in-between but still a nice walk.<br />
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During the days of horse and cart the pub was ideally located as a stopping point for travellers leaving London heading to Chelmsford, Colchester and the rest of East Anglia.
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This walk will take you on a historic tour around the homes and work places of London seafarers.<br />
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The start point is Redriff Road Bridge, close to Canada Water tube.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This large red lifting bridge was built in 1949 as a temporary measure to span nearby Deptford Creek. <br />
It was moved here 10 years later to replace the much older swing bridge.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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As you walk under the bridge you enter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_Dock">Greenland Dock</a>, part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Quays">Surrey Quays</a>.<br />
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The dock dates back to the 17th Century and was originally known as Howland Great Wet Dock.<br />
It was used as a shelter for ships ready to unload their goods at the nearby legal quays. <br />
It was also twice the current size and one of the largest in the world. <br />
It was later renamed Greenland Dock in recognition of the whaling trade during the 18th Century. <br />
Many ships sailed from London to Greenland hunting whales for blubber and whalebone. <br />
The blubber was rendered down to produce oil for lamps, to lubricate machinery and even for use in soap. <br />
The bones were used in umbrellas and corsets. Boilers, tanks and whaling fleets would have been the busy scene along the dock where you stand today.<br />
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In the early 1900s Greenland Dock was expanded by engineer Sir James Walker, who also built Tower Bridge.<br />
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The whaling trade declined in the 19th century and gave way to timber and grain imports. <br />
In 1806 the dock was sold to William Richie, a Greenwich timber merchant and founder of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company. <br />
Timber, or deal, dominated Greenland Dock for over 100 years with huge warehouses and timber ponds. <br />
The timber was imported from Scandinavian and Baltic countries and was unloaded by London's famous Deal Porters - athletic men who unloaded, carried and stacked the timber.<br />
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Bombing during WW2 devastated the docks but they did revive until the timber trade ceased and the docks closed in 1970. <br />
A majority of the warehouses were demolished and rebuilt in the late 1980s as part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lddc">LDDC</a> plans. It is now mostly residential.<br />
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<b>Turn left into Randall's Rents and right into Odessa Street, once home to some of Rotherhithe's shipyards and granaries.</b><br />
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I passed modern residential apartments before rejoining the Thames Path by the red crane.<br />
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Nelson House was built in the 1740s on a former shipyard and probably built for one of the shipbuilding owners.Unusually the front entrance faces Rotherhithe Street rather than the Thames, this leads to the possibility that it led to the shipyard.The roof has an octagonal cupola with stunning views of the river. <br />
This Grade II* building is now in use as offices and not open to the public.<br />
The buildings you see today are the surviving sheds of Mill's and Knight ship repairers who were based at Nelson Dock from 1886 until the docks closed.<br />
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As I continued along Rotherhithe Street I passed the Blacksmith's Arms.Rotherhithe Street is the longest street in London.I now re-joined The Thames Path again.<br />
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A Greene King pub on the riverside near the tip of the <a href="http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Locale_Rotherhithe">Rotherhithe</a> peninsula.<br />
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A little further along there is a further reminder of the connection between Rotherhithe and the early settlers. The statue, “Sunbeam Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket” stands on the walkway at Cumberland Wharf. The work is by Peter McClean, depicting a newsboy in 1930’s attire, reading a copy of the newspaper depicting the story of “The Mayflower” and all that has happened in the USA since those early days. The pilgrim is reading the paper over the boy’s shoulder, looking astonished at how the world has developed since he landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The boy’s dog also appears to be trying to read the newspaper, standing on its hind legs.<br />
I now re join Rotherhithe Street where it meets Railway Avenue.This is the location of <a href="http://www.brunel-museum.org.uk/index.aspx">The Brunel Museum</a> on the site of the worlds first underwater tunnel on a navigatable river.<br />
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I had a look round the Brunel Museum, not very big and costs £3 to enter, but this does include a free cup of coffee that is made for you by a friendly man for you to sip why browsing around.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a great idea, BEER to keep employees strength up! Why don't they do this anymore??</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<b>In 1825 work began to build the first ever tunnel under the Thames linking Rotherhithe in South London and Wapping in East London.</b></div>
Designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Isambard_Brunel">Sir Marc Brunel</a> and assisted by his son Isambard the pedestrian tunnel took 18 years to complete and was finally finished in 1843. <br />
This was the only project they worked on together. <br />
It was the beginning of the amazing career of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel">Isambard Kingdom Brunel.</a> <br />
Before construction could begin a huge shaft was built at ground level representing the depth of the tunnel work.<br />
Earth was removed from the shaft foundations allowing it to gradually sink down in order for the tunnel to be at the right depth. <br />
Next to the shaft, an engine house was also built to contain the steam engines used to drain water from the tunnel. <br />
The unique shield tunnelling method used by Brunel was the first of its kind during the construction and the concept is still used today.After 26 years as a foot tunnel it was converted into a railway tunnel to create the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_London_Railway">East London Railway</a> in 1869. <br />
In 1914 the tunnel became part of the London Underground, and in 2010 transferred to the East London Railway, part of the London Overground which runs from Croydon to Dalston Kingsland. <br />
It is the oldest tunnel in the oldest underground system in the world. <br />
With the extension of the East London line the tunnel will remain in use for many more years to come.<br />
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I continued along Rotherhithe Street to the Mayflower PH,the site where the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_%28ship%29">Mayflower</a> left for America with the Pilgrim Fathers.<br />
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This statue 'Sunshine Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket' depicts a 17th century pilgrim and a boy.</div>
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The Mayflower pub stands on the site of The Shippe pub that dates back to around 1550. <br />
It is close to where the Mayflower ship was fitted out for the long transatlantic voyage. <br />
The pub was rebuilt as the Spread Eagle and Crown in 1780 and renamed as The Mayflower in 1957. <br />
It was the nearby landing steps to this pub that the Pilgrim Fathers set sail aboard The Mayflower Ship.<br />
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The Pilgrims were mostly a group of separatists who had broken away from the Church of England. <br />
They decided to opt for a new life after hearing tales of earlier settlers to the New World. <br />
The Pilgrims sailed to Southampton on 5th August 1620 where it was joined by the Speedwell. <br />
This ship proved to be un-seaworthy forcing them to turn back twice before The Mayflower took on some of her passengers. <br />
She finally set sail from Plymouth, south west England on 6 September 1620 with 102 passengers aboard.<br />
Two months later they arrived along the east coast of America and landed in Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts, on 21st December. <br />
They were the first permanent European settlers in America. <br />
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Just down the road is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Rotherhithe">St Marys Church. </a><br />
St Mary's Church dates back to the 12th century and was rebuilt by local shipbuilders in the Georgian era. <br />
The nautical connections of the area are reflected in the construction of the church. <br />
The barrel roof was made to look like an up turned ship and the supporting pillars are complete tree trunks encased in plaster. <br />
The communion table and two chairs are made from wood from the 98-gun ship the Temeraire, second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar.The graveyard holds some interesting stories.<br />
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Three of the four owners of the Mayflower ship are buried here including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Jones_%28sailor%29">Christopher Jones</a>, captain when the ship sailed to America with the Father Pilgrims in 1620. <br />
A statue by Jamie Sargeant for Christopher Jones was unveiled on July 2nd 1995 and paid for by The Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims.<br />
You will also find the tomb of <a href="http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.7805/Prince-Lee-Boo-second-son-of-Abba-Thulle.html">Prince Lee Boo</a>. <br />
