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Stonehenge 2016

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I don’t really think that Stonehenge requires much of an introduction and I have written about my first visit to the site here. This time I made the return because my brother had never been and wanted to go and we happened to be holidaying fairly nearby.

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The Rack Isle, Bibury

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he Rack Isle is directly opposite Arlington Row, which I previously wrote about here. It’s a low-lying meadow which gets its name from the racks where wool would have been hung to dry after being washed at Arlington Row.

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Arlington Row, Bibury

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Arlington Row in Bibury is apparently one of the most photographed streets in the Cotswolds. The Row is a set of cottages looked after by the National Trust that were built in 1380 as a wool store and then converted into weaver’s cottages in the 17th century.

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St Mary’s Church, Bibury

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On a recent holiday to the Cotswolds we spent some time in the picturesque village of Bibury in Gloucestershire. One of the places we had a look around was St Mary’s Church, a Grade I listed building.

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Leicester Cathedral

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The main focus on a recent trip to Leicester was all things Richard III and naturally that included a visit to Leicester Cathedral where his remains were reinterred on March 26th 2015. After having been to the Visitor Centre and seen displays on how the remains were discovered (blog post here) we were keen to see his final resting place for ourselves.

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Trentham Gardens

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On the same day we visited the Monkey Forest we headed next door to Trentham Gardens. Examining a map beforehand we decided to walk around the mile long Trentham Lake, designed by Capability Brown, stopping off to also visit the ruins of Trentham Hall and the Italian Gardens.

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Trentham Monkey Forest

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For my birthday in May we headed towards Trentham Monkey Forest, 60 acres of woodland which is home to 140 Barbary macaques who are free to move around the woodland as they wish. It was a fantastic morning out and so great to see that many monkeys enjoying themselves in such a lovely environment.

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Nottingham City Centre Architecture

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As part of an ongoing series this post covers some of the more striking architecture of Nottingham city centre which wasn’t designed by Watson Forthergill (for some of those buildings, see here.)

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St Mary’s Rest Garden, Nottingham

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St Mary’s Rest Garden is a small park next to Victoria Park and the Victoria Swimming Baths in Nottingham. Formally a cemetery, a Quaker by the name of Samuel Fox donated the land after an outbreak of cholera in 1835.

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St Dunstan in the East

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On the same day I visited the Monument to the Great Fire of London I walked a little further down the road until I came to St Dunstan in the East, a Church of England church built around 1100 that was badly damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

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