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Friday, 17 August 2012
Aug 17
I apologize for the decreasing quality and quantity of my posts, but I'm just sick of it. Blogging. I just want to get home right now. Last night I stayed up till midnight and I woke up at seven, so I'm exhausted right now. 
Aug 13
About a week ago, we went riding up on exmoor. It took a while to drive to the place, but it was worth it. The horse I was on was called shayne, and I liked him because he didn't like the steep hills either. We rode on exmoor for about an hour, and then we drove back home. That day was very fun. You have to kind of relax to stay on a horse, because if you tense you rock side to side and eventually fall off.
Sometime later, we went to Clovelly, a tiny village that's kind of not really a village because it's so old and has only one street. That, and the fact that it's so steep that a car without a good parking brake would just roll away. There was also donkey rides available, but we didn't get around to doing those because we were kinda done with it.
Sometime later, we went to Clovelly, a tiny village that's kind of not really a village because it's so old and has only one street. That, and the fact that it's so steep that a car without a good parking brake would just roll away. There was also donkey rides available, but we didn't get around to doing those because we were kinda done with it.
Aug 7
Hi, I know I haven't been posting much lately, but that's mainly because I'm really fed up with blogging. I mean, like, I've been doing it for four and a half months, wouldn't you be?
Ok, now on to the actual subject.
Bout a week ago we switched house swaps to Barnstaple, and this house is really old, like old enough to have had a thatched roof when it was built. So, as a result the stairs are really suckky, like they're warped and tilted and stuff, and the upstairs hallway is also warped and sagging. Also, because it has barely any windows, it's really dark in here, so we have to have the lights on, like all the time (except when we're sleeping).
That's a basic summary of the house, now I'll take some pictures of it.
Ok, now on to the actual subject.
Bout a week ago we switched house swaps to Barnstaple, and this house is really old, like old enough to have had a thatched roof when it was built. So, as a result the stairs are really suckky, like they're warped and tilted and stuff, and the upstairs hallway is also warped and sagging. Also, because it has barely any windows, it's really dark in here, so we have to have the lights on, like all the time (except when we're sleeping).
That's a basic summary of the house, now I'll take some pictures of it.
Monday, 16 July 2012
Warkworth Castle
The day before yesterday, we went and saw Warkworth castle. Now this castle was a serious hard-core castle. On the way in you would have had to pass by about ten arrowslits, through two portcullises and then across the daunting expanse of bailey to get in to the keep.
Warkworth is amazing. The keep is very complex, and we pretty much saw all of it except for the walls, which were mainly barred off.
The best part is... I remembered to take pictures! Woohoo!!
So ya.
Warkworth is amazing. The keep is very complex, and we pretty much saw all of it except for the walls, which were mainly barred off.
The best part is... I remembered to take pictures! Woohoo!!
So ya.
Friday, 13 July 2012
Friday 13 July 2012
Yesterday, we went to see Aydon castle and Chester's roman fort witch was funny.
All roman forts back then had a strong room, right? Well this one was totally flooded because of all the intense rain we've been having recently.
Today we're planning on going to see another castle. We're really doing some hardcore castle stuff lately!
Did you know, that prudhoe castle was the only castle in Northumberland never to be taken by the scots? Well it's not surprising, given its gate system, witch consists of a gate, a steep drawbridge, and another gate. Other castles have something more like just a gate.
That's about all I have to say for now.
All roman forts back then had a strong room, right? Well this one was totally flooded because of all the intense rain we've been having recently.
Today we're planning on going to see another castle. We're really doing some hardcore castle stuff lately!
Did you know, that prudhoe castle was the only castle in Northumberland never to be taken by the scots? Well it's not surprising, given its gate system, witch consists of a gate, a steep drawbridge, and another gate. Other castles have something more like just a gate.
That's about all I have to say for now.
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Food
This is a post about interesting food. One of the photos is a pastry in Paris called a "religieuse" and the other one is of peas that I arranged in a yin-yang on the ferry from to Roscoff to Plymouth.
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