I thought the pictures I took of the Coldstream Guards at the Tower of London were perfect for this week’s PhotoHunt theme. The first picture shows Tower Green and the other two were taken outside Waterloo Barracks where the crown jewels are housed. The Armchair General tells me the cannons are French six-pounders [...]
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Tower Bridge
The Tower of London wall walk provides some great views of Tower Bridge and from this viewpoint the scaffolding and envirowraps are hidden. The bridge is currently undergoing a three year restoration programme of painting works and stone cleaning. This only takes place once per quarter of a century.
I have never been in [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2009
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The Prawn Pot Incident
No day out is complete without some kind of hitch and Saturday was no different. I have got used to scaffolding obscuring my view so that didn’t worry me too much, in fact it becomes a bit of a challenge to get some decent photographs.
To have more time for exploring I decided it was [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2009
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Day Trip to London
On Saturday I went on a day trip to London where I spent most of the day in the Tower of London. The picture I showed in my previous post showed the curtain walls that surround the more usual view of the White Tower. If you look closely at the previous picture you [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Nov 2nd 2009
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Out for the Day
I had a great day out yesterday but where did I go?
13 Comments CherryPie on Nov 1st 2009
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Shades of Autumn
For a few weeks now I have been wanting to go to Attingham Park to check out the autumn colours. Yesterday was the ideal opportunity. The weather was so lovely and for once I wasn’t already busy doing something else. It was even warm enough to sit outside in the sun and enjoy coffee and [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2009
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Dunstanburgh Castle
As you can see the castle itself is very dramatic and dominates the coast line.
The principle castle remains date from the 14th century when the Earl of Lancaster (a cousin of Edward II of England) began the construction of a massive fortress which was later enlarged by John of Gaunt.
The castle is the largest in [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2009
