Today is my Dad’s 50th birthday! Half a century old! dang, thats old! haha, Happy Birthday, Dad!
Today we departed hastings to visit the Castle at Bodiam. On the way we stopped off at Battle Abbey, the location of a battle between the Norman, William the conqueror and the Saxon King Herald in 1066. In the end, Herald was done through, and England was forever changed, becoming an imperial behemoth, and eventually a funny talking cousin of the colonies. The abbey was pretty cool, but it was way expensive, so we continued on our way.
I have to say that Bodiam Castle is truely amazing. When I build my castle, AND I WILL, it will be in the same style of Bodiam. It was built to protect the river from the French. It was then abandoned and had trees growing up through it and was covered in vines. There was a painting of it, which looked amazing. This castle style with moat is a later castle than what we saw a the Tower of London, which was basically a fortified keep. At Bodiam, the rooms of the castle is the fortification, with a great cortyard in the middle, and all surrounded by moat. It looks like it is just sitting in a lake, which in turn, is surrounded by rolling grassy hills, it really is beautiful!
Check out the pictures here -> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2022085&l=41fd8&id=17700012
Today we departed hastings to visit the Castle at Bodiam. On the way we stopped off at Battle Abbey, the location of a battle between the Norman, William the conqueror and the Saxon King Herald in 1066. In the end, Herald was done through, and England was forever changed, becoming an imperial behemoth, and eventually a funny talking cousin of the colonies. The abbey was pretty cool, but it was way expensive, so we continued on our way.
I have to say that Bodiam Castle is truely amazing. When I build my castle, AND I WILL, it will be in the same style of Bodiam. It was built to protect the river from the French. It was then abandoned and had trees growing up through it and was covered in vines. There was a painting of it, which looked amazing. This castle style with moat is a later castle than what we saw a the Tower of London, which was basically a fortified keep. At Bodiam, the rooms of the castle is the fortification, with a great cortyard in the middle, and all surrounded by moat. It looks like it is just sitting in a lake, which in turn, is surrounded by rolling grassy hills, it really is beautiful!
Check out the pictures here -> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2022085&l=41fd8&id=17700012
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