In September 1782 three Rotherhithe men sailed to China aboard the East India Company's ship the Antelope. <br />
It took Captain Wilson and his men nine months to reach China before returning a different route north east of the Philippines. <br />
They passed a group of unknown islands, later called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau">Palau Islands</a>, where they were shipwrecked after a storm. <br />
They took refuge on the Island of Ulong and a friendly relationship was born with the chief, Abba Thulle. <br />
Food was given to the English sailors and local trees were used to build a new boat to get them to China. <br />
The King watched as the ship was built using grindstones, anvils and other tools. <br />
Abba Thulle was so impressed by the skills he had witnessed, he hoped that his second son, Lee Boo, would learn what they knew.<br />
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Three months later the English set sail with Prince Lee Boo onboard. <br />
Eighteen days later they reached China before the long voyage back to England. <br />
The ship, Morse, arrived back in England on 14 July 1784 where Lee Boo was taken to the home of Captain Wilson in Paradise Row, Rotherhithe. <br />
He settled in London where he attended church services, school, learned the language and dressed as an Englishman. <br />
In mid-December, only months after arriving in London, Lee Boo contracted smallpox. <br />
He died on 27 December and lies buried to the left of the church entrance.<br />
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Rotherhithe had the last case of the Great Plague in 1679 and it is thought the last victim is buried at St Mary's Church.<br />
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St Mary's Free School.<br />
You will notice the two statues of schoolchildren wearing uniform from the 18th century. <br />
The school was founded in the 1600s by Peter Hills and Robert Bell, two Elizabethan seafarers, to teach the sons of local seafarers. <br />
They funded the school with the sum of £3 per annum and a brass plaque and other objects can be found in the church. <br />
The original school was founded in 1613 and later moved in 1797 to the building you see today. <br />
It is thought to be the oldest elementary school in London.<br />
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Next to the school is the Watch House from 1821.<br />
This was used by the local watchman or constable to watch out for wrongdoers, particularly body-snatchers raiding graves. <br />
Watchmen wearing white overcoats and carrying lanterns were meant to be seen and heard, they called the time and weather. <br />
Watchmen wearing blue were 'silent' and checked dark corners of the local area. <br />
This watch house consisted of 1 beadle, 1 constable and 14 watchmen. <br />
Bodysnatching was common in this area as surgeons at the local Guy's hospital required fresh corpses and body parts for medical research.<br />
his practice was common around London and 'Resurrection Men' would take bodies from graves and disguise them as merchandise. <br />
Legally, only bodies of convicted criminals could be taken. <br />
In 1832, The Anatomy Act was passed, making it an offence to rob a grave. <br />
It was only legal to dissect the unclaimed bodies of people who had died in hospitals or poor houses.<br />
I now joined the Thames Path again for views across the river to The Captain Kidd PH and Wapping.<br />
Tea, coffee, sugar, rum, spices, silks, furs and tobacco were just some of the cargoes brought into Wapping during the 18th and 19th Centuries.Pirates and thieves also flourished. Pirates would ambush ships coming into the area and also steal outgoing cargoes.<br />
Across the river you can see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Kidd">Captain Kidd</a> pub, named after the famous pirate executed at Execution Dock in 1701. <br />
Execution Dock was located by the Thames near to this pub and dealt with convicted pirates for over 400 years. <br />
Pirates who operated on the seas and abroad would also be tried back in London. <br />
The gallows were located by the Thames so that the tide could wash over the body three times. <br />
More notorious pirates, including Kidd, were left to hang in a gibbet, a type of metal cage, to deter other would be criminals. <br />
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You can also see the headquarters of The Marine Support Unit (MSU), at Wapping Police Station on the River Thames (cream and white building) founded in 1798.<br />
I now walked back to Rotherhithe Station and got the Overground train ( first time on the overground for me, which indecently went underground for the one stop I needed to get over the river to Wapping). <br />
I walked through Wapping to the Captain Kidd PH (A Samuel Smith Brewery Pub).<br />
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I tried a 1/2 pt of Taddy Lager, I was pleasantly surprised!! Very hoppy flavour.<br />
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I then walked out into St Katherine Docks, where they had stall with food from around the world.<br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherhithe#cite_note-15"></a></sup>Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-21189321053470475772011-11-15T17:24:00.001+00:002019-01-14T18:30:12.427+00:00Walking The Seven Sisters Seaford to Eastbourne 14th Nov 2011After a bit of work sorting out a day where the three of us (Marie Nita and I) could all get out together. We settled on the 14th November 2011.<br />
So we set off on the 14th at 9am along with the two Dogs Ben and Tia for <a href="http://www.seaford.co.uk/">Seaford</a>,Sussex to walk the <a href="http://www.sevensisters.org.uk/">Seven Sisters </a>from Seaford and ending in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a>. After a drive we arrived in Seaford and parked up on the seafront, which as a added bonus was free.The mist still hadn't lifted and visibility was still reduced, much to our disappointment We sat in a shelter on the beach and had something to east and a cup of coffee,before we set off.<br />
The <b>Seven Sisters</b> is the name for the undulating cliffs between Cuckmere Haven and Birling Gap. They are thought to have been formed by glacier melt water at the end of the last Ice Age: the melt water carved steep sided valleys, which were then truncated by sea erosion into the cliffs we see today.<br />
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We set off and walked towards the <a href="http://www.seafordmuseum.co.uk/introduction.htm">Martello tower</a> on the seafront.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The <b>Martello Tower</b> in Seaford is the most westerly of a chain of 103 such fortresses (the other end of the chain being in Aldeburgh, Suffolk) built to protect the South East coast of England against invasion in the early part of the Napoleonic Wars.</td></tr>
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The first part of the footpath is on the <a href="http://www.vanguardway.org.uk/">Vanguard way</a>, a footpath that runs from Croydon to Newhaven. The sign is easy to spot and goes up the headland. The view from the headland is spectacular and the path is adjacent to a <a href="http://www.seafordheadgolfcourse.co.uk/index.html">golf course</a> on the climb up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking back to Seaford, see the cormorants on the rock below.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Nita & Marie in front of The Seven Sisters (shame they are partly obscured by mist!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We followed the path down to<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckmere_Haven"> Cuckmere Haven</a> where we had to walk inland to Exceat as we can't reach the Seven Sisters as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Cuckmere">Cuckmere River</a> blocks our way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Only one of the 3 coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven are still in use and is used as a holiday cottage. We spoke to a man who came out in a wetsuit who then proceeded down the road and into the sea for a swim!! Must have been freezing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We made our way inland to Exceat to the Golden Galleon Pub car park cross the road and over the bridge.Then we followed a sign that was signed Cuckmere Haven, after a short way we doubled back as we feared that this wouldn't clear the other waterways and walked along the road and entered the Seven Sisters Park and picked up a footpath from there. But we needn't worried because the first path would have led us there anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Exceat</b> (pronounced ex-seat) was an ancient village. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A259_road" title="A259 road">A259</a> goes by it just east of the River Cuckmere. The name may have come from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language" title="Old English language">Old English</a> for "the place of the Aese", early kings of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>. After the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England" title="Norman conquest of England">Norman conquest</a>, the village was given to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert,_Count_of_Mortain" title="Robert, Count of Mortain">Robert, Count of Mortain</a>, half brother of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_England" title="William I of England">William the Conqueror</a>. Both Exceat and the land were given later to <i>Grestein Priory</i> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Sussex" title="Wilmington, Sussex">Wilmington</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Until the 14th century, Exceat was an important village with its own church. The village suffered French raids; it suffered many fatalities during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a>, as was effectively <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandoned_village" title="Abandoned village">abandoned</a> by the 15th century.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The main features are the Visitors Centre for the nearby <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters,_Sussex" title="Seven Sisters, Sussex">Seven Sisters</a> and the <a href="http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thegoldengalleonseaford/findus/">Golden Galleon Public House</a> across Exceat Bridge over the Cuckmere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The path then climbs the first of the Seven Sisters, known as Haven Brow. The view from the top is superb, back over Cuckmere Haven and to Seaford head in the West and views towards Beachy Head in the East.