I went to see The Boat Race mid-course, at Hammersmith Bridge. Oxford were a good length behind when they passed. Listen out for the guy in video shouting, "Oxford you're f***ed, you're f***ed Oxford!" ... Maybe that's what inspired them on to pull through to over a 2 length win over Cambridge by the end!
Monday 30 March 2009
Saturday 28 March 2009
"The Clink"
Ha ha, I didn't actually know that this was a real place. It where the reference, "sent to the clink" (Prison) comes from.
Clink street prison was a notorious medieval prison I'm told.
Clink street prison was a notorious medieval prison I'm told.
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Sir Francis Drakes ship! and the worlds first maratime museum ...
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Sculpture on the South Bank
A pretty neat sculpture on the South Bank in London ...
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Players in a Tunnel
Deliberately chosen I would think - a group belting out the four seasons in a tunnel on the south bank ...
St. Paul's Cathedral
Yet another beautiful building in London. Built by Christopher Wren, the man who seems to have built everything in this city back then ...
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Monument
Ever since I got to London the Monument was under scaffolding for renovations. This 61 meter tall structure was the tallest thing in the city for quite some time after it was erected 7 years after the great fire of London in in 1666. The height of the Monument is the exact distance that it is from the bakery on Pudding Lane where the fire started. Over three hundred years of city grime deposited on it has now been removed, while still preserving most of the original stonework. To look at, it's not that special, but when you know the history behind it it's pretty amazing. Worth waiting a year and a half to see.
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Cornwall Beaches
Sennen Cove was this beautiful beach near lands end. There was a few other cracker as we headed up the coast too. Surfing heaven I'd say ...
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Lands End
The most westerly point in Britain. Over 800 miles to John 'O' Groats on the northern tip of Scotland. We here in March and was very obviously the low season despite the weather being lovely. They had this tasteless Victorian theme village built there, but it was all closed and abandoned looking. We were the only two people walking around and the car park was empty. Just after we took our obligatory photo at the Lands End sign a guy walked up and started dismantling it ... It was like the world fair had come and gone ... errie place - Quite different in the summer I'd say.
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St. Ive's
This was a nice little spot. The town became a big artists haven early last century and still is today. Lovely beach (as is the case all over Cornwall) and a really cool little church up on top of a hill looking out onto the Atlantic.
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Buckfast Abbey
We just had to stop here - Buckfast Abbey - the stuff of college legend when monk brew their legendary tonic wine. Sure enough , tucked away in the corner of the monks shop was the Buckfast Wine. I think that they're a little embarassed about the popularity of the wine.
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Salisbury Cathedral
Passing through Salisbury we stopped at the very impressive Salisbury Cathedral. It's massive and I'd to stand well back to take a photo. Inside they have one of the original copies of the Magna Carta in the chapter house. I'd to be satisfied to see peer through the window at it as they closed by the time I got there. Great anyways though!
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Stone Henge
Not far outside Salisbury we visited Stone Henge - the ancient stone circle of monoliths. I've probably got the historical terminology wrong there but you get the idea and it's very famous. You do get to go fairly close but you can't touch it. Pretty impressive nonetheless.
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