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Traveler Wiltshire 2023
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- Jul 7, 2023
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- England Maidstone Fremlin Walk 51.27483, 0.52316551°16’29” N 0°31’23” E
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Anreise
July 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Lange Anfahrt durch viele Staus in Belgien. Gute Reise im Tunnel, aber warm.
Maidstone schöne Unterkunft aber gruselige Umgebung. Nach längerer Fahrt dann in Corsham angekommen. Stadt und Geschäfte im Regen angeschaut, hat ohnehin alles geschlossen.Read more
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 17, 2018, 10:15am
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 144 m
- England Sevenoaks 51.267296, 0.20617251°16’2” N 0°12’22” E
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Day 17
Knole
August 17, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
You drive through a very busy market town. Narrow streets, suicidal pedestrians with phones till you see a very narrow gate down a lane that isn’t opened yet.
You drive past three times because there is no where to park until the carpark open the gate.
Then you drive the kilometre to the house. The deer park is at the back of the high street and most of the town. A thousand acres.
Amazing.
The house started life as a palace for the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1496, past through a number of hands until it ended up with Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop and Henry XIII supporter.
Henry collected property like he did wives and suggested he might pass the property to the Crown.
It’s good to be King.
Elizabeth I gave it to Lord Dudley, a favourite,who gave it back, her cousin Thomas Sackville ended up with it and there it stayed, Vita Sackville-West is part of the family but that’s a complete story on its own.
The House is huge, over 3 acres, has 7 courtyards 52 staircases and 365 rooms.
What a a place, one off the biggest houses in Britain.
Doing the gutters takes a while.Read more
Traveler We could all be quite comfortable living there...
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Traveler Lovely
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Traveler Good place for a cousin's day
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 16, 2018, 9:47pm
- 🌙 15 °C
- Altitude: 138 m
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Wrotham 51.308487, 0.31139651°18’31” N 0°18’41” E
Day 16
Wrotham Village
August 16, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
As we’d driven most of the day and sat around the res Bernadette had not walked her 8 kilometres so off went to explore.
Interesting place, about 2,500 people, 3 pubs, hairdresser and small shop.
Mixed housing, tiny terraces and big I’ve got money places.
Excellent church and not one but two cemeteries.

Only got to 4.67 when good sense prevailed and it was back to lay down.Read more
Traveler Where did the sun go?
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Traveler No blue skies? That is a big rock keeping gate open.😍
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 16, 2018, 1:42pm
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 133 m
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Wrotham 51.308441, 0.31152251°18’30” N 0°18’41” E
Day 16
A Trip around the Truck Parking Lot
August 16, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
We decided to drive down to Kent to start phase 2 of the trip, “THE SOUTH”.

Only 130 miles, lots of M road (freeways with roundabouts the size of Earlwood), cross the Thames to the east of London, should take 2 and a bit hours.

Plenty of time to see a manor house in the afternoon.

Well that was an idea.

A 3 hour white knuckle drive in torrential rain, no visability except when the trucks overtook and wiped the road of water, queues, delays and many White Vans.

If you have never been to the UK you need to understand that thousands of White Vans traverse the country on all manner of roads.

They unfailing drive to fast, pass on blind corners and are driven by excitable P platers.

Then there was the “if we dont stop to go to the toilet I’m going to explode” incident. This required coming of the M, negotiating a 6 exit roundabout and finding a Services Area as big as Roselands.
With an unfailing sense of direction Mark ended up in the truck parking area, then the coach parking area, then just any area.

It would not be accurate to saty that no “words” were exchanged during and after all these travails.
There was a full debriefing of fails, missed turns, alternative choices and “how could you miss that”.

Kidney failure was avoided, caffeine levels were restored, the downpour continued and eventually all thought of seeing anything in the rain was abandoned. Luckily the veryy nicepeople at The Bull at Wrotham were able to let the room early.

The Bull has no straight walls, the doors don’t fit and its been a pub for 600 years. There have been a couple of renovations during that period.