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Me and Ben with Cuckmere Haven behind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is a short descent down Haven Brow before the path again climbs on to Short Brow, the second of the Seven Sisters</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After Flagstaff Brow there is one more climb up Bailey's Hill before you arrive at the hamlet of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birling_Gap#Birling_Gap">Birling Gap</a>, where the is a pub and small hotel providing welcome refreshment. The beach here has some sand at low tide and has a <a href="http://www.seasideawards.org.uk/beach.asp?intRegionId=2&Beach=15&BeachTitle=Birling%20Gap&Colour=663333&Place=EAST%20SUSSEX&TypeColour=green&BeachType=rural&LocationPic=photos/s_east.jpg&LocationTitlePic=s_east%20alt=South%20East%20title=south%20east">Seaside Award</a>. The Hotel, toilets and car park are now owned by the National Trust. Sadly, the coastal erosion here means that the row of cottages is slowly disappearing into the sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After Birling Gap, the path climbs the last of the Seven Sisters, Went Hill. From the top of Went Hill there are excellent views back towards Seaford and the Seven Sisters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We now make our way towards<a href="http://www.beachyhead.org.uk/about_the_area.html"> Beachy Head</a> and onwards to Eastbourne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.belletout.co.uk/"><b>Belle Tout</b></a> is a former lighthouse that first entered service in 1828, over 130 years after the need for one was first suggested. It had 30 oil lamps, requiring two gallons of oil per hour. A problem with the lighthouse’s location soon became apparent, however – when the weather was bad, the cliff top tended to be shrouded in mist, so the light could not be seen. The cliff also blocked the view of the light from ships sailing too close to the shore.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">As a result, a new lighthouse was built – the one that still stands at the base of Beachy Head to this day. It opened in 1902, and Belle Tout went out of commission. It was a tea room for a while, accidentally damaged by Canadian artillery during World War II, and later restored by the local council.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">By the 1990s Belle Tout was a private house and in danger of falling into the sea due to cliff erosion, and so in March 1999 in a feat of engineering that captured national media attention, it was moved back 17 metres away from the cliff using hydraulic jacks. It was then bought by a preservation trust and in March 2010 started a new life as a luxury bed and breakfast, with the lantern room turned into a lounge with 360 degree views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was about here that Marie said it isn't far to Eastbourne! She said this several times for the miles and hill ahead!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From Beachy Head there are two ways to go back, the official South Down Way sticks to a high level path around the headland, but there is also a well marked path along a low level nearer to the sea. There are good views to Eastbourne as you approach, although it's shame about the ugly block of flats. We took the lower path descending from the fog, where Marie again said we're nearly there Lol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As we entered Eastbourne, we had a couple of miles walk still to reach the <a href="http://www.eastbournepier.com/">pier</a> where we got the <a href="http://www.carlberry.co.uk/rfnshowr.asp?RN=ESB12H">No.12 bus</a> back to Seaford. We arrived back at the Car knackered but it had been a great walk. Worth doing again in better weather, where the views would be better. I'm told you can see the Isle of Wight and Dungeness on a clear day.</span></div>
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com2East Dean, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK50.757744380879878 0.2087398593749867450.735960380879881 0.18561635937498674 50.779528380879874 0.23186335937498673tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-90886280201159144982011-10-30T19:43:00.000+00:002019-01-14T18:35:14.269+00:00Walk in Constables Country 28th October 2011We set off from Highview Grange site and drove to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedham,_Essex">Dedham</a> on the 28th October 2011 for a walk from Dedham to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatford_Mill">Flatford Mill</a>.<br />
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We walked along crossing the bridge over the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Stour,_Suffolk">River Stour</a>, looking down on the boat hire and watching the chub and dace swimming in the currents.<br />
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We followed the river along...................<br />
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After about 3/4 to a mile, the ground got too much for the mother-in-law, so she and Jeanette set back to the car, whilst the rest of us carried on.<br />
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I has another look around the exhibition again, forgetting the low ceiling n the building I managed to whack my head quite hard...Ouch!!<br />
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Just round the corner from here was a RSPB garden where the kids did a field hunt looking for clues and won some wild flower seeds and other bits.<br />
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Back to where we came off down the road to Flatford Mill.<br />
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On our way back we walked back through a boggy flooded area, I said to the kids walk over here it looks too deep there, and as usual kids don't listen and Adams welly gets sucked off and he left standing on one leg with his welly floating about in the water. Did look funny though lol.<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-73373013314202084812011-10-18T14:39:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:38:51.501+00:00Walk around Roydon,Essex 18th October 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajYY03usIUaRacfvaECuoj4M7xa-3sK_HWpI6DtwobUPFhXB-Jy7TMN-nrpn0ceKedhePvv37j-Y-00dAByCvwObOkSBXfZuFMq_hRo5JZM0ErfDQmr6SsJknbOIVIOFNDO1CIDnsVXqo/s1600/IMAG0504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>On 18th October 2011 I set off in the car with no specific destination in mind for a walk, after driving through Epping I saw signs for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roydon,_Essex">Roydon</a>. Remembering I wanted to take a look one day My dog Ben and I made our there.<br />
Upon arriving I parked up in <a href="http://www.roydonmarinavillage.co.uk/">Roydon Marina Village</a> and walked along the Stort Navigation.<br />
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We walked as far as we could until we came to a dead end, so we walked back to the car and I drove back into the village a little and parked up and walked back towards the River <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stort_Navigation">Stort Navigation</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Roydon Signpost... The village is recorded in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> as <i>Ruindune</i> and appears later as <i>Reidona</i> in <i>c.</i> 1130, as <i>Reindon</i> in 1204, and as <i>Roindon</i> in 1208.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Church House Circa 1475 next to St Peters Church.</td></tr>
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Then we walked past <a href="http://www.roydonstpeters.org/">St Peters Church</a>.........</div>
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A little further along Something caught my eye...I thought is that a Turkey?? Yes it was then I noticed the sign....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They all came running over all looking excited....they obviously don't know its only 68 days to Christmas</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thenewinnroydon.co.uk/">The New Inn Roydon</a> High Street</td></tr>
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We then drove home after a very nice walk....<br />
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<span id="goog_807089347"></span><span id="goog_807089348"></span>Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-43281274143112474682011-10-07T17:13:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:41:20.199+00:00A walk from Little Venice to Camden Lock London 7th October 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I set out from home on 7th October 2011 to do a shortish walk from <a href="http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/london/canal.shtml">Little Venice</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_Canal">Regents Canal</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Lock">Camden Lock</a> London.<br />
I got the train and tube to Warwick street Tube Station near Paddington and a short walk saw me at Little Venice.<br />
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Without checking I started to walk towards what I thought was Camden direction.Only to find out I was on the Grand Union Canal that heads out to Birmingham and The North. After two and half miles I checked my GPS on the phone and turned around. This added 5 miles to my short walk!<br />
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I got back to Little Venice asked someone at the Cafe and information centre on a canal boat the correct direction for Camden ,bought a packet of crisps and set off along Regents Canal.<br />
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The following bridge is called Blow up Bridge......So called because a barge carrying gunpowder exploded on 2nd October 1874 at 4.55 in the morning, at Macclesfield Bridge. <br />
Three of the crew were killed, the bridge destroyed and windows were blown out a mile away. It also destroyed the house of Alma-Tadema who almost certainly owed his life to a prior engagement. <br />
