Wordless Wednesday #58: medieval floor tile

Wordless Wednesday #51: Gloucester Cathedral

Wordless Wednesday #40: remains of Greyfriars Priory, Gloucester

Wordless Wednesday #39: animal heads on a medieval doorway, All Hallows Church, South Cerney, Gloucestershire

Wordless Wednesday #36: Bath Abbey

Wordless Wednesday #28: medieval graffiti, Chapel of St Mary Magdalen, Gloucester

Wordless Wednesday #24: Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire

Wordless Wednesday #9: Medieval church floor tiles

In the land of the Prince Bishops: the city of Durham, England

The city of Durham is one of my favourite places. The medieval castle and cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site standing high up on a wooded peninsula above a bend in the River Wear, and the steep, winding streets below form an historic centre the equal of anywhere in Europe. Bill Bryson, in his Notes …

Two castles and a church: a wander around historic Dartmouth and Kingswear, Devon

The bus dropped me in Kingswear up above the marina and the station for the steam railway. Lying on the eastern side of the River Dart in Devon it’s opposite the town of Dartmouth, my destination for the day, a popular spot for tourists in the summer and also a medieval port set back about …