Maarssen-Dorp – A Walk On King’s Day
It is thoroughly by accident that I arrive at my lodgings in the village of Maarssen on the eve of King’s Day. With nearly everything shut for the holiday, I […]
Den Bosch – A Carnival of Bosch
My morning from Utrecht had started very normally. And then I arrive in den Bosch. One bosschebollen later, I’m wandering around this delightful city. And as I do, I’m slowly […]
An Introduction To Den Bosch
Naked bodies frolic around the garden. Oversized fish lay scattered about on the ground. A naked woman carries a gigantic mussel shell on her back. Inside it is an equally […]
Walthamstow – Morris And The Wild, Wild, Wetlands
“How can I ask working-men passing up and down hideous streets day by day to care about beauty? ” asks Morris. Morris, whose father is one of the many City […]
Walthamstow Village – Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Its 1720. Mr Jacobson has just settled down in his elegant home in Walthamstow to read the latest headlines about the spectacular burst of the South Sea bubble. A wealthy […]
Arundel Castle – A Reduced History From The Normans To The Norfolks
I’ve done a six-mile walk, from Arundel to Stoke, and now I must return, to the company of folk, I walk along a tunnel, of ferns and tall lithe trees, […]
Arundel – A Circular Walk To South Stoke
As my train approaches, the town of Arundel, the outline of its castle, casts me under a spell, My train is now a carriage, accompanied by knights, wooded dales stand […]
Kensington Palace – A Carousel Of Kings and Queens
There are many movies and stories about the second longest reigning British monarch. She becomes Empress of India, may or may not have become Mrs. Brown, controversially befriends Abdul Karim, […]
Kensington Palace Gardens – A Royal Garden Born From A Glorious Revolution
William the III of Orange sails over in 1688 with an armada 4 times larger than the Spanish one in 1588. A rather provocative entourage for one who has been […]
Blenheim – The Grand Old Dukes of Marlborough, Part II
“Oh the grand old Dukes of Marlborough, they had acres of land, they built a palace oh so grand, and appointed Lancelot, and when he was done, he was done, […]