The canal was closed for four days. Another of the barges was also damaged and sank. <br />
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Then I came up to <a href="http://www.thepiratecastle.org/">Pirate Castle</a> where they do cheap kayaking and other activities..looked cool!<br />
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There was a food market with food from all corners of the world, I had free samples of Jamaican Jerk Chicken and Chinese fried chicken.The Jerk Chicken was lovely, must dig out a recipe for it. <br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-77037196706814539222011-09-15T12:44:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:43:14.913+00:00Day trip out to Saffron Walden and Audley End 14th September 2011This was going to be a bike ride out,but I woke up with very little energy and the thought of a long bike ride didn't appeal. After a check on the train prices I saw that a return ticket was 70p cheaper than a single,that I thought sod it I might as well go both ways by train then. So Ben my dog and I set off from Romford station to London Liverpool street station. Once there I missed the train by 2 minutes to Cambridge that stops me off at our station of Audley end which funny enough is in Wendens Ambo. So after a half hour wait for the next train we were off on our way passing through some very pretty places such as Sawbridgeworth, Stanstead Mountfichet etc....well worth a visit some time in the future.<br />
After a 58 minute train journey from London to Audley End we got off the train, much to the delight of Ben who really didn't like his first ever train journey.<br />
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We walked off up the road through Wendens Ambo and down to a junction of London Road, which a pub down the bottom called The fighting cocks.It was here I went right when really in hindsight should have gone left and not had to put up with the walk along the horrible walk along the B1052. <br />
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After a what seemed a incredible long walk I finally reached Saffron Walden.<br />
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A little history now of Saffron Walden.........<br />
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There has been a village on or near the site of present day Saffron Walden since before the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> occupation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Britain</a><sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"></span></a></i></sup> when Bronze and Iron Age tribes settled in the area. After the Romans withdrew from the country, a flourishing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxon</a> town was established<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i>.</i><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"> </span></a></i></sup><br />
With the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest" title="Norman conquest">Norman invasion</a> of 1066, a stone church was built. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_Castle" title="Walden Castle">castle</a> was constructed c.1116<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"></span></a></i></sup><br />
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In the medieval period the primary trade in Saffron Walden was in wool<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i>.</i><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"></span></a></i></sup> However, in the 16th century and 17th century the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron" title="Saffron">saffron</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus" title="Crocus">crocus</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron" title="Saffron">crocus sativus</a>) became widely grown in the area. The flower was precious, as extract from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpel" title="Carpel">stigmas</a>, the saffron, was used in medicines, as a condiment, as a perfume, as an aphrodisiac, and as an expensive yellow dye. This industry gave its name to the town and Chipping Walden became Saffron Walden.<br />
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By the end of the 18th century the saffron flower was no longer in such demand, and the flower was replaced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt" title="Malt">malt</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley" title="Barley">barley</a>. In the 1830s there were more than 30 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltings" title="Maltings">maltings</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewery" title="Brewery">breweries</a> running. Although this trade was not so rewarding as the saffron, the town continued to grow throughout the 19th century, having a <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cattle_market&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Cattle market (page does not exist)">cattle market</a> and building a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_exchange" title="Corn exchange">corn exchange</a> and other civic buildings. During this time <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quakers</a> became very active in Saffron Walden, the most influential family being the Gibsons, who aided in the construction of several buildings that remain today, such as the museum<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron_Walden#cite_note-1"></a></sup> and the Town Hall.<br />
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Now that you're all probably bored with the history lesson I'll continue, we walked down into the town and got my first view of the town and its abbey...<br />
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After a little while later I was in awe of the beauty of this town and its historic buildings....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stay in the oldest inhabited building in Saffron Walden, a 600-year-old former maltings with oak beams, uneven floors and a walled garden. Saffron Walden is an ancient town with a rich heritage of old buildings set in rolling countryside, good for walking and cycling. It´s also close to the Imperial War Museum´s aviation collection at Duxford and Thaxted Windmill. Great for: <br />
Walkers and cyclists - it makes an excellent base for exploring the area. <br />
For further details see <span class="caption"><a href="http://dms.visitsaffronwalden.gov.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=27&dc=EE&wc=ee-sw&r=1&pid=0210310&SiteName=Saffron+Walden+Yha&Website=www%2Eyha%2Eorg%2Euk" target="_blank" title="view the website of Saffron Walden Yha">http://www.yha.org.uk</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some more houses on Bridge Street, now I'm short but even I would have to duck to enter one of these houses!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just after the end of Bridge Street on the right, I let Ben off for a run.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the rear of a building on the high street as we strolled through a park behind the church.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="body-txt">The Town Hall is situated on the south side of the Market Square. It was first built in 1761 and extensively remodelled and extended in 1879. The hall owes its existence to the munificence of George Stacey Gibson , a local businessman and Mayor of Saffron Walden from 1875 – 1877. At the end of his term as Mayor, he gave the town the necessary money to rebuild the hall.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another lovely old house on my walk out of the town.</td></tr>
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I walked back out of the park along Audley End Road chatting away to a coach driver, until I reached Audley End House..... he is another history lesson about the House..................<br />
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<b></b>Audley End was the site of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictine" title="Benedictine">Benedictine</a> monastery (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_Abbey" title="Walden Abbey">Walden Abbey</a>), granted to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a> Sir <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Audley,_1st_Baron_Audley_of_Walden" title="Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden">Thomas Audley</a> in 1538 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>. It was converted to a domestic house for him, known as Audley Inn. This dwelling was later demolished by his grandson, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Howard,_1st_Earl_of_Suffolk" title="Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk">Thomas Howard</a> (the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Suffolk" title="Earl of Suffolk">Earl of Suffolk</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Treasurer" title="Lord Treasurer">Lord Treasurer</a>), and a much grander mansion was built, primarily for entertaining King <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England" title="James I of England">James I</a>.<br />
In 1619, Thomas and his wife were found guilty of embezzlement and sent to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>. However, a huge fine secured their release, but Howard died in disgrace at Audley End in 1626.<br />
At this time, the house was on the scale of a great royal palace, and soon became one after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> bought it in 1668 for £50,000, for use as a home when attending the races at Newmarket. It was returned to the Suffolks in 1701.<br />
Over the next century, the house was gradually demolished until it was reduced to its current size. However, the main structure has remained little altered since the main front court was demolished in 1708, and the east wing came down in 1753. Some rooms have been substantially remodelled, though, especially the huge Hall<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.audley-end-railway.co.uk/">Audley End Miniature Railway</a> is a delightful 1.5 mile ride on Lord Braybrooke’s private 10 ¼” gauge railway through Estate woodland. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I then left to walk back to Audley End Rail station to make my way home along London Road passing the Audley End House Estate on my left.<br />
