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  • Day 2

    Edinburgh - (1)

    July 10, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city was historically part of the county of Midlothian (formally called the "county of Edinburgh" or Edinburghshire until 1947), but was administered separately from the surrounding county from 1482. It is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom.Read more

  • Day 2

    Hadrians Wall & Angel of North

    July 10, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Hadrian's Wall

    Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Running from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west of what is now northern England, it was a stone wall with large ditches in front of it and behind it that crossed the whole width of the island. Soldiers were garrisoned along the line of the wall in large forts, smaller milecastles and intervening turrets. In addition to the wall's defensive military role, its gates may have been customs posts.

    Hadrian's Wall

    The location of Hadrian's Wall in what is now northern England, and the later Antonine Wall in what is now the Central Belt of Scotland

    LocationNorthern EnglandCoordinates55°01′27″N 2°17′33″WLength73 miles (117 km)Built122 ADBuilt forHadrianVisitors100,000+ annuallyGoverning bodyHistoric EnglandOwnerVarious private and public ownerships

    Angel of the North

    This article is about the sculpture. For the Finnish film, see Angel of the North (film).

    The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is believed to be the largest sculpture of an angel in the world and is viewed by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to the A1 and A167 roads and the East Coast Main Line.[1][2] The design of the Angel, like many of Gormley's works, is based on Gormley's own body. The COR-TEN weathering steel material gives the sculpture its distinctive rusty, oxidised colour. It stands 20 metres (66 ft) tall with a wingspan of 54 metres (177 ft), larger than that of a Boeing 757 aircraft. The vertical ribs on its body and wings act as an external skeleton which direct oncoming wind to the sculpture's foundations, allowing it to withstand wind speeds of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
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  • Day 2

    Durham - England

    July 10, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Durham is a city in northeast England, south of Newcastle upon Tyne. The River Wear loops around the Romanesque Durham Cathedral and Norman Durham Castle. North of the castle, 13th-century, medieval Crook Hall is home to gardens and a maze. South of the river, Durham University offers a Botanic Garden with woodland and tropical plants, and the Oriental Museum exhibiting Asian, Egyptian and Middle Eastern artefacts.Read more

  • Day 1

    York - England (2)

    July 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Golden Fleece, York

    The Golden Fleece is an inn in York, England, which has a free house pub on the ground floor and four guest bedrooms above. It dates back to at least the early 16th century, and claims to be the most haunted public house in York.

    The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York 
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  • Day 1

    York - England (1)

    July 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which were built over the last nine centuries on the south side of the River Foss. The now ruined keep of the medieval Norman castle is commonly referred to as Clifford's Tower. Built originally on the orders of William I to dominate the former Viking city of Jórvík, the castle suffered a tumultuous early history before developing into a major fortification with extensive water defences.

    Margaret Clitherow (1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church,[2] known as "the Pearl of York". She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests. She was canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI.

    Guy Fawkes

    Guy took the name Guido during his time in Spain.

    1570AD - 1606AD

    On 5th November 1605 a York man, Guy Fawkes, was discovered about to ignite 36 barrels of gunpowder underneath the Houses of Parliament.  His aim was to spark a Catholic revolution.
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  • Day 1

    Stratford upon Avon (2)

    July 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Throughout the old town of Stratford after exiting Shakespeare's original family house.

    Stratford-upon-Avon (/-ˈeɪvən/), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire,[2] in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, 91 miles (146 km) north-west of London, 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Birmingham and 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Warwick.[3] The town is the southernmost point of the Arden area on the edge of the Cotswolds.[4] In the 2021 census Stratford had a population of 30,495.[5]Read more

  • Day 1

    Stratford upon Avon

    July 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Birthplace of Shakespeare in 1564.
    He died in 1616.
    Married Anne Hathaway.
    Architecture is predominantly Tudor style.
    The original house was owned by William's father John since 1552.
    John was a renowned glove maker which took 7 years to become qualified. He was obviously successful as Shakespeare's house was considered grand for its time.Read more

  • Day 3

    Harrods & stuff on the way.

    July 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Harrods of London visit & a few random pics whilst walking around.

    Also bought a Tube Day Pass and used the rail underground a fair bit.

    Harrods is a London icon and one of Europe’s largest upmarket department stores, covering an area of around 5 acres. You’ll find over 330 retailers selling luxury items of clothing, jewellery and bridalwear, but you’ll also find electronics, packaged gifts, health and beauty items, home appliances, and houseware.

    Harrods resides within a listed 19th-century building, attracting just as many architecture and history buffs as shopping enthusiasts. Besides its retailers, the 7-storey mall houses acclaimed food halls, restaurants, monuments and custom arcade games. It can attract up to 300,000 visitors per day, including famous names and even royals.
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  • Day 3

    St Pauls Cathedral & Shakespeares Globe

    July 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    St Paul's Cathedral & Shakespeare's Globe (theatre).

    St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade I listed building. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604.[1] The present structure, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction, completed in Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme in the city after the Great Fire of London.[2] The earlier Gothic cathedral (Old St Paul's Cathedral), largely destroyed in the Great Fire, was a central focus for medieval and early modern London, including Paul's walk and St Paul's Churchyard, being the site of St Paul's Cross.

    Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames. The original theatre was built in 1599, destroyed by a fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern Globe Theatre is an academic approximation based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings. It is considered quite realistic, though modern safety requirements mean that it accommodates only 1,400 spectators compared to the original theatre's 3,000.[1][2]
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