It’s got a Michelin Rosette for its pub food and as soon as we find out what that means you’ll know as well.

But it’s dry in side and it’s not moving.

Mark has refused to drive 4mins for coffee and had opted for beer instead.Read more
Traveler All mod cons. Atmospherics at least.
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 17, 2018, 2:56pm
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 95 m
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Shipbourne 51.258869, 0.2703551°15’32” N 0°16’13” E
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Day 17
Ightham Mote Garden.
August 17, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Terrific gardens, some walled, big lawn, a million kids running around.
What’s not to like.

Stables as crooked as a dogs hind leg.

A number of ideas for home although the canal doesn’t cut it quite the same way.
We shall see.Read more
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Traveler Our European Adventure 2018
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- Sep 2, 2018, 1:00pm
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 305 ft
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Shipbourne 51.258445, 0.26952451°15’30” N 0°16’10” E
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Ightham Mote Gardens
September 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
The gardens are beautiful; at this time of the year we've been seeing lots of dahlias. There are many water features, such as lakes, ponds, a creek, waterfall, fountains, and of course, the moat! Families love to come to the National Trust properties to spend the day.Read more
Traveler That is a great photograph
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Traveler Beautiful
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Traveler Yes--I had to take two because he was clowning around in the first one.
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Traveler Love those delphiniums!
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 17, 2018, 2:53pm
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 95 m
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Shipbourne 51.258865, 0.27035851°15’32” N 0°16’13” E
Day 17
Ightham Mote
August 17, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Was worth the effort.
Left Knole full of confidence in Karen the GPS. Our next stop was only 5 miles away. A quick trip and a look at a 14th century moated house.
Alas, there was a road diversion and complete confusion ensured.
Having been taken through a housing estate so we could turn around and a dead end with a sigh saying “Your GPS is wrong “ we did finally arrive. Both Karen and Bernadette were a little unhappy at various parts of the trip.

The house itself sits at a bottom of a valley and was started and extended and renovated and fixed up many times. We counted at least 4 staircases, has its own Chapel (as you do) and some walls that look like a TOMB job.
Men were boating around the moat fixing the stone work some of which don’t have mortar.
Obviously an age of optimism.Read more
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Traveler Our European Adventure 2018
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- Sep 2, 2018, 11:00am
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 305 ft
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Shipbourne 51.258445, 0.26952451°15’30” N 0°16’10” E
Day 124
Mansion Interior
September 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Here are some of the oldest parts of the house:
-The Great Hall
-The Drawing Room with its 1600s Jacobean era (after Elizabethan era) fireplace and overmantle
-The Chapel with its painted ceiling including Tudor roses
-The Chapel CorridorRead more
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- Sep 2, 2018, 11:00am
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 305 ft
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Shipbourne 51.258445, 0.26952451°15’30” N 0°16’10” E
Day 124
Medieval Moated Manor
September 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
This 14th century house was owned by many people over the years: knights, courtiers to Henry VIII, sheriffs, high-society Victorians, members of Parliament, and more. So it is kind of a blog of its history, as it has been added onto and remodeled many times. The last owner was an American businessman, who donated it to the National Trust in 1985.

The house not only has a moat, but also a courtyard.Read more
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Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 16, 2018, 2:11pm
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitude: 132 m
- England Tonbridge and Malling District Wrotham 51.308403, 0.31158151°18’30” N 0°18’42” E
Day 16
Norwich Town and Castle
August 16, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Bus from Wymondham to the mighty Norwich bus station. Lots of buses from surrounds and buses to London and airports. Not like Eddy Avenue at all. It works.

Norwich is quite a big place 45,000 or so and for those with long memories was home to the Norwich Union Insurance.now all part of the delightfully named Aviva. Much clearer what they do.

The markets have been trading in the one spot for 600 years and although some of the stock looks the same age it’s an interesting part of town.

Castle dominates the town. That was the purpose i suppose and it worked.
Built by Normans not long after the conquest it is now a huge square building (not the original, this one only dates fro the 11th century).

The Saxons got the message: You lost.Read more
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