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After a long journey back I was finally home. This blog was dedicated to my mate Richard who said there was nothing nice to see in Essex...how wrong are you??<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-86565835283172929632011-08-19T19:06:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:45:45.298+00:00Trip out to Pooh Country 19th August 2011On Friday the 19th of August 2011, Mel,Lucy,George,Jade and I set off for the pretty village of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartfield">Hartfield</a> in Sussex. This is the area where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne">A.A Milne</a> wrote the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh">Winnie the pooh</a> books and all the places in the books are set in this area.<br />
After about a 1 hour 15minutes drive we arrived in Hartfield, we parked up and walked down to <a href="http://www.pooh-country.co.uk/">Pooh Corner</a> which is the Winnie the Pooh shop and Piglets tearoom.<br />
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We purchased a map to show us to get to <a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6241">Pooh Bridge</a> which was about a 10 minute drive up the road to Clunks Hatch where we parked in the Pooh car park. Its about a 15 minute walk from the car park through the forest. Along the path we came across an assault course type thing, that we all had a go on.<br />
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We continued down the track until we finally reached Pooh Bridge, where we all played <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poohsticks">Pooh Sticks</a>. You each hold out a stick above the bridge upstream and on the word GO, the sticks are dropped and the first stick out the other side is the winner.<br />
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We continued over Pooh Bridge up the path as far as Winnie the Poohs House.</div>
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From here we made our way back into Hartfield back to the Pooh shop, bought some gifts before checking out the menu at <a href="http://anchorhartfield.com/">The Anchor Public House</a>. The menu was rather expensive with most meals between £15 to £20,with 5 of us it was out of the question so we bought some drinks and food from a local shop and made our way home.<br />
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<span id="goog_1311695152"></span><span id="goog_1311695153"></span>Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0Hartfield, Sussex, UK51.1040639 0.1117725000000291451.0526474 0.061683500000029139 51.1554804 0.16186150000002913tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-28722825231831968172011-07-05T19:19:00.001+01:002019-01-14T18:47:36.746+00:00Havering Atte Bower out to Noak Hill 5th July 2011Ben and I set off from Havering Country Park for a 5 and a half mile walk.<br />
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Then a walk along Wellington Drive.<br />
A wooden barrier marks the entrance and the path rises slowly through an avenue of Giant Sequoia trees, a common Victorian feature of country estates. The trees were discovered during the Californian Gold rush of 1869 and they became known as Wellingtonia’s in honour of the Duke of Wellington. Their towering reddish trunks may look impressive but these American immigrants are small compared to those that grow in their native California. There, they can reach up to 300 feet high, have a trunk diameter of 35 feet and live for 3000 years or more. They are the largest living things on Earth.<br />
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Edward the Confessor’s Royal Palace at Havering-atte-Bower</h3>
The route now exits the park and leads to the village of Havering-atte-Bower.Nothing now remains of an important royal house that once stood here on the village green. Edward the Confessor founded a holy retreat here nearly 1000 years ago. Later William the Conqueror and King John built hunting lodges. Slowly, over the next 600 years, a large Royal Palace was established, with Charles I being the last monarch to stay here. It fell into decay and by 1815 there was nothing left. A Victorian church stands where the original chapel once stood and there are riding stables on the site of the old palace stables.<br />
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Joseph Hardwick Pemberton’s Round House</h3>
The path leads to open fields and, through the trees, a strange round building can be seen on the right.This is the Water Tower on Broxhill Road.Built by the South East Essex Water Company in 1934 to help maintain water pressure to the town of Romford, some two miles distant. It is still owned by the water authority but believed to be not now required for its original purpose. <br />
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Pyrgo House, Playground for Princess’s Mary and Elizabeth, daughters of Henry VIII</h3>
At the woodland's edge stands a pair of iron gateposts which once marked the entrance to the grand residence of Pyrgo. Nothing now remains of the house save this one rusting sentinel. In the 16th century, Pyrgo played an important role in determining the royal succession. Henry VIII had seen little of his second daughter, Elizabeth, since her mother's execution in 1536. In 1542, Henry VIII met her when he summoned both of his daughters to dine with him at the ancient house. Henry was impressed by Elizabeth and her sister, Mary, and decided to reinstate their place in the line of royal succession. This was confirmed by Parliament in 1544, restoring the sisters to their place after Edward thus giving England one of her finest monarchs when Elizabeth became queen.</td></tr>
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On 9th June 2011 My dog Ben and I set off for a 5.1 mile walk from <a href="http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5026">Havering Country Park</a> across to <a href="http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/">Hainault Forest</a> and back.<br />
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We walked on past Havering Country park and turned left on to a footpath/Bridle-path past a field full of horses.Then on past the path that leads down to Lodge Avenue and left again into a meadow, where I saw a hare dart off, totally missed by Ben, also swallows,yellowhammers, blackcaps etc<br />
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And a view across towards Park farm and Stapleford Abbotts direction...<br />
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We eventually came upon <a href="http://www.hainaultgolfclub.co.uk/">Hainault Golf Course</a>, where the path seemed to disappear, no marking to indicate which way to walk, so we ended up walking straight across keeping a eye out for in coming golf balls :).<br />
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We then wondered into Hainault Forest having found our way off the golf course.<br />
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I knew exactly where I was now and headed off to the old Camelot pub now named something stupid like <a href="http://www.millerandcarter.co.uk/millerandcarterchigwell/">Miller and Carter</a> or something! Only to find it hasn't opened yet :(<br />
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Then we headed off towards Bower Farm and back towards Havering Park. It had started to rain and the skies became dark. Along this track there was baby rabbits darting everywhere, Ben didn't seem to notice though!! Daft dog.<br />
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Ben did however notice a squirrel he couldn't catch! <br />
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We got back to the car with the walk lasting just over 2 hours.Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-62436255488107628132011-04-29T16:15:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:52:52.299+00:00Trip to Scotland:Ben Nevis Climb April 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After planning to travel to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Highlands">Highlands</a> Scotland to climb <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nevis">Ben Nevis</a>,things were finally finalised as people saying they could and then couldn't make it. Ash thankfully stepped in at the very last moment and said he'd come along.<br />
So on the 26th April 2011 I left Romford and travelled to Victoria Coach Station London for a 13 and a half hour trip to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness">Inverness</a> via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester">Manchester</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire">Preston</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow">Glasgow</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Scotland">Perth</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviemore">Aviemore</a> on a Megabus Coach.<br />
We arrived at Manchester, where we were told we could get off for 15 minutes.Ash and I got off and I grabbed a coffee and bag of crisps from the coach station shop, as we came out we saw our coach driving off!..... I thought its only been 5 minutes, the thought off being stranded in Manchester while the coach drove away with all our gear scared the hell out of me!! I threw my coffee in the air and sprinted off after the coach. I caught it up on the corner and the driver indicated he was driving round the block and was pulling up again. Relief and all that running for nothing plus no coffee :( lol. was a funny moment afterwards though.<br />
We changed coaches at Perth and made our way through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairngorm_National_Park">Cairngorm National Park</a> as the sun set.<br />
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We eventually arrived at Inverness Bus station at 2145 hours, where we then walked a couple of miles to <a href="http://www.syha.org.uk/hostels/highlands/inverness/travel.aspx">Inverness SYHA</a> where we had a bed for the night.<br />
At 0530 hours the next morning on the 27th April 2011 we made our way back to Inverness Bus station to get the<a href="http://www.citylink.co.uk/timetables/5993%20OBAN-INV%20TIMETABLE%204pp.pdf"> Citylink bus 919</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William,_Scotland">Fort William</a> to climb Ben Nevis.<br />
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The bus took a lovely route through Inverness on its 1 hour 50 minute journey.<br />
