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.
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.
July 10, 2012
Ok, so after we left the train station, we drove to the village our house swap is in, Wylam. It so happens that George Stephenson's cottage is in this village, and that is super cool.
Since we got here, we have visited prudhoe castle, a nearby English heritage property, and gone for a ride on Hadrian's Cycleway, a bike path going who knows how far parallel to Hadrian's Wall.
Hadrian's Cycleway is a very pleasant bike path, that I have ridden from Wylam to Ovingham(2miles) and back several times. I like riding it a lot. That's about all I have to say apart from that yesterday, we went back to Prudhoe to arm ourselves. Tobin and I got daggers and eva got a greatsword. They are AWESOME!
That's about it.
Since we got here, we have visited prudhoe castle, a nearby English heritage property, and gone for a ride on Hadrian's Cycleway, a bike path going who knows how far parallel to Hadrian's Wall.
Hadrian's Cycleway is a very pleasant bike path, that I have ridden from Wylam to Ovingham(2miles) and back several times. I like riding it a lot. That's about all I have to say apart from that yesterday, we went back to Prudhoe to arm ourselves. Tobin and I got daggers and eva got a greatsword. They are AWESOME!
That's about it.
Monday 9 July 2012
July 4, 2012
Yesterday, we left Plougonvelin, took a bus to Brest, took a train to and from there to Roscoff and then a long ferry to Plymouth and then we took a taxi to a hotel called the st Rita hotel, witch had beds with very different qualitys(like, one was super hard, like they forgot the padding between you and the springs, while another was so mushy you'd think they forgot the springs.
Today, we got up, went to the train station, and took a train allllllllllllllllllllllllll the way to Newcastle. Right now we're just about to leave the train station with a car rental.
That's about it.
Today, we got up, went to the train station, and took a train allllllllllllllllllllllllll the way to Newcastle. Right now we're just about to leave the train station with a car rental.
That's about it.
July 2, 2012
Oh my gosh! I totally forget what we did after the crozon peninsula, apart from going back to do sand sailing(which was totally awesome)
Sand sailing is basically sailing, but on a huge beach with small three wheeled vehicles that you steer with foot pedals instead of boats. After that we hung out on the beach, drew in the flat sand, and got sunburnt:-(
Recently we went back to Le Conquet to do a coastal walk, but got sidetracked and ended up waiting on another fairly large beach so Lise and Jeff could go get the car.
Today we went to St renan for an awesome market, and it was awesome. We also went back to Fort De Berthaume, and since it opened up today, we were allowed to get in and see it. It is pretty cool, and the zip line looked amazing, but we decided it was getting late.
Sand sailing is basically sailing, but on a huge beach with small three wheeled vehicles that you steer with foot pedals instead of boats. After that we hung out on the beach, drew in the flat sand, and got sunburnt:-(
Recently we went back to Le Conquet to do a coastal walk, but got sidetracked and ended up waiting on another fairly large beach so Lise and Jeff could go get the car.
Today we went to St renan for an awesome market, and it was awesome. We also went back to Fort De Berthaume, and since it opened up today, we were allowed to get in and see it. It is pretty cool, and the zip line looked amazing, but we decided it was getting late.
Sunday 1 July 2012
The Crozon Peninsula
Several days ago we took a trip to the crozon peninsula and camped for two nights at a campsite called"Camping l'Armorique".
During our time on the crozon peninsula, the first day, finding that the labirynth was closed, we went further out on the road of no name, and found ourselves at point de dinan. We walked all the long way out the point, and what we found there, instead of the castle we were supposed to be able to see, all we foun was eighty-six trillion tons of wind. It was so much that you could actually lean on it, like a lot.
The next day, we were going to do a trip on a boat that goes inside caves, but we decided to do the labyrinth instead. So, we went over there and it was open, so we went in. This labyrinth wasn't just a normal labyrinth, you had to get to different points along the way, marked by colored flags, that had the next section of a story on a sign. We were in that labyrinth for two hours, and we still didn't find all of the story, so at the end, we cheated through underneath to the section that we missed, and read it.
That night, I had an extremely painful cramp in my neck, and got barely any sleep.
The next day, we packed up and left, and that was about it.
Oh ya, I forgot to mention that as we were leaving, we went to biscuiterie Jain, basically a factory outlet(something like that anyway) that has a big selection of cookies:-):-D:-b(emoticons eating cookies).
During our time on the crozon peninsula, the first day, finding that the labirynth was closed, we went further out on the road of no name, and found ourselves at point de dinan. We walked all the long way out the point, and what we found there, instead of the castle we were supposed to be able to see, all we foun was eighty-six trillion tons of wind. It was so much that you could actually lean on it, like a lot.
The next day, we were going to do a trip on a boat that goes inside caves, but we decided to do the labyrinth instead. So, we went over there and it was open, so we went in. This labyrinth wasn't just a normal labyrinth, you had to get to different points along the way, marked by colored flags, that had the next section of a story on a sign. We were in that labyrinth for two hours, and we still didn't find all of the story, so at the end, we cheated through underneath to the section that we missed, and read it.
That night, I had an extremely painful cramp in my neck, and got barely any sleep.
The next day, we packed up and left, and that was about it.
Oh ya, I forgot to mention that as we were leaving, we went to biscuiterie Jain, basically a factory outlet(something like that anyway) that has a big selection of cookies:-):-D:-b(emoticons eating cookies).
June 20, 2012
Yesterday, we went to see a menhir, but we had some trouble finding it:-)
It was called Menhir de Kerloas, and it was bigger than any of the standing stones of Stonehenge!
Today, we went to a village not far from Plougonvelin called Le Conquet, and went on an amazing walk following little plaques with crabs on them, and I got some photos of stuff we saw, so ya.
It was called Menhir de Kerloas, and it was bigger than any of the standing stones of Stonehenge!
Today, we went to a village not far from Plougonvelin called Le Conquet, and went on an amazing walk following little plaques with crabs on them, and I got some photos of stuff we saw, so ya.
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