Today, in spite of the rain, a longtime birding friend and I went to a nearby lake. It was a good day — nesting Little Grebes with at least one fluffy young on the nest being fed by a visiting … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Well, I am back home. Minus luggage for a while, but it did turn up. And I brought home a cold. That was NOT a good exchange, airline people! I have since been trying to do my taxes and write … Continue reading
Quintessential Britain? A cathedral, a red doubledecker bus and a book fair… HISTORY!!! The Shambles The ancient street of the butchers of York, mentioned in the Doomsday book of William the Conquerer… Lendal Tower dating from about … Continue reading
So what research am I doing anyway, you may ask? The book I am writing at the moment is Book 3 of The Forsaken Lands, and that is set in a world that equates with our 18th century Netherlands and … Continue reading
The photos below all show the mash-up of styles that occurs when a church is built over a long period of time — and then repaired and extended as the years go by. The end result is an extraordinary building. … Continue reading
The Hospital of St Cross (and remember it wasn’t a hospital in the modern sense) was founded in the 1130s by Henri de Blois, the Bishop of Winchester. He was a grandson of William the Conqueror and the brother of … Continue reading