Posted on 06/13/2010 2:50:52 PM PDT by sussex
We thought we would share my wife’s pictures of the first true summer day of the year in England when we decided to drive from Sussex into Kent to visit Scotney Castle, now owned by The National Trust.
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“My friends in the UK are putting out feelers about immigrating to the US. I wish the employment situation were better for them.”
I’d tell them to come here. There is still hope in this country. If we can dispatch this president and his party, we really could turn things around - provided the Republicans don’t go STUPID again (and hopefully the Tea Party can keep them honest).
We used to sing that song at school
Read "As Easy as A.B.C."
Dittos.
I do miss the English countryside.
No, not really. Cromwell helped the Parliamentarians win the war against a would be absolute monarch. Granted, he became a military dictator, but given the situation, I don’t see what else he could have done between the various factions of the Army, Landowners, Monarchists, Levelers, Diggers, Ranters, Puritans, Non-Conformists, High-Church Anglicans etc.
The world would be a poorer place if Cromwell had not been born....
I stayed in London for a week prior to touring the British Isles for three weeks in May of 2006. It was a trip of a lifetime for me. I enjoyed it so much that I returned to London in August 2007 for another 10 days. The weather in May was awesome, and we had very little rain on the road. During the trip in August 2007, it rained every day. I love British history, and get a lot of TV programs from UK torrent sites. Time Team is one of my favorites.
Oh to be in England. . . . .
The (almost) northermost town inside the US, Ft. Kent is at 49’25 North. The southern most in England is Lizard Point, Cornwall, at 49’ 57.
So, that’s why England gets a late start. It’s all above Maine.
I wonder what the Muslims are planning to do with all these British treasures. Wherever these morons have been on Earth they destroyed them all.
sussex, is this your blog? Thanks for sharing the BEAUTIFUL photos. I really enjoyed them.
I think it’s the buildings that are so beautiful. I personally prefer the Southern and Western American landscape and climate but the old ancient buildings over there REALLY make a lovely setting.
The Muslim conquest of India featured the wholesale destruction of, well, everything.
The one detail I always remember is the one Hindu temple where they had maneuvered a metal statue between four powerful magnetic rocks so that it seemingly floated in the air. The Muslims, aghast at this “sorcery,” razed the temple to the ground, the way they did everything else.
Tell them to “come on!” But, we drink our tea cold and use lots of ice. lol
Yes, tell them to come. We need the feisty gene pool replenished.
Absolutely agree - he was a most unwilling “dictator”..also, contary to common misconceptions, he loved singing and dancing and good beer but not in excess. His marriage was also a genuine love match, not always so usual in those days
Thanks for all your kind comments, Freepers. This Brit has been a regular visitor to FR since November 2000. Dont always agree with everything here but I enjoy the atmosphere - its like being in a noisy but cheerful pub.....and I fell in love with Sarah Palin within the first 3 minutes of her RNC speech.......
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I spent five beautiful years stationed in Yorkshire. My posse and I were fanatical followers of Leeds United and we got to see a lot of England that few tourists ever see by going to away games. Love the British pub atmosphere and waving my blue-white-yellow scarf on the terraces of Elland Road, Anfield, the Baseball Ground, Maine Road, Villa Park, Goodison Park, Stamford Bridge, inter alia.
Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green & pleasant Land.
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