Comments on: Wells – Day Three

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:37:03 +0000

It is always interesting to discover the history of place names. Wiki on the ‘Street’ I mention in my post:

The settlement’s earliest known name is Lantokay, meaning the sacred enclosure of Kea, a Celtic saint. In the Domesday Book it was recorded as Strate, and also Lega, a name still used throughout the country in the modern form, “Leigh”. The centre of Street is where Lower Leigh hamlet was, and the road called Middle Leigh and the community called Overleigh are to the south of the village. In the 12th century, a causeway from Glastonbury was built to transport stone from what is now Street for rebuilding Glastonbury Abbey after a fire, and Street’s name is derived from the Latin strata – a paved road. The causeway is about 100 yards (90 m) north of a Roman road.

I am always hungry for knowledge

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:28:27 +0000

I quite like getting lost in the English countryside

My comment on the guests that I overheard was rather generous. The guests talked about observations but missed the (quite obvious) point on why things happened as they did…

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:36:38 +0000

Overall, it was a good day

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:29:10 +0000

HaHaHa

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:26:10 +0000

The wedding breakfast chairs are the fashion of the day, I like the ensemble. But my own choice (for me) was a less formal more personal arrangement

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:19:39 +0000

It is a quaint English word

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:17:09 +0000

Slight speed bump in the matrimonial harmony, eh?

No James, Mr C’s humpiness was with the universe not me

By: London Caller

London Caller — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:51:35 +0000

There’s a place there called “Street”?
Is their main street known just as “the Street”?
I came across such street, The Street, in a small village called Oare in Kent.
Saw some seals on Isle of Sheppey.

There’s a place called Ham in Kent too
And Sandwich.
English towns make me hungry.

By: Mr C

Mr C — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:03:32 +0000

Ginnie, I feel I must point out that the phrase “getting the hump” completely overstates things. I was barely miffed, just a bit huffy is all. It was nothing that an early glass of alcohol couldn’t (nor didn’t) put right.

By: Amfortas

Amfortas — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:42:27 +0000

One of the joys of Britain is that when one gets lost, somewhere is only five minutes away. That five minutes can reveal a great deal. Beautiful facade: great ruin; tall table decorations; perfect bench; very generous observation of the other guests’ overhearings. All in all a full day.