Monday 13
Great day - started looking miserable but I thought 'stuff it' and took off on the bike to find the weather clearing. I went back down the M11 to see the Montfichet Normady Castle. This was a wooden castle, and they had lots of nice ibts of 'education' for us to find out all about living at that time. They also had a real fire in nearly every hut which kept us warm!!
The biggest difference between this visit and everyo other bloody one was a) it was set in 1066 and b) it was also an abused animal reserve - lots of deer and chickens and sheep that had had accidents or been treated badly were wandering around 'for the rest of their natural lives.' For some reason this really appealled to me.
Then I went next door (literaly) to the Toy Museum and had a wander around that. Not bad, but not really 'educational' or (for a young un like myself) nostalgic. Did remind me of Rupert, a much loved comic I haven't read for many a year.
Then I rode a very nice 1384 up to Duxford to the Imperial War Museum.
This wasn't too bad either, but there are only so many jet fighters and so on one can look at. Highlights were going inside a real Concorde, being exposed to american propoganda in the Amrican run US exhibit and the D-Day exhibition in the land war hanger (it was mainly air war stuff)
The DDay exhibit didn't pull any punches when it talked about the fatalities and so on - with real people giving accounts of the horrific events - events that went largely to plan with 'limited' deaths!!
I don't know why I am (somewhat) fascinated by war machines, when I am so opposed to war and horror/stupidity that it entails.
The biggest difference between this visit and everyo other bloody one was a) it was set in 1066 and b) it was also an abused animal reserve - lots of deer and chickens and sheep that had had accidents or been treated badly were wandering around 'for the rest of their natural lives.' For some reason this really appealled to me.
Then I went next door (literaly) to the Toy Museum and had a wander around that. Not bad, but not really 'educational' or (for a young un like myself) nostalgic. Did remind me of Rupert, a much loved comic I haven't read for many a year.
Then I rode a very nice 1384 up to Duxford to the Imperial War Museum.
This wasn't too bad either, but there are only so many jet fighters and so on one can look at. Highlights were going inside a real Concorde, being exposed to american propoganda in the Amrican run US exhibit and the D-Day exhibition in the land war hanger (it was mainly air war stuff)
The DDay exhibit didn't pull any punches when it talked about the fatalities and so on - with real people giving accounts of the horrific events - events that went largely to plan with 'limited' deaths!!
I don't know why I am (somewhat) fascinated by war machines, when I am so opposed to war and horror/stupidity that it entails.
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