Bicycling in Anglesey
Since for the first time in more than fifty years I have access to a bicycle in Anglesey – a vintage Viva, made in Copenhagen – I took the opportunity of bicycling to Hooton’s, our local, and excellent, farm shop. One sees the countryside in a different way, bicycling on the back roads. Past the…
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings
I had wanted to visit the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings ever since it was West Midlands Building of the Year two years ago. It is indeed an enormously impressive structure, like something from the West Riding, but built in Ditherington just north of Shrewsbury because its Unitarian investors, Thomas and Benjamin Benyon, lived there. So, the…
Kensington Palace (2)
Last stop Kensington Palace which I should know better than I do, including the William Kent murals on the walls of the King’s Staircase with the picture of Peter the naughty Wild Boy:- And Kent himself who looks down from above, apparently in company with his mistresses:- George II in Roman mode by Rysbrack:- And…
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