I’ve been to Caernarfon, located on the picturesque North Wales coast, a few times. But my most memorable visit took place quite a few years ago, when a friend and I were travelling through Wales together. We managed to find, on our meagre budget, a guesthouse with a view of the famous castle, a genialContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Caernarfon Castle, Wales”
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Thursday Doors – Keepers Cottage, Berkhamsted Castle
This rather lovely front door belongs to a cottage built within the ancient walls of Berkhamsted Castle, not far from where I live. The castle is Norman, motte and bailey, and has an important part in the history of Britain. It was a Saxon holding before William the Conqueror arrived in 1066, and is theContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Keepers Cottage, Berkhamsted Castle”
Thursday Doors – The Tower Of London
I will be doing a post (or two!) at some point about the Tower of London, but as it’s Thursday I thought I’d share a selection of doors from inside the fortress. The Tower, one of London’s most recognisable landmarks, is almost a thousand years old. It’s built on older Roman foundations, so there areContinue reading “Thursday Doors – The Tower Of London”
Wednesday Wander – Tenby, South Wales
This week I’m wandering to the pastel picture-postcard town of Tenby, in the south of Wales. Set on a beautiful stretch of coastline, the oldest part of the town is enclosed by a medieval stone wall, built for defense after repeated successful sackings of the then-Norman town by Welsh forces. There is thought to haveContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Tenby, South Wales”
Thursday Doors – St Margaret’s Church, Wolston
This is the doorway to the church of St Margaret, in Wolston, England. It’s a typical Norman-style church doorway – the church was built in 1186 – with a simple wooden door. Yet the colours of the stones, the simple shapes and worn lines, give it beauty, as do the fresh flowers and shrubs inContinue reading “Thursday Doors – St Margaret’s Church, Wolston”
Thursday Doors – St Mary’s Church
This is one of the entrance doors into St Mary’s Church, Hemel Hempstead. I love the colour of the wood and the curling ironwork hinges, reminiscent of the more ornate doors at Notre Dame, Paris. St Mary’s Church is in Hemel Hempstead, England. It is a Norman building, built between 1140 and 1180, and hasContinue reading “Thursday Doors – St Mary’s Church”
Thursday Doors – Abbots Langley
This is the tower door of the Church of St Lawrence in Abbots Langley. While it’s believed there was originally a Saxon church on the site, the current church was built around 1150 AD, just four years before Nicholas Breakspeare, a resident of the parish, became the first and only English Pope, Adrian IV. TheContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Abbots Langley”
Helen Glynn Jones 