Today, and all is not well
Got up early to beat the school kids to the breakfast - but they were already there. Went into town to see some sites, but they didn't open until 10:30. Rang Royal Mail about my package to find that it's probably been lost (see next entry).
Awesome.
Watched a reality TV show about some guys in a competition to win a role in a Bollywood film. Fascinating.
Jumped on my bike, got lost riding in town (knew where I was, but with all the one way streets and not vehicle access and so on I couldn't work out where the hell I was supposed to be going) but finally made it into ChristChurch college to have look at the hall where Harry Potter could have been filmed, and the cathedral.
Then off to the rollright stones. Got completely lost, in the rain, finally found them and must say they were damp and unimpressive.
Then off to the Broughton Castle. Found this one ok, only one wrong turn, but it was closed (closes 15th september). So I had a walk around and lunch - it had at least stopped raining.
Then off to Boarstall Tower. Missed the turn off, so went another 10miles too far. Found it, and it was open. Yay!
It was really cool - an old gatehouse built in the 1200's and looked cool - just like you imagine a castle to look. And someone lives in it! doubly cool. The guy who showed us round was excellent, really interesting. Well worth 2.20!!
Then home, and I'm wrecked - I ended up going 130 miles today what with getting lost so much (that's about 200 kms for those without a calculator :) I must admit I don't really have the energy and will to go onto Bath tomorrow. We'll see how I'm feeling then.
Awesome.
Watched a reality TV show about some guys in a competition to win a role in a Bollywood film. Fascinating.
Jumped on my bike, got lost riding in town (knew where I was, but with all the one way streets and not vehicle access and so on I couldn't work out where the hell I was supposed to be going) but finally made it into ChristChurch college to have look at the hall where Harry Potter could have been filmed, and the cathedral.
Then off to the rollright stones. Got completely lost, in the rain, finally found them and must say they were damp and unimpressive.
Then off to the Broughton Castle. Found this one ok, only one wrong turn, but it was closed (closes 15th september). So I had a walk around and lunch - it had at least stopped raining.
Then off to Boarstall Tower. Missed the turn off, so went another 10miles too far. Found it, and it was open. Yay!
It was really cool - an old gatehouse built in the 1200's and looked cool - just like you imagine a castle to look. And someone lives in it! doubly cool. The guy who showed us round was excellent, really interesting. Well worth 2.20!!
Then home, and I'm wrecked - I ended up going 130 miles today what with getting lost so much (that's about 200 kms for those without a calculator :) I must admit I don't really have the energy and will to go onto Bath tomorrow. We'll see how I'm feeling then.
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