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and along <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness">Loch Ness</a>,<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_castle">Arquhart Castle</a> on the loch where the most sightings of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster"> Loch Ness monster</a><a href="http://www.nessie.co.uk/postcard/index.html"> </a>are made,<br />
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The bus then travelled through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Augustus">Fort Augustus </a>and then towards Fort William where we got our first view of Ben Nevis from the bus.<br />
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We arrived in Fort William and popped over the McDonald's for Breakfast before walking the two miles to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Nevis">Glen Nevis</a> and <a href="http://visit-fortwilliam.co.uk/the-glen-nevis-visitor-centre-in-fort-william">the visitor centre</a> where the path up <a href="http://www.mountainwalk.co.uk/benneviswalk.html">Ben Nevis tourist path</a> starts.<br />
We crossed a bouncy bridge that had a sign saying "no more than 5 people on the bridge at a time" over the River Nevis.<br />
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<tr><th>From </th><th>To </th><th>Distance (m)</th><th>Ascent (ft) </th><th>Descent (ft)</th></tr>
<tr><td>Ben Nevis Visitor's Centre </td><td>Ben Nevis summit </td><td>5.0 </td><td>4478 </td><td>118 </td></tr>
<tr><td>Ben Nevis summit </td><td>Ben Nevis Visitor's Center </td><td>5.0 </td><td>118 </td><td>4478 </td></tr>
<tr><td>Ben Nevis Visitor's Centre </td><td>Fort William Railway Station </td><td>1.8 </td><td>131 </td><td>167 </td></tr>
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This makes a total distance of 13.5 miles, with 4763 feet of ascent and 4763 feet of descent. <br />
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and then onto the path up, it was coldish as we first started and we were wearing our coats, but these soon came off as we warmed up with the walk.<br />
The track continues to rise as it skirts the western side of Meall an t-Suidhe, zigzagging twice and crossing a couple of streams by means of a couple of small metal bridges to reach 350 metres above sea level. The track then starts to veer northwards, following the western bank of the Red Burn Gully. Another, larger zigzag takes you up to the saddle between Ben Nevis to the east and Meall ant-Suidhe to the west at 570 metres above sea level.<br />
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The track passes to the east of Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe that lies in the saddle. It then turns to the right to start the ascent up the western side of Ben Nevis. At NN 1473 7186 the track crosses the Red Burn under a waterfall, and this marks the halfway point of the ascent, at 600 metres above sea level.<br />
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From the Red Burn the track continues up the north-western shoulder of Ben Nevis in a series of four giant zigzags. These bring you out at the 1,200-metre level, and the gradient of the track starts to flatten out as it heads in a westwards direction. One last, but thankfully short, ascent of McLean's Steep leads to the summit plateau. Across here careful navigation is needed to reach the summit cairn at 1,344 metres above sea level.<br />
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Ash doing a snow angel, he hadn't fallen over (honest lol)<br />
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Then some hard slippery walking across some icy snow towards the summit.<br />
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<b><u>THE SUMMIT</u></b><br />
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The summit plateau is bounded on the north-eastern side by some very steep drops, including Tower Gully and Gardyloo Gully, which the path runs adjacent to. Be careful to avoid these gullies, particularly in winter when cornices may have formed over the edge.<br />
We reached the summit in 3 hours and 10 minutes, Quite happy with that time,mainly due to Ash frog marching ahead of me!! <br />
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Memorial plaque at the summit.<br />
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On the summit is the remains of the old meteorological station, built by Public subscription and opened on the 17th of October 1883. It was manned throughout the year by a superintendent and two assistants and provided meteorological observations every hour for 20 years. It is now ruined, but enough remains to make you admire the hardy people for whom this was home. It finally closed on October 1st 1904 after the funds to run it ran out, and over the years it slowly fell into disrepair.<br />
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I found a quick way down, only cut short as it was so bumpy that I can to a standstill lol.<br />
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We made it down in 2 hours 10 minutes, it was very hard going as the stony rocky ground was pounding our feet as our toes were forced forward into our boots. I actually thought going down was harder than the ascent.We finally reached the bottom for a well earned pint and packet of crisps in the Ben Nevis Inn.<br />
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This makes a total distance of 13.5 miles, with 4763 feet of ascent and 4763 feet of descent.<br />
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After that we walked the two miles back into Fort William, bought some gifts and I had a cup of tea,jacket potato followed by a gorgeous Waffle and vanilla ice cream and maple syrup Mm-mm. <br />
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Then we boarded the 919 bus back to Inverness following the same route as we took in.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_Castle">Inverness castle</a> pictured above.<br />
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Then a two mile back to the SYHA for a shower and a change of clothes. Then we walked back into Inverness for a couple of pints in <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186543-d1721922-Reviews-THE_Exchange-Inverness_Scottish_Highlands_Scotland.html">The Exchange Public house</a> and watched the Champion league game Real Madrid v Barcelona and then some chips and a Scottish delicacy a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_Mars_bar">Battered Mars Bar!</a><br />
After a few hours sleep we were back up at 6am to catch the 0710 hours coach back to London.<br />
Finally walked indoors at 10pm,knackered but what a great experience!<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-69089679302412043742011-04-19T08:47:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:53:49.999+00:00A walk in the Chilterns-Chesham loop Hills and Vales 18th April 2011Jakob and I decided to do a <a href="http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Walks/CCV_Walk_Five.aspx">walk</a> to break in our new boots before attempting Ben Nevis later this year. So on the 28th April 2011 we left Romford heading to Liverpool St ,where we got the Metropolitan line to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesham">Chesham</a> , a 1hour 50 minute journey. This walk was a 8 mile loop that ended up being something like 13 to 14 miles thanks to navigation errors ( Shouldn't have listened to Jakob lol).<br />
After exiting the station at Chesham we headed onto Chesham's Hight street (pic below)<br />
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We then headed off out of Chesham into Pednor road,where I thought I'd ask a man directions to make sure we were on track. Just my luck to ask a deaf old git who didn't know where he was!! lol. Then we walked off into Drydell Lane, where we made our first navigation error.It said just under a kilometre to Blind lane.Me not knowing how to estimate kilometres (should be miles) I listened to Jakob who said we'd gone too far.We walked up and down the same stretch of roads for ages looking for the metal 5 bar gate and a bridleway next to it .It was then Jakob said we must have to climb that gate there and walk through the field of cabbages. I did say that didn't look right and I can't see a bridleway, anyway I was fed up with the same stretch of road, so we headed off into the cabbages, I said lets cut into them woods, where we came across a man, who we asked where Blind lane was. He didn't know. He got out his easel to start painting. I said to Jakob lets head back onto the road and follow it.I then stopped to have a quick wee, I was halfway through when I looked round to see the man painting away. Whoops forgot about him, I'm probably immortalised in a painting taking a piss lol. Lovely bluebells in the wood though!!<br />
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Back on the road again we saw loads of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kites">red kites</a> lovely. After a while we came across Blind Lane, shouldn't have listened to Jakob it wasn't that much further lol.<br />
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We stopped for a few pictures along Blind lane see the 3 below. We also saw two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Hare">hares</a> dart away, Jakob shouted out but I was too slow with the camera to get any pictures. Then a red kite flew feet away from our heads. brilliant!<br />
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We left Blind lane onto Little Hundridge Lane past Redding farm through the squeezer gate below.<br />
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after a couple more squeezer gates we reached a sharp uphill stretch,he's Jakob pondering the thought of climbing it lol.<br />
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View from the top of the sharp uphill.<br />
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We then walked along Hollow way pictured below.<br />
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and out into fields.<br />
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Then another sharp uphill and a sign saying beware of Bulls. <br />
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What's that Jakob "Balls"???<br />
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Ah "bulls" lol.<br />
We came out opposite The Bell pub in Chartridge lane only to find it closed ,disappointing!!! :( <br />
