tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post115187825018162257..comments2024-02-02T06:07:56.982+00:00Comments on LIVING THE HISTORY: Back from researchingElizabeth Chadwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1152474950059843642006-07-09T19:55:00.000+00:002006-07-09T19:55:00.000+00:00Wonderful forest, savernake, I used to go there at...Wonderful forest, savernake, I used to go there at dawn to take pictures of the deer, the forest is full of them :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1152137985248399142006-07-05T22:19:00.000+00:002006-07-05T22:19:00.000+00:00KC,Thank you and thank Ian so much for this - and ...KC,<BR/>Thank you and thank Ian so much for this - and I loved visiting his slides too! We were at StoneHenge (well drove past it) last week. Although the pics aren't that clear, they do show 2 lines of script under William Marshal II, which strongly suggestes that his effigy placard has been restored. Effigy Of A Knight would only fill one line. So mission accomplished, thanks so much!<BR/>Incidentally, my eldest son is called Ian - for which he can blame Roberta Gellis' second Roselynde Chronicle and the gorgeous Ian de Vipont!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1152120105263546102006-07-05T17:21:00.000+00:002006-07-05T17:21:00.000+00:00A while back I mentioned that my son would be trav...A while back I mentioned that my son would be traveling to England (his first time to travel abroad). You asked if he could take pictures of the effigies at Temple Church. He did, but I'm not sure if they will be of any help to you. <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/r9rkm" REL="nofollow"> Here is the link to his England photos.</A> He had a great time in your lovely country! I hope to one day travel there myself.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300302671699284234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1151964311371071892006-07-03T22:05:00.000+00:002006-07-03T22:05:00.000+00:00Carla, I'm certain he would have been in the SAS h...Carla, I'm certain he would have been in the SAS had he been around today. As a youngster of around 20 he had to fight a trial by combat at court to prove he was up to the job of being the King's Marshal. The job of Marshal in itself required a brain that could take in both the big picture and the small detail, plus a high level of fitness and military training. As Gabriele says, definitely an alpha male!<BR/>I think you'll find Winchester interesting, Gabriele. I got more or less dragged through at speed by my menfolk and the dog, but managed to take in Wolvesly Palace and the museum. Didn't go inside the cathedral, although I walked the grounds. It really did seem to me like an alternative England of the kind that appears in books by Thelwell or shown on TV cosy crime murders. The impression was compounded as soon as we arrived by the sight of a middle-aged chap riding a bicycle. He had tight grey curls and was wearing a tweed jacket with leather elbow patches. As he passed us, he shouted out to an aquaintance with words to the effect of 'What ho old chap!' There were several other characters like this along the way and we really felt as if we'd walked into an alternative reality.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1151942449226971482006-07-03T16:00:00.000+00:002006-07-03T16:00:00.000+00:00Lol, those men really were alpha males back then. ...Lol, those men really were alpha males back then. :)<BR/><BR/>Winchester is on my autumn tour list. I only hope nothing won't get in the way again; I had planned it for last year.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1151930323701983282006-07-03T12:38:00.000+00:002006-07-03T12:38:00.000+00:00Extraordinary story. He would presumably have bee...Extraordinary story. He would presumably have been very fit, so in normal circumstances walking 25 miles would have been all in a day's work. Doing it with a severe injury would be a combination of adrenaline and the willpower of an exceptional man. It reminds me of Joe Simpson (<I>Touching the Void</I>) climbing out of a crevasse and crawling for three days across a glacier with a badly broken leg - the sortof incredible feat that most of us can only marvel at.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.com