I was aware that there where carvings exposing chalk in southern England but had never seen one. One the vegetation is scraped off the white chalk is exposed.  Some of these works of art, called hill figures, are very old some like this 1902 crown commemorating the coronation of Edward VII are newer. After checking […]

Much more than a magnificent Cathedral city, Winchester was settled before the Romans by Gauls.  By the beginning of the 3rd century this 144a/55ha plot was deemed important enough to be surrounded by walls, some bits of them are shown below.  The city in it’s present layout dates from the 9th century and Alfred the […]

Man first arrived on this wee (1.5 x .5 mile) island just off of Guernsey about 10,000 years ago according to tombs that have been uncovered.  Man arrived in the modern era about the mid 6th century with St. Tugual establishing a chapel in 709. I thought it looked like the Caribbean. The blue/green water […]

The day after arriving in Jersey I hiked back to the ferry terminal as part of today’s investigation of the island to make sure I’d be able to get off.  The train strike and all reminded me not to assume.  To my and the man at the counter’s surprise, there was no boat to England […]