History – Page 8 – Meditations

December 23, 2017

Bigod Castle

I think Bigod Castle could be wonderful. Regrettably, I could not explore the inner courtyards as, predictably, when I visited, it was closed. Don’t…

December 16, 2017

When one goes to investigate a place which no longer exists, the sense of self must be strong and rooted in the present. It…

December 12, 2017

Ele dobra o Cabo da Boa Esperança. He is rounding the Cape of Good Hope. — Portuguese proverb The Cabo das Tormentas, or Cape…

December 5, 2017

Bodiam. The name had been in my mind for a long while by the time I got around to visiting this place. I think…

December 2, 2017

The Norman keep, located within a larger Roman-era settlement, is another one of the places which I managed to visit at a very poor…

November 28, 2017

I’ll start with an admission that I spent far less time here than one could have. Not only was the English Heritage owned and…

November 25, 2017

The new house at Scotney (vis-a-vis the old one) is not the most remarkable of country houses to visit although the obvious reason to…

November 21, 2017

My first look at the Old Castle in Scotney, as they call it, was one of wonder and beauty. It looked absolutely amazing in…

November 19, 2017

Caister-on-the-Sea is regrettably one of those places which has not survived very well — though one can scarcely say that after fifteen centuries or…

November 16, 2017

I didn’t actually get to step into this one. I went there early this morning, hoping to go by the place before work and…