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After another small navigation error we walked round the whole of a field the wrong way, adding more mileage lol. Then a really steep uphill, see below.<br />
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Then at last a open pub, <a href="http://www.chilterns-stay.co.uk/the-blue-ball-asheridge.aspx">The Blue Ball Freehouse </a>on Asheridge Road!!<br />
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Where me and Jakob, enjoyed a beverage. Lovely!!! The landlady wasn't exactly too friendly though!! (Jakob can I have a pear cider please? Landlady " we don't do pear cider we have Magners though" Jakob "that is Pear cider!!" lol)<br />
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We headed off cut through Widmore farm into a wood pictured below.<br />
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Then uphill to Captains wood, where we made our final navigation error, we didn't know where we were supposed to exit one tree looks the same as another lol.<br />
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We eventually emerged onto an industrial estate instead of some fines views promised and Lowndres park. Oh well we trundled through town towards the station. Then came across a flooded subway, Jakob said its not too deep , so through we go. Jakob then got a booty lol, thankfully my new boots are waterproof and I ran through quickly so as not to chance it. We then then reached the station for our journey home .<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-43797304379392393272010-08-29T15:19:00.000+01:002019-01-14T18:57:08.836+00:00A walk around Constable Country 28th August 2010My family and I set off from home for a hours drive up the A12 to Start our walk around the various places that inspired many of John Constables paintings, and takes us through both Essex and Suffolk.. Our first and starting point was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedham,_Essex">Dedham</a> in Essex.<br />
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We walked up into Dedham village and had a nose around in a Art and craft centre before finding the footpath that leads us onto Flatford Mill along the beautiful River Stour.<br />
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Below is Bridge cottage by the hump back bridge..........<br />
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We came across a John Constable exhibition which we had a quick look around.It is amazing those old buildings how low the ceilings and doors were!! and I'm not even tall lol.<br />
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We then came across the location of Constable's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Constable_006.jpg">Boat building painting</a>, picture below....<br />
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We then set off along a lane past a beautiful B&B (pic below) and then onto Flatford Mill.<br />
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We now arrive at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatford_Mill">Flatford Mill,</a> the location for Constables probably best known painting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haywain">The Haywain.</a>....<br />
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We now set off for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bergholt">East Bergholt</a>, the birthplace of John Constable.......<br />
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At the top of the hill we come to The church in East Bergholt where Constables parents are buried....<br />
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We then walk into East Bergholt to the <a href="http://www.suffolkcamra.co.uk/pubs/pub/247">Red lion</a> for a lovely dinner........<br />
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We now backtrack a little that finds the footpath back to Dedham......<br />
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We made our way back along the Stour to Dedham......<br />
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We reached Dedham, and decided to take a rowing boat out along the Stour. Mel rowed us into a tree and freaked George out for the rest of the trip, and he was only happy when I was rowing lol. It was certainly a hell of a lot harder to row back upstream!!<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-11252635477618118512010-06-29T20:11:00.000+01:002019-01-14T19:12:36.640+00:00Two Peaks Snowdon and Scafell Pike 27th to 29th June 2010After months of planning for the three peaks challenge, it was cancelled. I had already taken money for the J.A.C.K charity and donated it, so I felt I had to do something ,plus I was really looking forward to it anyway.<br />
So I decided that my mate Steve and I would take on the highest peak in Wales and England (Snowdon and Scafell Pike) over two days as I was doing all the driving between peaks.<br />
So on Sunday the 27th June 2010 we left Romford at 6am for a 4 and a half hour drive to the Base of Snowdon.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SNOWDON (</b></i><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="cy" xml:lang="cy"><i>Yr Wyddfa)</i></span></b><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> 27th June 2010</b></i></span> <br />
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We decided to take the Llanberis Path up Snowdon. After parking in <a href="http://www.llanberis.com/">Llanberis</a> we made our way pass the <a href="http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/">Snowdon Mountain railway </a>that takes the lazy people up Snowdon and made our way to the path.This is my first mountain climb and I really wasn't sure what to expect or how difficult I would find it! I needn't worried, it was fantastic even if I did walk like I had shat myself at the end of the day, my legs did ache a little lol.<br />
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<b>Distance - 5 miles (10 miles return) Grade - Moderate Mountain Walk Grid Ref. - SH 581594.</b><br />
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At first, the path winds steeply up the metalled track, with Coed Victoria, a small partly felled conifer plantation, on your left.At the gate, look behind you at the fine view of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanberis_Pass">Llanberis Pass</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_Padarn">Llyn Padarn</a>, the Padarn Country Park and the old slate quarry, now the site of a huge underground pumped storage scheme.<br />
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The path now climbs gently, parallel with the railway track on the right. Eventually you come to a gate and a stile where the railway crosses the path over a bridge. Up the valley you can see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moel_Hebog">Moel Hebog</a> in the distance over Bwlch Cwmbrwynog, the pass between<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clogwyn_Du%27r_Arddu"> Clogwyn Du’r Arddu</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moel_Cynghorion">Moel Cynghorion</a>. Further on you will see a huge rock, Maen Du’r Arddu, in the valley to the right of Clogwyn Du’r Arddu. Local legend has it that if a person should spend a night under the rock, the morning will find him either a poet or a madman. It is now a short walk to the Half Way House at 1,700ft., where in summer, when the train is running, you can buy refreshments. I stopped here and had some water, chocolate and mints before continuing up.<br />
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The climbing now begins in earnest, for the left-hand path is the one you must take. It is known locally as “Allt Moses” (Moses’ Hill). The ground is loose and bouldery and very slippery in wet weather. Good boots are essential from here on. Whilst resting during the steep ascent, look down to your right and you will see the sinister green waters of Llyn Du’r Arddu, where the miners used to wash the copper ore.<br />
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Soon you pass under the railway track once more, close to Clogwyn Station, where you are rewarded by a fine view of the Llanberis Pass and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyderau">Glyderau</a> opposite. The cwm below you is Cwm Glas Bach, also known locally as Cwm Hetiau (the Cwm of Hats). In the days of open trains the wind used to blow off travellers’ hats, and if a local person needed a new hat he had only to look about in the cwm to find one!<br />
Today was no different,I took my cap off before the wind took it away!<br />
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The path becomes even steeper from now on. The lake you can see over the top of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clogwyn_Du%27r_Arddu">Clogwyn Du’r Arddu</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_Cwellyn">Llyn Cwellyn</a>, which supplies <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarfon">Caernarfon</a> with its water.<br />
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The path soon levels out and on your right, you will see the Snowdon Ranger Path. From now on, the path is well defined. Shortly you will be able to see a monolith marker stone, where the Snowdon Ranger Path, that used to be on your right, meets the railway track. A few yards further on, you come to another, larger, monolith at Bwlch Glas, which marks the top of the famous zigzag on the Pyg Track to your left. It is now only about 15 minutes to the top.<br />
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Looking down on our path up.<br />
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A Happy Me on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdon">Snowdon summit</a> after a 2 hour 15 minute climb!! 3,560ft 1085 metres!<br />
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Steve on the summit in the now misty conditions, no view to be had from the summit!.<br />
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We had a hot chocolate in the cafe and bought some gifts and sent a postcard from the Uk's highest postbox.<br />
Now the descent, we got down in 1 hour 30 minutes.<br />
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Got to see the second half of England v Germany in the world cup game in a pub down in Llanberis. Only wished I hadn't! The pub was full of Germany supporting Welsh and Engalnd lost 4-1!! and there was me standing there in a England shirt...embarrassing!<br />
