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| Firt stop was St Mary's Church in Herefordshire. (83kb) | An information panel on St Mary's. (88kb) | One of the most outstanding 14th century
wall paintings in Britain. The wheel of life, and the murder of
Thomas a Becket. (450kb)
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| More of the 14th century wall painting. (444kb) | A long exposure shot of the church nave. (221kb) | 12th century fresco in the nave showing Christ in majesty from the Book of Revelations. (242kb) |
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| More of the 12th century fresco in the nave. (173kb) | And again. (214kb) | Even the window in the chancel was included in the fresco. (421kb) |
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| The window on the other side of the chancel. (179kb) | A chest. (207kb) | Detailed information on the paintings. (90kb) |
| From St Mary's we went towards Wales, stopping to see Goodrich Castle, right near the Welsh border. |
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| The vorpal bunny checks out the details
of Goodrich Castle. (100kb)
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Goodrich Castle from across the moat. (157kb) | One corner of Goodrich Castle, showing the thickness of the foundations and the rock it was built upon. (263kb) |
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| Goodrich castle from the corner across
the moat. (159kb)
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An information panel showing the layout of Goodrich Castle. (100kb) | Debbie at the entrance. (370kb) |
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| The tower inside Goodrich. (210kb) | The vorpal bunny peering over the edgle of the tower. Can you see him? (241kb) | |
| We then drove into Wales to see castles. We started with Longtown Castle. |
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| The vorpal bunny thinks castles in Wales are cool! (98kb) | An info panel showing the layout of Longtown castle. (77kb) | The wall, gate, and tower of Longtown
Castle. (197kb)
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| An info panel on the tower of Longtown. (84kb) | Debbie and the vorpal bunny in the tower. (392kb) | |
| After Longtown, it was off to see White Castle. |
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| The vorpal bunny reads in the entrance sign to White Castle. (107kb) | Peter and the vorpal bunny checking out
White Castle. (111kb)
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The entrance to White Castle. (247kb) |
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| The courtyard of White Castle. (209kb) | Another shot of the courtyard. (215kb) | Looking along the wall of White Castle,
showing the water obstacle/moat. (132kb)
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| Another view. (123kb)
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| From White Castle, we stopped to snap a few pictures at Skenfrith Castle. |
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| The vorpal bunny reads the info panel on
Skenfrith Castle. (87kb)
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The vorpal bunny checking out the central tower of Skenfrith. (99kb) | A distant view of the remains of Skenfrith. (163kb) |
| And then Grosmont Castle. |
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| The vorpal bunny reads the info panel on
Grosmont Castle. (77kb)
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Grosmont Castle on the far side of the moat. (84kb) | Another view of Grosmont. (155kb) |
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| Crossing the bridge to Grosmont. (405kb) | A view of the buildings in the courtyard. (221kb)
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The really cool chimney on top of the fireplace in the main hall. (400kb) |
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| One of the towers in Grosmont. (337kb)
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