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We then popped round to <a href="http://www.petes-eats.co.uk/">Petes Eats</a> for dinner before attempting to find a bed in <a href="http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/wales/hostels/Llanberis/index.aspx">Llanberis YHA</a> but his was full so we got a bed in <a href="http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/wales/hostels/pen-y-pass/index.aspx">Pen-Y-Pass YHA</a> for £20 each for the night.Popped outside to take in the views ofg Snowdon from the hostel, don't look half as big from here!<br />
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Not a bad hostel, apart from the Chinese fellas going on all night asking some poor guy questions about the UK. Thought they'd never shut up. Had a ale and some toast , a shower and then was out like a light!<br />
One thing that springs to mind was the weather, people always say it always rain in Wales!! Not when I've been there the weather has always been kind!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>SCAFELL PIKE </b><b>, The Lake District 28th June 2010</b></i></span><br />
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The next morning we were up at 7am, had breakfast and were ready for the 4 and a half hour drive to Wasdale in the Lake district to climb <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scafell_Pike">Scafell Pike</a>. at 3,210ft 978 metres using the brown tongue path.We parked up by <a href="http://www.wasdale.com/">Wasdale Inn</a> ready for the climb.<br />
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<b>Route 1. Via Brown Tongue. 2½ miles. 2,993 feet of ascent.</b><br />
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This is the shortest and easiest way to the summit of Scafell, much used by charity challengers and peak baggers. It is also probably the least interesting way to the top of England's highest peak, but it does have the appeal of a well made path of stone steps as a sure-fire (if unattractive) guide to the summit. Be warned however that the summit area and to a lesser extent the depression at Hollow Stones is still a place which disorientates the unwary in mist, and no-one should attempt to climb Scafell without the necessary navigational skills and equipment to get unlost if this happens.<br />
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The track starts at the National Trust car park just beyond the head of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastwater">Wastwater</a> along the lane to Brackenclose. Just beyond the car park a sign points you in the right direction and you head up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingmell">Lingmell Gill</a> beside its tumbling water (the prettiest part of the entire route). You begin to emerge from the confines of the ravine at a stile where the path from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasdale_Head">Wasdale head</a> comes in from the left.<br />
We dipped our caps in the stream to cool our heads down,worked a treat.<br />
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A little way beyond here it is necessary to cross the stream on stepping stones which can be precarious after rain. On the other side of the stream, the yellow brick road heads steeply and relentlessly upwards below a parallel grassy ridge (the Brown Tongue).<br />
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At around 1770ft. you come to a junction. The right fork heads towards the imposing cliffs of Scafell (route 2). The Brown Tongue route takes the left fork and after negotiating the tumble of glacial debris known as 'Hollow Stones', continues at an easier gradient to reach the col between Scafell Pike and Lingmell.We stopped here for a rest and some bananas and water. It is very easy to lose the path here as there are rocks everywhere and the path isn't so distinctive. We watched two girls take the wrong way and ended up having to scramble over rocks to get back to the path.<br />
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The summit of Scafell is quite broad and very rocky.<br />
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The summit furniture includes the old O.S. 'trig' column and a massive cairn which actually looks more like a ruined castle than a cairn.<br />
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The conditions on the summit were atrocious! High winds, rain and cloud cover. However I was very happy to reach the summit after a 2 hour 10 minute climb. I had a short rest and made my way down, no photos on the way down, just wanted to get out of the rain. I was very wet by the botttom . Found out my boots weren't waterproof! Took 1 hour 30 minutes to get off the mountain. The path had became very slippery in the rain.</div>
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Quickly changed into dry socks and shoes and off into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Biggest_Liar">Ritsons bar </a>for a drink!<br />
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I then made the decision to stay the night rather than drive home as it would be gone midnight by the time I got back and didn't want to drive tired.We got ourselves booked into the <a href="http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/the-lake-district/hostels/Wastwater/index.aspx">Wastwater YHA</a> for £19 for the night. Got our wet gear into the dry room which most was still wet in the morning. Made some dinner, chatted to some nice fellas from Holland who were motorbiking it around The Lakes<br />
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It rained all night, however the morning was different. whilst waiting to see if we could have a cooked breakfast as there was a power cut. We strolled across the front of the YHA to the Wastwater lake. Words can't describe , but pictures have a go.<br />
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The power was back on a full breakfast was had, Bacon,sausage,scrambled eggs,hash brown,baked beans,mushrooms,tomato,toast and jam,croissant and jam,yoghurt and tea and coffee not bad for £4.95 .<br />
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Thank you to everyone that sponsored me and thank to Mel and the kids for allowing me the time away to do these amazing climbs.<br />
Ben Nevis is still waiting as this was part of the original 3 peaks....maybe soon.<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-21178555567671413542010-06-21T08:59:00.001+01:002010-06-21T08:59:32.658+01:00Mountain ClimbingWith the three peaks challenge officially cancelled due to being let down with transport etc... I've decided to go and do a couple myself with my mate Steve Jago..... blog to follow soon!!Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-42228784064928901402010-05-24T17:33:00.000+01:002019-01-14T19:16:18.482+00:00Glider Lesson at Marlow Buckinghamshire on 24th May 2010I was bought a Trial Glider lesson by my family as a 40th Birthday present, and what a present to remember!!<br />
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On 24th May 2010 My mate Dave and I left Romford for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlow,_Buckinghamshire">Marlow, Buckinghamshire</a>.Lucky enough we left early as we experienced traffic as roads were closed due to accidents. On the plus side it was a very hot and sunny day! I saw two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kites">Red kites</a> on the way down, forgot there were in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilterns">The Chilterns</a>, lovely.<br />
We arrived at <a href="http://www.bookergliding.co.uk/">Booker Gliding centre </a>half hour early. As luck would have it the person whose lesson was booked before me hadn't arrived yet and I could get up early....RESULT!!<br />
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After filling in some paperwork, We headed over to the airfield where I met my instructor who was taking me up. We made our way over to the glider and the instructor got her ready for flight.<br />
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It was then explained to me what each instrument was for in the cockpit (airspeed, altitude etc) and what to expect from my lesson today. I was soon to be up and being in control of a glider!<br />
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My pilot then went on to explain how to fit my parachute and how to eject the canopy of the glider and climb out of the glider and pull my chute." I wouldn't mind a parachute jump , just not today" I remember saying lol.<br />
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Once hooked up to the tow plane, we were moving. I didn't expect the glider to be airborne before the tow plane though!<br />
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We were quickly up to 2000 ft where we were then released from the tow plane and allowed to glide. However there wasn't many thermals to be found and didn't rise up any higher.<br />
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Steering the glider with the stick and pedals to control the rudders , was easier than I thought it would be, however they are very sensitive and on one turn I was told its not a spitfire you can turn on its wings and that while he could do that sort of thing it was best I didn't for now lol <br />
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We were up for about 25 minutes, but eventually we run out of thermals and was losing height so we had to come down down and land. The landing was very bumpy to say the least! What an experience! It was extremely hot under that canopy, glad I took a baseball cap and sunglasses!<br />
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Don't think I'll be taking it up as a hobby though!!..... £995 for a 28 lesson course that will see me flying solo, then £615 pa to join the club plus extras eg glider hire etc<br />
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Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562579133867353788.post-56298467081337224892010-04-03T11:08:00.000+01:002010-04-03T11:08:57.229+01:00First post coming soonFirst post will be coming soon........ I have a Aerotow Glider flight booked for the 24th May 2010 at Marlow, Buckinghamshire so this will be the first post,unless I decide to do anything else crazy enough before then :)Chris Mathiesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985358982983906391noreply@blogger.com0